Archive for August, 2008

a bit concerned

31Aug08

not that this is putting me over the edge, i’m far from it, but i’ve been trying to read and learn more about john mccain’s v.p. pick, sarah palin. i’m a bit concerned, these being just a few examples.
from an article from treehugger.com:
she(palin) believes that climate change is not man-made and her opposition to [...]

“we’re a better country than this.”

28Aug08

barack obama has put it all out there. tonight was amazing. congratulations, mr. obama.
new york times article.

bro in town

23Aug08

my brother, ahren, and his girlfriend, anna, is coming to town on monday. we are really looking forward to having them in town. it seems like the last 2 or 3 years every time i see them it is for a quick weekend or even day visit. they’ll be landing monday late [...]

friends and the midwest

20Aug08

this past weekend was no ordinary weekend for deeann and i. it wasn’t a normal weekend for our close friends ren & rebecca. this past saturday they were married at her parents acreage in wisconsin, surrounded by 50 of their closest friends and family. it was a wonderful day celebrating these two [...]

pickathon ‘08

04Aug08

this past weekend deeann and i went with a couple of friends to the pickathon indie roots music festival. it was such a great time! the event was on pendarvis farm in happy valley, oregon. a few thousand people came just for a day or for the whole weekend. we were [...]