Roughly one year ago at our friendly local veterinarian’s office, Geoff and I sat waiting patiently. The assistant had just met with us, and had left momentarily ago in a blur of animal print scrubs and squeaky white Crocs saying that the vet would be right with us. We were there for the [...]

Know what it is? Quick basic rundown is that Prop 8 was an amendment to the California State constitution that bans gay marriage. The Cali supreme court said that marriage between gay people was a constitutional right, so Prop 8 was set up to redefine marriage in the California Constitution as between one [...]

I can tell you what I wouldn’t do. I wouldn’t invest it in failing businesses.
I’d invest in schools, hospitals, roads, prisons, research and development, educational funding and loans… I’d invest in this country’s future, not in the failed bastions of our past. Putting that bailout money to work in our country from the [...]

I have lived in this beautiful place for over two years now. I think I can even call myself an Oregonian at this point. I have dutifully collected my recyclables every week and placed them out on the curb each Sunday night. I can now separate my cardboard and plastics, my papers [...]

Usually I eschew punctuation in my titles, but this weekend deserves an exclamation.
1- Carley had a birthday. She’s officially MORE than a quarter century old. I am starting a betting pool now taking dates for when my beloved wife ends up in a nursing home with no teeth and silver hair. I’ve [...]