Posts Tagged “My Boring Life”
What a loss. I had been contacting Qwest, then subsequently Century Link (after the corporate buy out) with regards to our internet service for a long while. Years, probably. The service has been spotty, cutting out at apparently random times. After several service calls, technician visits, repair orders, and years of frustration, we…
Thanksgiving was rather eventful this year. My son Kyle came home from college for a few days. I had planned on getting a picture of all 5 kids together, but somehow the time slipped away and I didn’t take one picture of any of the kids. I’d have loved to have gotten a picture of…
There seems to be a stereotype about Seattle residents, and I’ve found it to be true for the most part. By and large, IPA (or India Pale Ale) is the preferred beer. Sure other people outside of Seattle drink it, but it seems virtually everybody in Seattle does. And Pearl Jam. Everybody here loves Pearl…
In the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle there’s a big Fred Meyer. Sure there was some uproar over its construction, but not enough to derail the project. It’s by a local brew pub (Hales) and a ship yard, a paving stone company, a mechanic, you get the idea. More industrial than anything. Sure it’s two…
Today as I picked up the kids from school this afternoon, it rained. That’s not really unusual here in Seattle in October. Or pretty much any other month. What was unusual was the double rainbow afterwards. Now I’m not entirely sure, but I think it was the first…
Part six of an ongoing series looking at our summer vacation to the lower left corner of the state of Washington. After our hike out to (and back from) the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse we left our vehicle where it was and walked in the opposite direction to the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. …
I have a rather large home video collection. Out of the several hundred movies on DVD and Blu-ray I own, which are in alphabetical order, there are three directors that have their own “section” on the shelf. If you can be the first to guess the three directors and tweet me (@ppmdad) by Friday, you’ll…
This is the fifth is a series of posts looking at our less than 3 days of vacation this summer. After Xavier woke from his nap (see previous entry) we decided to check out the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. First, however, there was a detour. While Xavier was sleeping in the Millennium Falcon, Laura…
Last year I took Ciárán to his first professional baseball game, the Everett Aquasox. The team is a “Short A” affiliate for the Seattle Mariners, pretty much the lowest rung on the professional ladder. That doesn’t mean it’s not professional as many major leaguers got their start at this level. This year I won…
This is part four of an ongoing series looking at our family vacation. You can tell it was a big deal because I’m milking it for all it’s worth. We weren’t even gone from the house for three full days! Originally, after our picnic lunch, the plan was for me to take August, Déla…