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Sweet Kicks

2011-08-05T12:09:00.001-07:00

Straight outta Back to the Future 2, The McFly's are a bargain at only $850 a pair... c'mon we're talking cinematic history here...

munks

2011-06-16T06:29:00.000-07:00

Mmmm. Purdy.

2011-02-16T17:23:00.000-08:00

This AM I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth... "wow it does rain a lot here, I don't mind it tho..." as I looked out over the rain-soaked lawn. Turning to spittle, I heard wifey holler from downstairs "Look out the window". The rain had instantly morphed into giant 2" diameter snow flakes gently floating in a dense shower. It dropped for maybe 3 hours, tho not much collected on the ground. I woke Adeline and she rubbed her eyes and reminded me "Daddy, you better bundle up!" as I left to go get the truck serviced. Good stuff.

where in the world

2011-02-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

New and Improved bp360 (Now with even more DNA)

2010-01-13T18:05:00.000-08:00

Been a crazy year. Gonna try to get back to archiving it here. Here's a quick recap in descending order:

1. New baby - Wesley Bradan Pearson born Jan 6th 2010 (sweet.)
2. The Berns finishes school - potentially forever (jeah boi.)
3. Snowed In on Spanks Gubbings in Big Bear with Cole n Mike (rad.)
4. Adeline was a non-scary lion for halloween (raaaa.)
5. Saw a dear friend have a dear wedding in her backyard (nimby.)
6. Went to Roma for a month (chow & ciao.)
7. Adeline turns a whopping 2 years old (terrible?)
8. Started working with a great group of smarties on a fun project (imho-licious.)
9. Stood by while Miguel gave his vows to Cole in NY (good times.)
10. Wrapped another solid to quite-solid UI Foundry project (killer finance.)
11. Finally got paid by an old client without hiring lawyers (cha chinggg.)
12. Best manned my best friend at his nuptials in Santa Barbara (burn baby burn.)
13. Miscellaneous awesomeness

Bubba Supreme

2009-04-08T23:58:00.000-07:00

Poor Trays

2009-01-04T01:13:00.000-08:00

Some quality portraits taken by mr. martin. We generously got gifted a family portrait for xmas from the padres on the isle so we opted to get a little creative. I'm not a big fan of the standard mall-style glam shots where peoples wear groovy sweaters and look like apple pie n such. Fortunately the berns was down to do something a lil different and Martino caught some good shots of the moments. These are still mostly pre-post - so the idea would be to add some interesting (or non-interesting) background, color, or texture - but I'm liking some of them quite a bit. here's a few. so. enjoy. Top is me and ma sis Spammalamma, then theres me n the fam and an introspective portrait of the little bubbs.

Seasick Steve

2008-12-24T00:18:00.000-08:00

Seasick Steve - A Take Away Show - Part 2 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
For those of you I have yet to rave about 'The Take Away Shows' here is a nice lil example. This frenchie Vincent Moon started filming cool artists in france just sorta impromtu - limited planning - mostly accoustic - hard light - raw sound and look - there's purt-near a hundred of em now - some by other cinematographers - but most are pretty interesting - find more here.

And in other news - JG is the proud father of baby gabriel 2 - Finley - ding - gratz - ty - np.

And in other other news - we're almost to XMAS - then we're off with bubba to snowy Orcas Island. Should be good times... Mom made German Sour Cream Twists, and Aunt Laurie might be rockin the Peanut Budder Fudge. w00t.

The Hunt

2008-12-08T23:17:00.000-08:00

There we were. Just me and this tree. The wife and kid were off gallivanting around, safely among the 2 footers, but this thing... man - must been 8 feet tall standing up. I had the standard issue bow saw, rusted and worn from a few tough trunks that came before me. I can't say I wasn't intimidated. The site of a living breathing Noble Fir had me trembling from both the nerves and the excitement. I knew what I had to do. It wasn't gonna be easy, nor would it be pretty - but when a man comes face to face with tree like this theres only one possible outcome. Beyond a good 25 minute battle with the 5" trunk and a coupla hand blisters later - I had slain the beast. I claimed its life in honor of the baby jesus and my family. After field dressing it I dragged it back to my wife and young child. They gazed in awe at my victory and we mounted the carcass on the roof racks of my fine German Sport Wagon. This tree would feed our christmas spirits for a good 3 to 5 weeks. I was proud to serve my family, but one hollow part of me dreams of a world where man and tree can coexist peacefully. Maybe another place at another time... not this place... not this time.

Oh Yeah, Me.

2008-11-30T01:00:00.000-08:00

So. This "bloggo personalis" has swiftly turned into the Baby-girl Show. Thats ok - she consumes most of my world these days with her bright smile and curly red locks. But I figured I should put a little more about me up in this peese. Turns out tho, the only other thing I do these days aside from have fun with the fam is work. Which is a good thing. I explain.

Nine months ago I partnered with an East Coastian named KG. He's real good at what he does, and he does what I don't - so we started UI Foundry in an effort to slowly take over the RIA Design/Dev world. So far so good - at least before October Madness swept the globe. Our first few projects went really well - and some recognition came our way. We were proud of our work and had the luxury of turning down stuff we weren't interested in. We were quietly chiming along on two nice projects and were just about to start on a third when all of a sudden. Click. Like a light switch, the bottom fell out. One customer had trouble raising funds and could no longer pay us, another customer deferred the rest of our project, and the work that was slated to begin locked up in a spending freeze. (Zoiks)

We scrambled for a little bit - sent out a bunch of feelers - and near 2 weeks later - no real answers. (Double Zoiks) I was watching my 401k drop through the floor, and had no work - only a few weeks after turning down good paying work. What the hell happened? Oh. RIght. Global Financial Meltdown...

Well we came out of it ok, at least for the near term. My good-buddy JG predicted whence I spoke to him that in '13 days' I'de have something - low and behold - on the 13th day 3 things dropped at once. Coupla phone calls and an email later we were chasing three solid leads. Another week and we closed a nice project with a believe it or not) financial services software company - yeah we got a deposit this time... We beat out a solid competitor for the work who was directly referred by Adobe - so we felt pretty stoked to get it.

Moral of the story? Avoid Global Financial Meltdowns - and when you can't, make sure to save your pennies just in case. Hindsight we couldn't have done much to protect ourselves but we're back to looking towards the future and trying to gather that full head of steam back, despite the doom and gloom that may lay ahead.

A-B-C-D, H-I-J... Choo Choo Train

2008-11-30T00:38:00.000-08:00

Leafy Goodness

2008-11-30T00:27:00.000-08:00

Little Cutes - Bumblin' & Stumblin'

2008-09-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

Finito

2008-07-11T16:56:00.001-07:00

Yeah, so I kept on keepin on and turn after turn this painting wasn't going right. After 2 or 3 completely different versions (see this post for 1 of em) I went back to my original vision - rich deep reds, blacks, magentas, umber. It doesn't translate too well in the photo - which looks rather demonic but in person its working for me - and definitely loved the feeling of painting again. Really ties the room together... I call it 'That Big Red Painting Which Hangs Above My Sofa 2008'

New Cutes - Cleo's Best and Worst Friend

2008-06-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

New Cutes - Do The Hustle!

2008-06-17T13:01:00.000-07:00

The Gateway

2008-05-21T21:56:00.000-07:00

There they were. Older than they'd want to be but younger than their dreary mugs would lend. Its the middle of summer in the middle of the desert and their heads were as dusty as the Juarez clay. Four tumbleweeds shaped like men rolled into town looking for a soul. The lady at the pawn shop said "It could be found in the place where borders cross, the place where the Rio Grande starts speaking Spanish"

There they were. Lips cracked like the stucco all over that town. That god-damned town...

There they were. In Texas. The Gateway. El Paso...

Paint

2008-04-27T13:07:00.000-07:00

Wow - so after about 2 years of nuthin... 2 years?... thats right 2 years of my canvases and paint sitting in various closets, attics, and now garages... I put palette knife to paint and slopped some color on a beautiful white canvas...

It was magical. I fell back in love. Three hours of Mule Variations and painting and I felt reborn - or at least relaxed and excited about doing more. I got a good start on something - I had a palette in mind, but just kinda went for the underpaint with no particular composition goal - but the expression felt damn good - following the urges, the tweaks, something so nice about the tangibility. Its in line with some of the stuff I did years ago - but definitely different - maybe better - we'll see - I got a ton of paint down in my session - and think I know where its going. Gotta move fast tho - try to wrap her on up soon - so she doesn't linger...

Picture isn't a great one - and nobody said expression had to be pretty - but so far so good - far as I can see... MAKE ART! (like that Scottish lad from Once, once said...)

Inner-Exo-Skeletal-Protrusion

2008-04-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

That baby got a tooth! Thats right - after a very long and tiring week of poor sleep - bubbs popped her very first tooth. So obviously I knocked it out and put it under her pillow - college is expensive... No but seriously folks, it's just barely poking out. Those bites on the nose (or nibbles) may not be so cute going forward...

"HahahahAhahahA how cuuuute, she sucking on my no....AAARGH!! WTF?! I'm hemmoraging!!! Somebuddy call the dogger!!!" (stuff like that).

In Heavy Rotation - Sorta

2008-04-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River

Source Credit: BT & Miguel

This is an old one - meaning last few months - but its a good'n. Apparently BT told me about this dude, like way back - once agian hes a few steps ahead of the hip game... Sea Wolf is mellow, folky, and rocky at times. Smoove buttery voice, and smoove buttery geetar licks. "oh gypsy woman spoke to me, lip stained red from a bottle of wine" good stuff - nice sound scapes - mostly up-tempo for folk rock - not so depressing as say ur everyday bright eyes emo stuff. I've had it for a while but dag - I'm still rockin it daily.

Favorite Tracks: Middle Distance Runner, You're A wolf, Winter Windows

My Latest Novel - Wolves

Source Credit: Miguel

So credit the Miguel with another winner - he sent me a list of 10 or so - all interesting at least and great at best. This one happened to hit me in the right place at the right time. Its scottish, folky, rocky, orchestral...etc. These folks are mostly quiet, but beautiful. And goddam you gotta love that scottish accent - thinking we'll move there just so the little bubbs will grow that cute accents to go with her sweet red hair... anyways - check it out.

Favorite Tracks: The Hope Edition, When We Were Wolves

Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago

Source Credit: BT

OK - so again Bon Iver just happened to be the right sound for the right time. This one is mellow, quiet, and very moody. Slow, quiet, gliding sounds. Lots of layered/echo'd vocals over hazy soundscapes, for some reason, feels really isolated, like he hid himself away in a cabin in the middle of winter, alone... wait - thats what he did...

Favorite Tracks: Flume, Lump Sum, Wisconsin

Thao - We Brave Bee Stings And All

Source Credit: Mr. B (A new colleague, good man, and musicianado)

It just FEELS GOOD. Lovin this one right now - like Cat Power on strong anti-depressents, maybe if Cat Power and Feist's happy stuff had a bastard lovechild who grew up with gypsies, or maybe a banjo totin bluegrass band... Good stuff. Turns out she's also cool. Her back-up band is called 'The Get Down Stay Down' - hard to beat that... She's from SF - so thats a win... Here's her lil YouTube interview...

Favorite Tracks: Bag of Hammers, Travel

Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

Source Credit: Miguel

OK this is a different one. Nice little change up. Somewhere this was described as 'world music with an indi twist' - agreed. Lots of interesting sounds from all over - african riddims, paul simon-esque - gracelandy sounds, real nice mix - maybe a little old Peter Gabriel in some songs - vocals are odd maybe even awkward but I can dig it...

Favorite Tracks: Sunrise, Germs

Breaking News...

2008-03-13T18:09:00.001-07:00

Super-Human Baby Seen Crawling Across Floor in Pursuit of Measurement Device

Firsters

2008-03-09T20:57:00.000-07:00

So little miss had her first trip to the Zoo on Saturday and her first trip to the Beach on Sunday. The Zoo went well - we had a crew 14 deep with various uncles, cousins, grampas and grammas etc. She seemed to look at the signs and enclosures more than the animals really - still a bit young to be impressed I guess - but she had a good time checking out the Flamingos w/ grampa.

She was far more interested in the beach - we went to Linda Mar down south of Pacifica - we sat her down and she was entranced - and unlike everything else - it took her a good 10 minutes before she tried to chew on it. Good times - she was vocal with her toes in the cold blue pacific - but she seemed to be equally amazed by the water and the waves. She's a sweet little thing indeed.

Splish Splash

2008-03-07T18:54:00.000-08:00

More Little Sweet

2008-03-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

She's Mobile...

2008-02-14T17:12:00.000-08:00

So she can't walk yet. She can't crawl yet. But that don't stop her from cruisin. As you can see she's found a way to move across the floor with style (walking is for 'stiffs' mannnn)... So we popped her on the rug and she got pretty good at this - rollin about 8 feet in maybe 2 mins - our days are numbered - she'll be fully functional in no time. She may be Super-human after all - you see those push ups? c'mon she's already training for the Infant Olympics.

Bubby Update - She Likes Food

2008-02-14T16:56:00.000-08:00

The little one is eating 'people food' now - she loves mostly everything we put in front of her aside from peas... Started with plain ol cereal, but now are getting more adventurous with avocado, yams, carrots, apple. Gets me a ponderin'... What would it be like to taste some thing so new for the first time? She may not remember it, but imagine you've only ever had one thing your entire life - like milk - then you're exposed to all this new stuff - I mean avocado, for the first time? That has to be pretty exciting. Its not like 'oh I never had Ono before, what a wild ride' cuz I've had fish that tastes 89.34% just like Ono. This is a whole new ballgame. Must be fun. Sure looks like she's having fun.

Freedom

2008-02-06T10:10:00.000-08:00

It's done. I've done it. My days at TPC are officially over. Here I am on a Wednesday afternoon, writing a quick blog posting, not worrying if someone at the office is watching over me. Here I am in the early midst of building a new business that I'm passionate about, instead of handling stress on things that don't matter to me. Here I am with my baby girl just a few steps away, instead of coming home late after shes already in bed. I like it here. Here is good.

So it ended very well over there at the TPC - my boss took it well, my friends an co-workers organized several events - lunch at the goose, TPC sponsored send-off with catered brownies, cookies, hot chocolate, etc., then we wrapped up the Friday with drinks at the Old Pro - good times - I didn't have to buy a drink all night, tho I did end up with a helluva cab fare back to Burlingame from Menlo Park - 54 beans plus a solid tip for the Kenyan man who was quietly teaching me the five things one must do to be a good Muslim. it sounded simple enough, but I graciously told him I didn't need an organized religion to tell me how to live - at least thats what it sounded like in my head - not sure how the slurred and garbled words came out on his end. but in summation - good ol' Thomas Southworth at work (excuse me, I should say "former work") organized the bender and we drank heavy till mornin. Good turn out too (at all the events) which gave me that warm feeling, like 'hey people liked me!?' but it may just be that people wanted the alcohol...

The work part ended well too. I was able to document all the crap I had my fingers in over the 2 years I was there - which was an amazingly cleansing experience. I also was able to hire, and train a pseudo replacement - a very smart young front-end developer named Amy. She'll be in a better place for her career than I was for mine - but she's also in for a wild ride. People will think she's the new 'ben' but unfortunately she is being hired for a very small portion of my role there. So I wrapped it all up nice and clean - have nothing to feel guilty about, nor any baggage. I will miss the people for sure. Good, smart people who hopefully will get their come-uppins come bonus time.

On to better things tho! {ui}foundry is the name of the company I'm co-founding with Mr. KG - or Kenneth Garee as his birth cert reads. I met Kenny thru Miguel - its his bestest friend from the way backs - so I'm in good company. Ken is a stud Flex developer and has a wealth of experience and talent to draw from - pair that with my design and UI skill set and we have a nice little coupling of tools. Hashin' out the details now and solving problems daily - and I'm all over it. Been a while since I've been motivated (half by excitement, half by fear) and it tastes delicious. Lots to do - but we're doin it. Life is a risk - fortunately I've got good odds...

The Time is Near

2008-01-27T23:07:00.000-08:00

Feb 1 - the end of an era. Well, only a two year era, whera I spent me days churning in some fashion of a cubicle - stagnant and cold on the inside. Good people made the stint much more tolerable, and the paycheck was constant enough - but something was missing. I can't believe I tucked in my shirt, even on 'casual fridays'.

Five more days - close up strong - get them what they need - turn in my d-bag punch card - give a good farewell to all the friendlies - and start back on the road to bp. It won't be cheap or without sacrifice, but it will be home with all of what and who i care about. Looking forward...

Guns & Ammo

2007-10-24T23:27:00.001-07:00

Guns guns guns. When I was 9, G.I. Joe was kickin much Cobra ass (with his pals Sgt. Slaughter, Flint, the Lusty Lady Jay, and the silent-but-deadly and emotionally complicated Snake Eyes) But unlike all the other 9 year old boys, I wasn't allowed to play with guns - thus I had none. All for the better I think - I learned that just cuz shooting people was fun, that didn't make it ok. But now I'm older, and my father-in-law Mark (pictured with a firearm and oxygen tube in his nose - how american is that?) owns a number of extremely impressive bits of history. Guns.

I went to the range on Saturday with Mark and two of his employees Alan and Javier. Then on Sunday - Jorge pulled out his collection and we went back. It was my third and fourth times ever firing the weapons and there are a number of things that occurred to me this trip.

As usual when one steps out of the car at a firing range, the impact of the rounds firing is staggering. I knew immediately where I was and needed no help focusing. its a strange thought to be so near so many people who love guns enough to purchase them. Coming from my hippie upbringing its pretty damned far from home. At any moment any of those folks could turn and start firing at people - I dunno maybe they had a bad day at the car wash, or just broke-up with their wife's best friend, or could smell the hippie blood in me... anyways - that could happen at any moment. Also I realized its a pretty powerful feeling to squeeze off a round at a target. Powerful in a scary, dirty way. Also, it would have sucked to be in any war ever.

Also, guns have changed... a lot. I fired guns from the 1860's (single shot black powder, same guns Custer's men had - which of course didn't turn out so well, not a musket, not pictured). I fired guns from the old west - model 1873 sideloader rifle (pictured at top) as well as the cowboy revolver from the 1890's show with the other pistolas. I fired guns from Dirty Harry (that big assed .44 calibur magnum - holy jeebus that thing was powerful, obnoxiously powerful). I fired guns from WWII - the cool Russian one that jorge has - is an M-44, did you know 2million russians died in that war? I know - crazy... It prolly cuz that effin gun has way to much kick - tho I must share - I hit the x on the bulls eye with that bad-boy (not pictured). And lastly - I even fired some gangsta guns - the ol .45 automatic - well not all gangstas, just the mean ones.

I fired em all - felt pretty good about it - had no visions of directing them anywhere near anything living and gained yet more respect for the weapons of firey doom and their history. Different stuff for a hippie child - if i'm not careful I'll get my hippie card revoked...

In Heavy Rotation

2007-10-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

Yeah so Band of Bees - Mr. Franceschi turned me on to this'n. These are 'Chickenback' fellas, and while that album was fun and funky and frivelous and other 'f' words this new album has a depth to it. Must be the organ - heavy organ always makes it feel right. Some real solid tracks, a few different sounds going on, little bitta bluegrass, little bitta beegees (yeah thats right), little bit more than a little bitta 60's rock, add a pinch of funkaliciousness and you're there.

Now I'm not clear on this but they may have changed their name to the bees - as the album artwork shows - but I think I prefer 'a band of bees' I should write someone about that...

Sidebar - also found a band called Beirut doing some very interesting things. Kinda art-rock-folk-eastern-albanian with oddly haunting depressing vocals. Right up my alley. Check em out on a track called Nantes off the Flying Club Cup record... or just click it in the 'ilike' sidebar over there if its still up...

Burbank Bubby

2007-10-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Little Lady

2007-10-16T23:37:00.000-07:00

SoCal Tour 2007

2007-10-16T23:27:00.000-07:00

That's right. Me and two of ma 'goodbuddies' embarked on a journey some weeks ago. A place where rubber met carpet, and supple leather met cold hard steel - a place where scantily clad Lamborghini models could show their cleavage AND get their teeth whitened 6 to 10 shades in less than one hour. A place where a soft serve ice cream cone costs $4.50 (tho it did have mulched m&m's in it) , a place where you could peruse a man-van only yards from a kia sorrento - you could almost smell the fear...

We're talking auto show time peoples. On a whirlwind trip down to SoCal Bern, Addy and I got to see cole n mike's place in burbank, witness a dramatic date-request-rejection-over-breakfast-tidbit, check brian and cass's crib in hollywood, run into (literally) some washed up comedian (dude outside phonebooth in dumb and dumber) and still catch the auto show, a coupla games of catan, and a visit to the park with the whole pearson and gabriel clan. Quick trip but good times - and Adeline's first trip on an airplane went smoove like buttah.

The auto show itself wasn't all that impressive but it was quite a bit of fun since we started shooting goofy footage of us tooling around in the cars. Good times - now I just gotta get brian or john to edit up the vids into a cohesive short. Good times. Very good times. Stay tuned for some of the video...

Communication Nation

2007-10-05T16:22:00.000-07:00

Cool blog about communicating complexity with pictures - this might be what I want to do... http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/

f*ckin' lebowski

2007-10-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

This post is rated R for strong language... JG passed this ol gem by me - figured i had to post it here considering this is perhaps the greatest film of our time (yours and mines)... so enjoy-it.

Illustriousnous

2007-10-03T00:04:00.001-07:00

Cool illustrator - Andrew Bell - puts the 'cute' in homicidal grubs and gastrointestinal microbial grobblers - somewhat violent, but in a cute fun way... heres the link to Creatures In My Head. Enjoy.

Also here are other cool artist illustrators: mf, dan may, jamie zollars, mark ryden...

The Princess of Catan

2007-09-30T17:53:00.001-07:00

Coles and Mikes came up last weekend - here they are to prove it. Real nice visit with some good eats, good company, good golfin (I snuck out), good chats, and good gamin - word on the streets is LA ain't all that great, but things are going well for thems. But most importantly they got to meet little adeline, and michael even held the little bugger. Also importantly the berns is officially the queen of catan - with her first full 10 point crown, which of course makes adeline the princess of catan and rightful heir to the throne.

Sidebar-sidenote - I'm adding the new picasa widget which allows me to post my web albums here on the right side without much work. I'll post random images in there for perusal. Its cool cuz we already manage our photos with picasa and use them for web albums so its a nice simple way to share without devoting a whole post to a photo or two... werd.

Music Widgetry

2007-09-30T16:03:00.000-07:00

So a widget is a typically thought of as a small window on your desktop or blog or my space page or wutever - with certain functionality - click on the image to see a bunch of examples. I've been searching for a decent way to post here on the ol blog exactly what I'm listening to lately - preferably with album art and a sample if not full streaming song. Tried out imeem for a few mins - but I dont want to upload my entire library to some site - plus it may be illegal i dunno. Then I saw itunes has some widget but it falls short only showing you recent purchases (which doesn't tell anyone if I like it or play it a lot) or it can show your reviews (but only what you've reviewed on itunes store - not your own personal rankings) and lastly - what you can see to the right - which is cool but not useful - 'my favorites' - I have no clue how itunes tries to figure my favorites nor how it calculates some artists to be larger than others - so while it does show stuff I own it doesn't show what i like currently...

Enter 'ilike' and so far... ilikes. its a little piece of software that sits as a sidebar on your itunes and then has a website where you can log in and manage what you like. It effectively and efficiently looks at your itunes data - how many times you've played a song, how recently, your rankings, etc. and can create lists (see the widget to the right). Better still once you build up your profile a bit by selecting artists that you 'like' it will find other people with similar tastes so you can browse their libraries to find new stuff. Good thinking. Still could use more real-time customization and more control over the widget itself - but so far it wins the battle of the music widgets - I haven't looked into last.fm too much but but that may be another one to scope...

imeem - is it cool?

2007-09-28T13:16:00.000-07:00

So imeem is a company poised for some dopeness. They make deals with the music labels to share ad revenue instead of charging people for music. Upside - its free, downside - its add supported and you don't 'own' it. SO it doesn't really replace itunes - at least not yet, but its a nice place to listen and find new music in your taste spectrum... now this is what they 'say' so I just created an account and I'm gonna play with it and see how it works - but miguel you might be interested - as might bt and jg... anyhoo I found this dope lil reggaemon tune - only problem is that it is filed under 'groundation' and I can't find the real artist... so far - immem gets 1 point for finding me a nice lil jam, but minus 8.5 points for not letting me find out who it is!

Mooooooves

2007-09-21T00:25:00.000-07:00

Sooooo yeah these guys are crazy strong, crazy double jointed, crazy coordinated. If you got 20 mins and need to be amazed - check it. Intro is kinda long but worth the wait!

Lost n Found

2007-09-20T23:30:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the day we see our long lost friends mr. miguel and colers (pictured at left in 1926) who've been gobbled up by the southernly beast of beautiful bosoms and bastardly bourgeois we call SoCal. Seems our friends all have some sick need to be there. Oh well, wutever works - good news is they're coming to meet the little queen of sweetness, my little adeline. Gonna hang out for the weekend with us, driving the long drive - hopefully the infant screeches and poody diapers don't scare em off (or scare em from havin there own little grubs). Might be able to shoot away for some golf possibly... thats a good idea. maybe miguel will write a song for sweet adeline - cuz the elliott smith one - while not his most depressing stuff by long-shot - is not all that good. And the barber shop song 'sweet adeline' is just lame. oh and this will also mark the return of the treasured travel idol herbert - who's long trip from home has undoubtedly allowed him the time he needs to recover from his ails and return to his god-like status - protecting us upon travel and also while looking for parking in the city. We miss you herbert - your room is just how you left it.

