Day 293 – Contract

I went to pick up the kids and went into the teachers’ lounge to grab something. In the center of the table was a plate with these buttons on it. I only recently found out that the Portland Teachers have been working without a contract since 2008. They will have another round of mediation in…

From the Soccer Sidelines

I love the school my kids go to & Garbanzo teaches at. The staff is great (most of them). I love the principal who is the right balance between buddy and hard ass – and picks his battles extremely well. The parents, on the other hand, are a blessing and a curse.  The blessing part…

Day 280 – More Neighbor Drama

So the fucking owner of the quadplex caved and gave the evicted dumb ass more time to get his shit out of the yard.  He has been removing shit from the tent-like “shed” he had between our property line and the apartment.  He brought in his assistant to help him get that stuff out and…

Unexcited

I realized tonight just how unexcited I am about running the half marathon on Sunday.  What’s strange is the reason.  It’s not because I don’t think I can do it, but it’s more that I’m not feeling like it is important. I was trying to explain this to Garbanzo earlier, but I think a lot…

Unintended Messages

This past week, my youngest brother and I had a fairly honest and direct conversation.  It was a couple days after my mom pissed me off with her phone call, and he had called. Talk started turning to the family, and I had made a few comments that made him pause and ask what was…

Day 262 – Random Friday Pictures & Week Wrap-Up

I’ve been playing with Aperture on my camera the last couple of days. I like the effect it can create. Like this: I like how it makes everything in the background fuzzy. The raindrops – it is the clouds that get fuzzy – with my shoes, it’s the landscape behind. Love that effect. Oh, and…

A Rant for Tuesday

Excuse the bitch session, but I do have to get a few things off of my chest. First – I’m going to kill my brothers. Yes, I am aware it is a bad idea to document your intent to kill two people, but it has truly gotten to that point. I found out over the…

The SKY IS FALLING!!!

While it has been nice having posts pre-scheduled this week given how the project is impacting my time (and my desire to even be near a computer at night), I thought I would add a small interlude about my work week. We have entered what I like to call, the Sky-Is-Falling stage of the project….