Robb + Jessie Married & in the Badger State
A Birkenstocked Zen Gardener
So I was reading this article in the New York Times this morning about one of the pioneers of organic gardening in the United States. I almost laughed out loud when I read this quote, though.
“You should taste this place,” she said, offering a visitor dried lemon verbena tea from the garden, her wide eyes bringing to mind a surprised lemur.
Seriously. I love their writing styles at the Times.
Why we love Seattle.
Note: I apologize if you are not from the Greater Seattle Area.
The other night Robb and I watched about a million mini clips from Seattle’s classic “Almost Live!” from the 1990s (similar to Saturday Night Live, but better if you are a Seattleite).
For your viewing pleasure… some of our favourite clips:
Seattle’s own Speedwalker! staring Bill Nye:
The Ballard Files (why Ballard is the coolest neighborhood):
Studs from Microsoft and as your host, Pat Cashman:
Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan: Library of Death:
The Lame List or What’s Weak This Week brought to you by America’s Heavy Metal Community (or Seattle Grunge):
I hope you enjoyed this little sample of Seattle at its finest. Apparently NBC doesn’t want to release Almost Live! on DVDs (what a shame). So you can check it out on YouTube. There are many, many more excellent clips. Enjoy!
Just for laughs
Robb decided to play a joke on me using screen sharing between our two laptops.
The result was this image, and my computer freezing up. Thanks, sweetie!
the july post
It’s been a really long time since I posted and likely no one even comes here anymore. But, for my own sake I should journal a few thoughts. Here is a list of things I have learned this summer:
1. School sucks and the working life is awesome. I’m sure my sentiment will change someday, but I’m really enjoying the lack of lingering homework assignments and tests to study for.
2. It’s hard to move back home. After living away from my family for almost two years straight, I spent three weeks with them before moving into my new house. I don’t know how to explain it. Simply stated, it is just tough to live with the family again once you have left.
3. Beer tastes good. In moderation of course.
4. Too many friends are getting married. But I’m happy for all of them.
5. A $17, one-pound-plus steak is about the closest one can get to heaven here on earth. I highly recommend grilling up your own ridiculously thick, expensive steak every once in a while.
6. Guns are really, really fun. This includes handguns, shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles. Thanks to my dad and the men of Mars Hill Church for teaching me this.
7. Morning quiet times are so productive and meaningful. I seriously love getting up and reading the Word while enjoying breakfast. I never could do it before, but now that I get to sleep early enough I find it easy.
8. Girls are hard to understand. However, thanks to For Men Only and For Women Only I know a lot more about relating to the opposite sex. Go get those books right now.
9. Spending copious amounts of time with Jessie makes me happy. Enough said.
10. There is a time towards the end of the work day when things are winding down and one ponders if it is worth it to go find some more work to do, but instead one blogs. That time is now.