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Quacko and the Elps, or Happy Hour at Tugboat Brewing

This place was so good that I had a beer, walked back to the hotel to collect Kate, and came straight back for another beer. Much better than some of those ‘We brew 24 different kinds of over hopped beers!’ resto-breweries. This place only had a couple of their own beers on tap, but all [...]

Notes From Portland

Southwest Southwest is still the only American carrier that doesn’t suck. Sure, you don’t get a meal, but airplane food is junk anyway. The unassigned seating does add a bit of excitement; will you get stuck between the fatman and the basketball player; you will if you are C 37. But the staff clearly don’t [...]

SOFOBOMO: week one done

Kate and I are back from our vacation to Paris, where I started my SOFOBOMO fuzzy month. I’ve now got a pile of film to scan and develop, 10 rolls, four more than I had planned on. I’ve already developed four of those, and the scanner is humming along beside me as a I type. [...]

Am I here yet?

The post-trip film processing continues. I’m down to four rolls to develop. Lots of scanning remains, but I’ve got enough of it done to resume more regular posting. With the bulk of the processing done, I’m just now starting to feel like I’m back from vacation even though I’ve been back at work for a [...]

Paris & Brussels in the Bag

Imitation is the sincerest form of theft . . Early prototype for a film developing robot. Kate and I recently spent 10 days in Paris and Belgium. We spent most of the time just wandering around and relaxing. With most of the film developed, if not scanned, it’s time for the after action report. Here’s [...]