Mulching My Nerves?

2007-09-20T23:07:00.000-07:00

So I goes into the dentistry office today for a quick drill-n-fill of what was supposed to be an occlusion (small cavity) in good ol tooth numed 15 (top left molar) - but doc gets in there with his little tiny drill spot and goes 'uh oh'.... I'm like - 'ummmm uh oh?' so he was all 'looks a bit bigger under the little cavity opening' so I'm all 'ok no prob bro just do your do, I can handle a bigger cavity, after all I gots fillings for days' so he pops out the dremel and a bigger bit and goes to town on my tooth. This ain't no high pitched lil drillin this sounds like one of them drill they go thru mountains with - "garbel grumble graggle" goes my tooth - he's coring it out like a damned woodshop project. After a few extra doses of the feel good - he goes 'awe dammit' and he looks concerned. 'Thats not a good thing' I says to myself. He flips off the cnbc and says 'wow, I really got sand-bagged here - none of this shows on the xray...' so I says to the dental doc 'what seems to be the problem officer' and he says I'll show you. Whips out the 'orifice camera' and shows me my tooth - or wuts left of it. There is a hole the size of a chicklet straight thru to the nerve (maybe a tictac)... he says the the tooth was decayed, right thru to the nerve and he's gonna need to give me the old root canal.He proceeds to show me some nasty diagrams in which the tooth is cored out (done) and then, now heres the good part - they take some kinda drill or file or some other instrument of torture and mulch the nerve up until its out. ug. see the pic if you can stomach it. Then they fill that space where the nerve was with some kinda super-plastic - then - oh its not over - then they chip away the outer layer of the rest of my tooth and crown it up. Hopin for gold, or platinum, with some bling in it. So thats my next Thursday. wheee. damned dirty xrays. hornswoggled.

First Phone Call... Hi Grammy!

2007-09-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

What Breaks?

2007-09-15T14:06:00.000-07:00

Yeah, sooooo.... there are no more breaks. As the berns can attest - and every parent who's come before - there are no breaks. At least not for a while. I think thats the ONLY reason babies are made so cute - so the tough times seem less tough. Not that baby adeline has been 'tough' on the scale of 'toughest babies of all time'. Apparently I had colic - and if the books are right, colicky babies are 100 times worse than our sweet adeline's most raging moments of inner-gas-fury. but still - it pains me to hear her def-con 5 level of whaling - even if its only for a moment. it stings inside and makes my blood boil - like the fight or flight instink or sumthin... I dunno, but its a new sensation I'm gonna need to learn to handle better cuz I just want her to be smiley, and when she's not I feel like I have to DO SOMETHING FAST! Good thing i have magical lady-like fingers whose power is trumped only by "the boob". I pop the ol indexer in and she almost always goes zen on me within seconds. Its my 'go-to move'. werd. Oddly berns finger does not compete - not sure if its the shape, texture, taste or what but she told me she was going to cut it off and keep it throughout the day to calm her fury. I told her we could just make a mold.

jg in the place to be

2007-09-06T23:54:00.000-07:00

So on Sundee JG joins the ranks of us TriDecathagenerianicals... wutever. So we're looking forward to seeing him and the Gabriel clan along with what I'd guess would be a bunch of other folks like some neighbors, some gladwells, some turnbull's, etc. Should be fun trampsing around the piers then having a nice lil dinny at le gran cafe (oui oui). Weren't sure what to get him - thought about a nintendo Wii - but its like $4oo hunny bones. Or a ps3 but thats like $600 hunny - plus i'm pretty sure it'd be cool for a month or two but then get shoved in the corner like our previous consoles... wut else? well he likes weaponry - but anything worth having is gonna be way too pricey - but a 3rd century roman plumbata dart would be pretty sweet... no we settled on something else - something cool. not as cool as the aformentioned - nor as expensive but we thinks he'll like it. Miguel has one - its a box device who's purpose is to be squozen. No more hints - pics later.

Oh it'll also be our first real outing with little sweet. Not sure how that will go, but I predict a win. She's pretty cool n tha gang. Also work has got me hangin by a very thin thread - having to muscle up and pound through some long weeks - with a pretty thing at home - its tough. grin n bear it - for now...

Adeline - Chillin in bed at 2 weeks old

2007-09-02T22:16:00.000-07:00

Adeline - Swingin It

2007-09-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

Adeline Loves this swinging thing. Its ourr saving grace come dinner time - We pop her in this thing and she's good for at least 15-20 mins... just enough to scarf some food together. Thanks for the gift unky brian and auntie cass!

Adeline's First Bath - Ends in Disaster

2007-09-02T22:11:00.000-07:00

A Beautiful Girl!

2007-08-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

Adeline's Birthday

Its A Girl!!! baby Adeline finally joins us on planet Earth and in laborious fashion after a long and strenuous labor, our new baby girl, Adeline Marie Pearson was born on August 16th at 10:23am via cesarean section. Tipping the scales at 8lbs and 1oz - she is a picture of beauty and health. We're finally home tonight to enjoy her glow at home. Click the image to view a quick little gallery with more to come!

Contraptions

2007-08-12T23:48:00.000-07:00

Today (Sunday) was Bern's second day of 'lotsa contractions throughout the day' - actually until yesterday we hadn't really had any - or they went un-noticed. But yesterday she had maybe 12-15 before they settled down for beddy and today she followed up with another good 15+ We've been tracking them - seem to be getting slightly closer - but not time to rush to the ER just yet... they're definitely not 'killer contractions' as shes handled them beautifully - with as much grace as ever. Doesn't complain - just pauses and says 'yeeeeah. think thats another one.' She's been too busy baking to feel any pain. Apparently its a good idea to bake so it keeps you mind busy - and one can use freshly baked goods to bribe the ever important labor nurses to take extra good care of you. She made some dyno-mite banana bread muffins (using Cole's fabuloso secret recipe +25% extra choco-chips...) - and with a little consulting from my sis - berns also baked some fresh blueberry muffins - with crumble-cake top - haven't tried thems yet - but might do so right after this sentence...

