Yesterday, I went for my first bike ride in the city. I still have the same bike I've had for a few years: a beautiful black Schwinn beach cruiser. It is not a fast bike. It has only one gear and weighs quite a bit. It's built to move slowly and is terrible to pedal up hills ( Read more... )

Spring Break!  These two words are wonderfully welcome to so many.  I too was a student once, though perhaps a rather poor one, and loved my Spring Break as much as any cog turning in the vast educational machine.  Now I am no longer formally a student, and instead have learned to love the Spring Breaks of others.  Yes, it has been a busy week in ( Read more... )

When we found out that we got the apartment in Portland, we were both very excited. But today I learned that we are moving in earlier than expected: tomorrow. It's just two days, but it's two very exciting days ( Read more... )

It's been more than a year since I've had an update here, and far more since I've been a regular LJ user at all. But lately I have been wishing for a place to discuss what's been going on in life, and frankly have been perhaps a little jealous of Vera's new Wordpress blog. See, it's ( Read more... )

Boy, did I have fun in Portland! For once, I actually left on time on Friday, even after making an appointment at a seamstress to get my new Jos. Bank double-breasted charcoal suit altered to my needs. When I ordered the thing on clearance, it said "grey" but it turns out that what Jos. Bank means by "grey" is the same thing that I mean by " ( Read more... )

There's no better way to kick off Fall than my annual early-October journey to Portland. This weekend was full of excellence and triumph. I accomplished 90% of my goals for the trip: the only goal I didn't meet was eating lunch at Toshi's Ramen on the way up because I got a rather late start on Friday ( Read more... )

It’s Friday at last! This weekend I’ll be traveling to Portland, but before I talk about that, I want to talk about some books and strange things I’ve discovered recently. Maybe some of you have heard of these things, but as I religiously avoid television I miss out on a lot of pop culture and have to discover it later on my own. John Hodgman is ( Read more... )