Epic Saturday

Friday evening Melissa proposed that we take Langdon on his first ascent of Spencer Butte.  She's always the one who proposes outdoorsy, physically demanding stuff.  I generally propose weekend activities like, "Let's see who can take the longest nap!"  The kids love hiking Spencer, even though Karst' remarked it would take us "a few days" to reach the top.  Hopefully, that was just a conservative estimate.  It only took us 45 minutes.

whatta you got

 I've got a friend (now, don't be acting all surprised...) that lets me build crap for her house.  This was her latest request.

Inspirational thought of the day

Photo courtesty of Teresa's Neighbor

I tried to throw a yo-yo away. It was impossible.

Reading the Oregonian this morning, there was a blurb about tomorrow being the six-year anniversary of the death of comedian Mitch Hedberg.  Years before succumbing to a drug overdose, he joked: "I used to do drugs.  I still do drugs.  But I used to, too."  Some of Mitch's material is not appropriate for a family blog like this, but he had a gift for making hilarious observations about everyday life.

A lot of times, I'll drive for like 10 miles with the emergency brake. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake.