I am now using Moveable Type Version 3.0D.
So far it looks great! I will be able to turn back on comments now thanks to their anti-spam measures.
Argosy Locks Cruise
Experience Music Project
Space Needle
Pike Place Market
Underground Tour
Day trip to Mt Rainier (and maybe Mt Saint Helens)
Woodinville Wineries (Chateau Ste Michelle, Columbia Winery & Silver Lake
Winery)
Breweries (Redhook Brewery and Pyramid Alehouse)
Leavenworth
Spirit of Washington Dinner Train
San Juans Day Trip
Olympics
Casey and some of her family have season tickets to the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Once before when her Mum was sick I was lucky enough to see Mama Mia (The ABBA Musical). Well tonight I have just been informed I am getting to go see Urinetown as her cousin Tonya can not go.
Good things do happen!
You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.
Isn't it ironic?
I am going to get bare. I am going to get naked.
I am going to do so with Alanis.
Casey will be there too. Not as kinky as you may think.
There are going to be thousands of people around.
It is like a group thing.
Yes my girlfriend Casey is going to take us to see Alanis Morissette
and the Barenaked Ladies, at the White River Amphitheater.
If this is half as good as when Karissa took me in LA to see them, and where we discovered Guster, it will be extraordinary!
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
I was going to write an issue of the newsletter today, however I left my hard drive (portable) at the office. I figured the extra stuffing around isn't worth it and I can write an issue Monday instead.
I am looking at a new subscription and list management solution that will make life easier and give me more options for publishing the newsletter.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
Making a habit of donating blood. Second time right on schedule!
Maybe you should donate too?
What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
Today was another 5 am start for the Bremerton Armed Forces Day Parade followed by the Poulsbo Viking Fest Parade. It started with a nice cooked breakfast done by the local Rotary Club.
In the first parade we carried Specialist E4 Todd Cory. He had spent 5 years in the military and we figured he was probably about 23 years old. He first served overseas in Germany training in demolition for the 14th Engineering. He then spent 5 months in Kosovo. Recently he was involved in the Iraqi war, until his pickup was blown up. He said if it wasn't for the 4 inch kevlar floor all six occupants would have died. Instead they ended up 30 feet in the air. He said he wanted to be over in Iraqi still doing his job but was still rehabilitating. It really added a human face to the whole Iraq war situation.
On a lighter note we carried Amaree a South Kitsap Junior Miss Court Princess. This was a fun but slow parade. The course wasn't very wide and was crowded so there were no circles to be driven.
Both parades were fun but at the end of the day it is very tiring. Next parade on the list is Shelton.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…
The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
This is a note to myself more than anything. I want to mark the date.
It is time to get back in the game.
Of course the game could be a number of things.
Perhaps this is my new found energy from working out more intesively and turning the fat to muscle. Healthy mind, healthy body!
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.
Last Saturday I went to my first Detailin' Day for the Puget Sound Miata Club. It was a full day but my car looked brand new after it was all over.
The seats were steam cleaned, engine washed, car washed, floors vacuumed, and most importantly the car was buffed and waxed.
How much did all of this cost? Nothing. Just one of the many benefits of being a member! (NOTE: some elbow grease was required) I just want to know why there wasn't a crew of attractive bikini clad women to wash the cars.
Then I thought I was ready for the parade season. Until the engine stuttered and it was found that I was in need of new leads and a new set of plugs. Not to worry because Detailin' Day is held at Coops Miata! Coop had the parts delivered in minutes and installed by his Rat Pack from the local high school where he teaches shop class.
So now a few days later you would think all would be well?Not entirely. Pulling of the freeway the car sounded like crap. A loose belt. A call in to Coop had me advised to get it out there ASAP and not drop it under "100". Our Coop has a sense of humor!
So in turn Coop replaced the belt, only to find a more dire problem, the Crank Bolt was loose. I had no idea what this meant, until Coop informed me that the engine would basically self-destruct if the bolt fell out. So in the end a bit of money outlayed now saved me headaches and a small fortune.
To boot, I got a nice boot for my convertible top. I owe Coop one for that! Actually the man could be the Guardian Angel of Miata's!
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.