In Heavy Rotation

2007-08-12T23:36:00.001-07:00

Dooooood... DOOOOOOOOOD! This be summa dat theer roots reggae-mon - Hands down the best reggae I heard since BOB (dylan). No but seriously folks - Recently discovered these cats via iTunes i believe - and I must say - extremely impressed - deep roots bass, amazing energy in this little guy's unique voice. Dude sounds like a creature from golom's neck of the woods - but with maaaaaad soul. Oh and heres the kicker-he's a tiny little white kid with a beard and some raggamuffin turbin. Looks may be deceiving as these cats have turned out a handful of really good music. Check out this pic - you can almost see his voice! Reggae is somehow both happy and tragic - beats make me smile and nod my head whilst the lyrics make me wanna throw the fist in the air for huey! This is the best album I've heard from them but I'll likely start rotating the other ones cuz this one is toight - toight loik a toiger. Enjoy the head nods that should ensue upon your listen...

cute

2007-08-12T23:24:00.000-07:00

Bought some cute baby clothes this weekend at the street fair - kinda nice when you find some stuff at these fairs - cuz seems like they're always the same ol garbeeg. But since we need to keep the berns-a-walkin we strolled around a bit and spotted these hip little kid garments... hey I should start a kids clothes label for hip kids called 'varmit garments'...or for domesticated ferret owners with disposable income...anyhoo - this is the only picture they had on the website - the one we picked is nuttin like this - way much cuter - its a little brown one-zee with dandelions on it. I post pics of bubby when s/he finally comes.

Lookin at an induction if we cant pop it out this week - but the walks and such have been working and berns been having lots of contraptions this weekend. We're in for a fluid check in the morning so if that looking good we'll be on our own for a few more days. I'd guess tomorrow night - maybe tuesday. JG has recently predicted 7:26 pm on Monday evening. I might go more like 3:21am on Toozdee.

Boy or Girl?

2007-08-08T19:59:00.000-07:00

People keep asking - is it a boy or a girl... I say yes. Its one of those - but we dunno which yet - I forget who said this to me - but life has far too few true surprises - and this is already about as exciting as it gets. old skule fool.

Not too many people have asked if I have a preference, but its come up. I used to. 2yrs ago i woulda told anyone I (and did) that I wanted all boys - cuz teenage girls scare me to death. I'd be that over protective father that the 15 yr old girl would revolt against causing under-aged drinking, drugging, humping, birthing, etc... But that was then.

If its a Girl...
Oh man - how much cuter does it get than a little 4 yr old daughter? I'm no longer scared by the prospects of over-fathering a young lady for I have seen the light and understand that love conquers all. Not to say there will not be challenges - I'd be fool to think so - but girls are probably much better humans over-all on a global average. They seem to love more, hate less, think first, hit later, and of course I generalize here but sweetness is sweet - and any daughter raised by the berns will have sweetness in spades. if we do our job right, our girl will be a free thinker, with confidence, and turn table skillz...

If its a Boy...
I hope to dog above that i can raise a boy with compassion - not the GW Bush kind - but true heartfelt compassion and awareness of himself, of others, and of his surroundings. I'm looking forward to the wrastlin and muck-raking that comes with boy energy too, but I think the world could use some more thoughtful gents - with confidence and with an incredible change-up to follow his devastating 2-seamer...

I dunno - I just want my bubby outta that there belly - another 15 minutes on 'broil' oughta brown it to a perfect medium rare. We're currently 2 days overdue - if no labor by late next week we'll probably induce... not our first choice - but we'll see how it goes! - Bottom line is we get to take the sweet little munchkin home soon!

Due Date Schmoo Date

2007-08-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

So its been some time since I last posted... lots went on...Like... June and July. I guess I turned wut like 31 - so I'm prett much a legit adult now. And to prove it - I'm days - if not moments - away from producing my first progeny. I am uttery amazed at the excitement, anxiety, anticipation... I'm having trouble sleeping these days, as all I can think about is my child. That sounds awkward to me. My Child. That sounds intense to me. MY CHILD. That sounds fantastic to me.

I just want to squeeze the little grubber, not in a postpartum depression kinda way, but this little guy or gal has been growing in my beautiful wifes body for a long while, and being so close to holding this new human, this bundle of potential, this - wow - its like a really important story that will unfold and create this little one's 'life'... its really exciting.

Its a little scary too. I'm a pretty confident person, in terms of my abilities to parent, provide, protect, teach, learn, etc. - but this is pretty different than anything I've ever done. But with even more confidence, i am so excited to see the berns be a mommy. She's going to do really well in there. I'm almost not worried about that part. I still have all the 'ifs' ruining my sleep but we can't control that stuff. So I wait.

My good-buddy JG (father of Noah) had a sobering and somehow calming comment on the phone the other day. I'm telling him about all the worries about what could go wrong, and while I know its out of my control and slim odds - I can't help but feel anxious and nervous about it - and he plainly said - 'yeah... and it never stops.' - and i was like ... dag yo - ur right huh? i'm gonna be caring way too much about this little grubbinsky forEVER.

I'll end there cuz thats some nice oceanic wisdoms from the g.

No May Postage?

2007-06-03T00:44:00.000-07:00

No bloggo postus in May? weak. I'm gonna make up for it this month with crazy posts like crazy. Just lame random ones like this BA dot com totally fresh insta-dance-move photo - pretty sweet - always wondered about the 'Tango Hustle'. Also short of a full blown 'In Heavy Rotation' post - I'll just quickly note the recent diggits on my ipodicle. Wilco's new one is pretty nice - Sky Blue Sky - cool name too.... lots of influences for these tunes - they all sound like different bands - like good versions of different bands, from beatles to floyd, to simon and garf (tho Mike disputes this in his deviant youth), also shades of MMJ, Spoon, others too... but really nice album. Also playing lots of Arcade Fire's Neon Bible... digging on Ocean of Noise (rad) and title track (sweed) and others - looking for new stuff but short on time... ok thats all signing out - peace n bisquik --bp

Beast Man

2007-06-03T00:05:00.001-07:00

Jeah. So I gets to be BT's bestest man come next spring when he and his lady Mrs. Cassidy become fused forever in heavenly matrimony. Thats him there on the left - pretty much to a tee - not sure who the chunky asian lady is standing in there for CassBrown, but whatever works...

He asked me today on a phone call in typical BT-ish down-played "I don't know, you know, that stuff" - but he said some real nice things too. Kinda surprised me - not that I don't think I'm qualified, BUT we don't see enough of each other lately and though we're forever bonded, I just hoped I was still in his immediate playlist.

