On a recent whim trip to Seattle, an old native is stunned to see the city he once knew, transformed into… something else. Here is a small tour through the place he once knew, accompanied by wildly inaccurate and purposely false claims about their history.
Read moreWorkaday Magic: Excerpts from the LinkedIn endorsement I never wrote for Dan Falck
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
when Dan quit his job, I set out to write him a LinkedIn recommendation. What started as a simple endorsement turned into a longer story about one of the best/worst jobs I’ve ever had, and the lovely, highly capable man I had the opportunity to share it with.
These are excerpts from that story.
Weird about cornbread
Did you know, cornbread is actually the central dish to Thanksgiving? Here’s what happened one year I attended a potluck Thanksgiving and took the my eye off my cornbread for one second.
Read moreMaking the same mistakes, and getting maced – twice: Excerpts from “How to identify a stolen bike”
I got maced, twice, trying to rescue a stolen bike.
Read moreThe White Bicycle
For everyone who’s had a bike stolen: here’s to the one that got away.
Read morePourland
When the earthquake destroys the West Coast, those who’ve thought ahead and built themselves rain barrels to collect and store fresh water will also have to fend off the roaming hordes of looters.
Read moreNew book(s) on the way
There’s a lot of ideas floating around. With a lot of time and a lot of luck, they’ll come together and become a book. Or two. Or three. Here’s what I’m currently working on.
Read moreReading
I win every staring contest
Giving a reading is the laziest form of show business. It requires no physical agility, unless standing still is considered agility.
Read moreThe Crowded and Empty Office
Perhaps the best work you can work is the work you can work when nobody else is at work.
Read moreAutumn is coming
I come to life in a season when everything begins to die.
Read moreThis is why we can’t have nice things: E-scooters, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it.
You can park them anywhere!
Just park that shit anywhere bro.
Read moreSteel Bridge
A love letter to Portland’s rotten and beautiful Steel Bridge.
Read moreThe neighbors (kicking the shit out of each other)
Ask the Portland Police about the Jensens.
Read moreAlone at the Columbia pool
At the Columbia Pool, in Kenton.
Read moreFreeway overpasses of Portland
Passing on the best advice that was ever given to me: look up.
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