Every year there is a UFO festival in McMinnville, Oregon.  McMinnville is the site of one of the only as yet non-debunked UFO photos (which makes it “bunked”?) taken by farmers Paul & Evelyn Trent in 1950, as well as being considered a cross-center for psychic activity… or something.  So this year M and I […]

Went to the dentist yesterday for a check up.  No cavities!  *ting!*  Going to the dentist is always a mixed bag for me because – as I’ve talked about before – I’m just a skosh freaky about my teeth, but as a result I take good care of them.  So there’s the standard dread, because… […]

How come people who “dress up 80’s” never look like anyone looked in the 80’s? “Safety Dance” may be the most joyous, happy-inducing song ever. Footloose is a movie about dancing, but the theme song is not very good to dance to.  Ironic?  Yes. People have bad taste.  The VJ opened up to requests, and […]

So, from the “Sure, that’s pretty much how it goes” file… About a year ago I did this modeling job for Hewlitt-Packard (I know.  I’m just so glamorous).  They were working on a digital image library, and needed a broad range of shots for ads, catalogues, print tests, whatever.  Just to have it all available. […]

So the cold is all better, thanks for asking, and it has brought me to another realization on the absurdity of our bodies, if you’ll pardon the continuation of the theme, and a serious unleashing of my inner Andy Rooney.  The realization is this: the aging process, not to put too fine a point on […]

In the wake of my cold, I’ve come to the scientific conclusion that the human body is a ridiculous contraption.  Yes, it’s miraculous and all, but there are certain elements that clearly have not gotten the kinks worked out.  I am, of course, thinking of mucus.  I’ve been thinking of it a lot the last […]

So, I’ve been silent for a while now.  Shameful.  I’ve had this cold that went off like a bomb and it rendered me incapable of any actions except complaining and making noises that would give children nightmares. I don’t get sick very often, so when I do it is an exercise in hyperbole.  A catastrophe.  […]

So, one of my favorite places in the world is gone.  Berbati’s Pan in Portland, Oregon closed up for good in 2011.  Man, my favorite little Italian restaurant turned into a sports bar (and really, just in time because where oh where can someone go if they want to watch sports in a bar?), and […]