I guess 'surprised' isnt the word, cuz now that I think about it, I'd have been bummed if I wasn't, but I guess I hadn't thought about it yet... but even tho we see not enough of each other - I always feel connected. Its always been like that tween us since post high school. No matter what we do, how long it is tween talks or visits it always seems like its right there. The friendship never fades, its this perpetual thing, that maybe only comes when you share your formative years and so many key life moments. Its cool. i feel really blessed in a non-christian sorta way to have that kind of relationship, and trust - its like i KNOW he'll always be there - always. At least til one of us kicks the ol bugget. So now i gots to figure out what all i gotta get together on this thing - tuxes, ring, license, speech, transportation, honeymoon, luggage, cuff links, sunscreen? ooh, depends on the honeymoon venue.

Brian was a best man at my wedding. Yes 'A' best man - i had three. All best men. Truely all 3. I have thought about what I wanted to say to my best men whenever that hallmark moment presented itself - but when it did I locked up - dudes are lame - hard to express things to each other - everything is implied by the cheesy high-fives and rambunctious wrastlin' etc. But I did think about it. I gave them each a trophy... thats right - a trophy. Based on their titles as best men, and also their performances at my bachelor party weekend in Tahoe. brian's was "Best Man - Worst Bowler" - he actually rolled a 39 thru all ten frames - and no he wasn't drunk, and yes he was trying his derndest. It was hideous and hilarious - and it deserved a trophy. but getting back to what I was gonna get across in some long winded delivery speech - the gist was I've got 3 great bestfriends (at the time - pre-mike-n-coles) all with long histories, and all which serve very different but equally important friendship functions - it was much more flowery than this all sounds, but what I mean is - Brian is my brother, I love him like a brother and we grew up together, and as mentioned we have a unique connection thats most like a familial bond. Hes my family, always will be.

Now Jorge on the other side - he serves as a great friend to kick back with, throw back so pops, bbq, football, he's a model 'man' and father and he really inspires me to push myself. I think I really learned a lot with him about respect and heart. He was my catcher, and I had to trust him to always have my back and I know he always will.

Then JG on the other side - he's my creative counterpart, which obviously is a huge part of who i am as a person. he inspires me to want to create, to want to build, play, and though he has a skill set so different from mine we're always on the same page. The most creative and fun person I've known and I can't imagine not having his friendship in my life.

But the point is - what is the point? - Oh yeah - 3 effing great best mans. Why do most people only get one? Cuz most people don't know 1 person as best-mannish as my 3. And who says you can only have one? So yeah I feel blessed and the portfolio grows - I like great people - and I'm proud that brother brian wants me to be his beast man cuz that means he thinks i'm cool - that or he knows I won't forget the ring, or the sunscreen.

Memento

2007-04-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

Here's an excerpt from an email (circa 5 minutes ago) I sent to brother brian - I thought it was important. Try it on for size.

Hey – i think I’m getting senial... no really.... a few months back I misspelled ‘green’ as ‘grean’ – not a typo cuz ‘A’ is like over a key and a half from ‘E’ (and I was already on ‘E’ from the first one) – then to make shit even more worserest – today... I typed ‘teeth’ as ‘teath’ – yeah thats right – ‘teath’ – granted I was speaking about green tea... so I might get a pass there but good god darnit I’m too young to be losing my minds. – This is important – I think I may copy it to my blog for record in case I’m ever like that dude in memento who has to write everything down to remember it the next day and then he has to figure out... the end of the movie or whatever. Ok laters. --bp

What do you guys think? Who are you guys anywaze - I only have 1 comment... I guess you guys are me. Fair enough. We guys think its a solid concept - can't be too careful.

Snap, Crackle, Pop

2007-04-15T22:38:00.000-07:00

The Berns broke her rib today. Fractured to be precise, whilst coughing to hard. Her poor body has been shaken by this cough for a few long weeks, but just when it seemed to begin to subside - pop - a cough this morning did some real damage. Fortunate to have a doc in the family - Dianne and my pop jammed right over to evaluate and bring meds. The codine helped dull the excruciating pain (she'd been in tears several times upon coughing, giggling, or moving wrong) - BUT it also seemed to upset her tummy - so we now know the one thing more miserable than a busted rib, is a busted rib while vommiting violently... and also whilst preggy with pressures from all angles. The Berns is a serious trooper tho - and has weathered the storm as gracefully as ever. i've done my best to help, but dag yo - I'm pretty helpless - all we can do is keep her comfy, and make sure she doesn't try to move too much. We're gonna need to push in another few months in labor, thus we need a good strong rib in there so as not to pop it out again in the delivery room - man would that be terrible. But we should have enough time to heal her up good as new. Bummers huh?

Victorious - A Few Quick Snaps From A Quick Jaunt to BC

2007-04-12T22:35:00.000-07:00

Go Canadia!

2007-04-06T09:39:00.000-07:00

So We're off tomorrow - bright and early. The Berns and I are going to lounge in Victoria for about 4.5 days. My lovely mother, beautiful sisters, and brother-in-law-on-the-mend will be joining us up at the Empress for 'Sunday Tea' which should be simply wonderbus... I'm excited that they can all come, but a little bummed cuz Martin can't make it.

Weather is looking Pac-Northwesternish, with clouds and drizzle - which is cool, and cold. We'll break out the cool weather gear. berns looks sweet in ponchos...

Not sure what we'll get into up there - whatever the Berns wants I guess - since its her b-day present (turned 30 a coupla weeks ago!), I think we'll check out some of the 'first nations' stuff, probably drive up the west coast of the island to see what thats all about... explore downtown, find an adventure or two - but it'll be good to get some R&R on our last little excursion as non-parents!

In Heavy Rotation

2007-04-05T00:44:00.000-07:00

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

Wow interesting, both albums in heavy rotation have 'dead' in the title... berry interestink. So this album I must say was a moderate let down upon first listen - I expected very little after the huge Float On success, and this delivered... BUT THEN... I listened again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and then..."ooooh. kinda nice.. not all put together but some real nice tracks." Now like most of the tunes i dig on - Modest Mouse is an acquired taste - I highly prefer their early stuff to this super-produced, too much cash in the studio budget, lets bring in an orchestra, version of the Mouse - BUT - as mentioned there are some bright spots. Diggin a few at the top of the album (wut's an 'album'?) and a few at the back-side. The middle I can mostly skip. Hey another spanks to BT for turning me on to MM - with that lovely and flowery - Paper Thin Walls, and the oh so dreamy Dramamine (oh who am I kidding this album is not MY Modest Mouse... dag nabbit...)

