Graduation Speech

Here is my graduation speech, from one decidedly not-famous speaker to my decidedly wonderful soon-to-be graduate. Congratulations, Graduate. You’ve accomplished one of your life goals and now you have the wonderful and enviable opportunity to ask yourself the question: What Read more…

Poker Night

When I was little, probably only five or so, my Dad used to have a group of friends he played poker with fairly regularly.  I remember that I wasn’t much taller than the table, but I could see up there Read more…

Hunting

My Dad was a hunter.  Every year when I was a kid he and his buddies would go elk hunting in southwest washington in the Blue Mountains outside Yakima.  Sometimes they’d come back with something, mostly they didn’t.  There was Read more…

A Great Place to Be From

Spring has sprung in the Northwest!  This last weekend was our first weekend where the temperature exceeded 70 degrees both Saturday and Sunday.  Grills all over the place were dusted off, cleaned and fired up.  Lawn mowers were uncovered, gassed Read more…

Marriage Equality

I’m not a terrifically vocal person with respect to my politics.  I am typically “live and let live” so long as someone isn’t trying to infringe upon my rights or push their agenda, religious or otherwise, on me.  But, I Read more…

Social Media

Social media is a fairly new concept.  If you ask most folks under 25 what Social Media means you’ll hear about all the latest contenders like Facebook and Twitter.  If you ask them what came before, you may hear about Read more…