Friends, theater, bike rides, sunshine, moonlight, food, shopping, Janis Joplin, and Madonna Vs Gaga: It's been a fantastic day!

After Zumba, I rode up to my sister's house, where her best friend, visiting for the weekend from Seattle, was out on the porch. "Oh. My. God!" the BFF practically shouted. "You look fabulous!" (She went on in this vein ( Read more... )

Hallelujah! We finally had a day of sunshine!

Yesterday morning, I met some lovely people from Shift2Bikes, who were serving coffee at the foot of the Steel Bridge. Since I was half an hour late for work already, and the Rose Festival was forcing me onto a longer route, I said what the hey, and stopped for a cup and a chat.

( The day got better and better )

I upgraded from Ubuntu 9 point something last night to Ubuntu 10 point whatever. I'm tentatively regretting it, since I actually lost some functionality ( Read more... )

Once a year, the Navy sails up the Columbia, makes a slight left at the Willamette, and triple-parks a few big gray ships at the downtown seawall.

It's all part of the Rose Festival, a creaky old Portland tradition involving parades, a queen, and a lot of meaningless bullshit charming old-fashioned ceremony ( Read more... )