In Heavy Rotation

2007-04-05T00:26:00.000-07:00

El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

OK - been listening to this on my way to work at 8 hundred hours - really gets the blood pumping. For those of you un familiar - el-p is the dopeness. Insane hyper-contemporary hip-hop, maybe even futuristic. He's like a scene from some sci-fi, post-apocolyptic, blade runnerish, mad maxian, desolationistis.... yeah. Creative guy - lyrics are layered and at first listen sound angry, but keep listening, more like 'determined' (ok angry too). His production is on another level too - I think thats his bread and butter - hyper, layers on layers, electronic, old skule boom bap, just a fierce blend of aggro sound... Tracks: Run the Numbers is the tastiest followed by No Kings... was disappointed that the track with Cat Power on it kinda sucked... Wonder if Baby Pearson would like to take a listen - pretty advanced tho - an acquired taste for sure. Thanks to brother BT for turning me on to El-P - oh and btw - he is one ugly some of a basket...

ultra-baby

2007-04-01T02:08:00.000-07:00

There s/he is... Instincs have been telling me a baby girl is on the way... but recently I'm getting a boyish vibe... I'm happy so long as s/he come home healthy... been a long time comin, looking forward to the next stage in life here...

street singer in tokyo - rocking the house

2006-07-19T22:28:00.000-07:00

TPC - crowd noise

2006-01-24T19:04:00.000-08:00

Dag yo. Posts from the phone cost monies - wish i knew that before that last trip... This is the beginning of my days at TriplePoint Capital - we had a nice lil dinner dealy at Nola's in Palo Alto - fine eats, I recommend the skirt steak...

Thar she goes... sundown in Pacifica with a crap camera phone...

2006-01-15T17:16:00.000-08:00

Iron Tangles on the Beach

2006-01-15T17:10:00.000-08:00

Just a bit crazy, not much

2006-01-15T17:06:00.000-08:00

Pacifica Beach Shoes

2006-01-15T17:05:00.000-08:00

Dad at the Beach

2006-01-15T17:03:00.000-08:00

Pacifica Beach

2006-01-15T16:57:00.000-08:00

Pacifica Beach

2006-01-15T16:54:00.000-08:00

Pacifica

2006-01-15T16:52:00.000-08:00

It was windy cold.

Pre-game show... Lame-o

2006-01-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

We went to the Lakers vs. Warriors game - thnx to Mr. Anderson - word. It was a back and forth game with lots of dunks - good fun - but the Warriors came up short. Unfortunately the camera wouldn't take any floor shots since the brightlights just washed out - but I'm sure if you're really interested you could find highlights and info here

Bernzers at the Warriors Game!

2006-01-14T19:19:00.000-08:00

1901.1 Miles Later

2006-01-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

The car has earned its stripes - Herbert the Fearless and Merciful Travel Idol has got us home safely again - and we're glad to be home after a fun but more soggy trip than we'd hoped. Better luck next time...

We've landed... Home sweet home!

2006-01-01T12:25:00.000-08:00

Thats a fake exhausted look - we got plenty of sleep at the beautiful Redding Ramada Inn! It was like the four seasons in hawaii only without any of the good parts or the beach, but it did have a wonderful breakfast buffet!

Bay bridging

2006-01-01T12:02:00.000-08:00

Once again - looked much cooler in real life!

Toll

2006-01-01T11:57:00.000-08:00

We were forced to resort to the Credence...

2006-01-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

It was inevitable - and after about 1700 miles on the trip we had no choice - dude, dude, dude lookin' out my back doe.

Muddy roads!

2006-01-01T11:21:00.000-08:00

We are almost home. All the roads are quite messy. Looks like we missed the massive flooding and road closures up and down I-5 from yesterday! 90-ish minutes to go...

We saw a news van covering a big 4x4 truck that got swept off the frontage road into a ditch - big news in Winters, CA - the window was left rolled down so we speculated that the dudes got out that way, or were just too hot when the flood hit...

Last leg of the journey

2006-01-01T09:27:00.000-08:00

Car Wars

2006-01-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

It's late... We're outside of Redding. Getting sleepy. Not much

2005-12-31T22:40:00.000-08:00

Composition x2sh65.00f *tm

2005-12-31T16:38:00.000-08:00

I thought this would be funny but it kinda makes me feel sick...

2005-12-31T16:32:00.000-08:00

If only I could grow a beard...

2005-12-31T16:20:00.000-08:00

Super-more-brighterest-than-this...

2005-12-31T16:08:00.000-08:00

Bernbow

2005-12-31T16:06:00.000-08:00

We just came thru a snazzy patch of weather with the most hugantistest rainbow I ever did beheld. Even bigger and brighter that the famous rainbow atop mount Haleakahala. It was truely neato. It doesn't come off so well on this lil camera phone but it was powerful. Some more bad pics to follow....

Blue Skies fer a Sec

2005-12-31T15:47:00.000-08:00

Weather Report...

2005-12-31T15:41:00.000-08:00

So we just called the handy 511 weather service and got the sloppy report... We can't go out to the coast as there are floods and high waters closing 101... And we can't go to crater lake as there is 'heavy snow' along 2 of the roads out there. I suppose we 'could' go but it would be slooooowwww and probably wouldn't see much in this weather.

So we're heading straight down 5 and hope to bunk near the border depending on conditions... Had some flurries down there today, sounds like snow tonight... Could be fun.

We didn't ween.

2005-12-31T15:09:00.000-08:00

Crap game that Keno.

We're Gunna Weeeeeen!

2005-12-31T15:06:00.000-08:00

Best thing in Oregon - I guess you can legally gamble so long as you have a sandwich with it...

Lunch in ALBANY

2005-12-31T15:04:00.000-08:00

You Are Here...

2005-12-31T14:29:00.000-08:00

LONG LOAD is about right - three fricken trailers?

2005-12-31T14:24:00.000-08:00

Oh No! Someone smuggled peanut budder fudges onto this vessel! Thx

2005-12-31T14:16:00.000-08:00

Oregon is so beautiful this time of year!

2005-12-31T14:10:00.000-08:00

It's so picturesque, it looks as tho its a postcard or perhaps the cover of a road atlas. 'American Maps' 2003 Road Atlas to be precise... Tee hee - its actually still soggy, grey, and poody out here - but at least the rain has been light so far...

Shiny Me

2005-12-31T13:33:00.000-08:00

Random

2005-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:00