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I was just thinkin’, Cooks, Illustrated should have a recipe for making breakfast cereal. They would have endless taste tests for the proper ratio of milk to cereal, the ideal… Read more »

Saturday night’s date was… good, but not quite what I was aiming for. My intention was for a nice dinner and show somewhere up in the city (“The City”). So,… Read more »

I’m taking a friend kayaking on the Monterey Bay this weekend, and I’m being asked what to expect.

The last two nights we were fortunate to find camp sites right on the beach.

Some backdated travelogue. On Tuesday of last week, April 27, we went hiking along the Columbia River gorge. This is a gorgeous area, with a wealth of waterfalls. We started… Read more »

On Tuesday I drove by a spot I still vividly remembered from another road trip. Several years ago, I owned a pickup truck with a shell on the back. The… Read more »

A couple of years ago, during a trip to the UK, I finally decided I needed a bag to carry on my travels. I was trying to juggle a wallet,… Read more »

The inaugural voyage of the tugboat “I Quit” out of the port of Cupertino, California is going quite well so far. We departed on Thursday morning and made our way… Read more »

I’ve been making more of an effort to get out and see people lately. At least in part, quitting work has given me more energy and bandwidth to be sociable…. Read more »

See, here’s the thing about being friends with foodies. As of 2 in the afternoon on Sunday, I had no solid plans for dinner. I had thought about going over… Read more »