Gonna be a Central Oregon golfing fool

Going to Sunriver (staying at The Pines) for a Fall golf extravaganza. We’re playing Quail Run and most likely the River’s Edge course in downtown Bend, OR. We have a few friends coming along, so it’s entirely possible Marla and I will get to play 9 or 18 together…. Taking off from work Wed. – [...]

Wind power as an off-grid option

Looking at wind power as an option when we get around to building that new home we keep talking about…. Well, if we ever get around to it I’m ready to go! I have found out all it takes is: lots of money!! The thing is that even at starting costs approaching $10,000 and more [...]

Raiders win

Today I watched the Raiders play a very solid game. The only thing is, I can’t tell if it’s just that K.C. is really bad, or if the Raiders have gelled as a team and found some of that commitment to excellence that is the team motto.
In all, I thought the O line was dominant. [...]

The coolest theatre EVER

There are many places in the greater Portland area to spend your discretionary dollars. I’d have to say one of the best is at Cinetopia, which is across the river in Vancouver. We’ve been there a few times in the past, and I am hoping we go this Saturday as one of our few real dates since Saundra came [...]

Is your project out of control?

Recently I have been ruminating on why, it seems, all the projects I have worked on as a contributor over the last 3+ years have missed their dates, customer expectations, and, I presume, their budgets (with one too brief respite, which I will get to later). There are many references on the web that can [...]

09/08/98*

10 years ago today, Mark McGwire went yard for #62. Does it even matter now? Did he juice it up? I still remember the night: I was out with the ‘rents in P-town, celebrating their anniversary at Ruth’s Chris Steak House. I stood in the bar when Big Mac was at the bat. It went [...]

Barview Jetty County Campground/Park

In case anyone is looking for a decent place to stay on the Oregon Coast, check out this place. We stayed there for a few nights this past summer and thought it was pretty damn good, as far as county campgrounds go. It was clean and well-maintained; there are plenty of really good, semi-private, large camp [...]