wherever you go….there’s a different way to do it….

It’s interesting to see some of these videos. I don’t know who these people are….but watching a video is a fairly painless way to check out their world. It’s nice to be able to turn off the video if I … Continue reading →

Mo’ Detroit

Holy Smokes. How does it get like this in a major American city? I’m glad it’s not like this where I live. This is both horrifying and amazing to me….a train wreck that I can’t turn away from. Detroit!! Bizarre….. … Continue reading →

stay on the bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmX8pGBJyvo Man….first it was bicycles and touring on a bike….which is extremely cool….now….here’s a dude on a motorcycle taking an epic road trip. There’s a constant in that equation….the road trip…getting away and seeing some unusual stuff. Sometimes it’s all about … Continue reading →

all the monkeys

We have to talk about “dominion” some….or we’d forget where we stop and the monkeys begin. This reminds me of giving Sparrow a bath….except that she’s too big for a sink bath now. She gets her baths in the bathtub. … Continue reading →

Lovin’ Lloyd

Awwwww, man…..”lovin’ Lloyd”? Really? That’s super freaking creepy. I’m just kidding around, anyway….what I should have called this post was “liking Lloyd”. That was more appropriate. I was going to say I should have called it “likin’ Lloyd”….but that looked … Continue reading →

I ain’t goin’ underground

I didn’t realize that Mike Oehler, author of “The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book”, built his homes in Northern Idaho. Who knew? Maybe I should have known that if I’d read his book more carefully? From the description in … Continue reading →

it’s not our fault…we did all we could

OK….so here’s the deal. While trying to make a bad situation better, I broke the part on the car that made things bad….and in the end, only made things terrible. Of course, “terrible” is relative. “Terrible” is really when the … Continue reading →

lake people

We rode our bikes around one side of the lake yesterday. The minivan is down for a while….so taking all 6 of us in one vehicle is pretty impossible….so we took two vehicles loaded with people and bicycles….and went to … Continue reading →

all this fear keeps things rolling smooth

I can’t coordinate everything in my head and fall asleep at the same time. I can’t do it. I realized that about 11:30 last night….and had to try to clear my head so I could nod off. I was worried … Continue reading →

blackholemotherfreakin’partsuckingblacknessdarksideofhades…….Dodge Grand Caravan.

I did a lot of our car repair work that I needed to do this morning. Changed the plugs and reattached the transmission cooler in the Jeep….replaced the thermostat and tried to find the very slow coolant leak in the … Continue reading →