What’s the Mission?
There’s a controversial proposal in the Oregon Legislature to enact a law which would allow cyclists to use what’s called an Idaho-style stop. This would allow cyclists to proceed slowly through a stop sign (or flashing red light, which is the same as a stop sign) without stopping if it is safe and if there [...]
After trying several different bikes, I did finally come to a decision, and bought an Xtracycle Radish from Clever Cycles. Why? Well, I gave myself a few days to think about it, mostly in the back of my mind, and my mind kept coming back to the Radish. It was the easiest and most enjoyable [...]
I really need to get more sleep, but I’m caught in a loop. This happens fairly often. It starts with me not getting enough sleep, either because I stayed up too late playing on the internets or because some kid was keeping me awake. Or because I was hacking and coughing all night. The next [...]
In case you missed it, yesterday’s post was a contest. Guest blogger and author Christina Katz posted about why one should write a book, and she asked readers to comment on why they wanted to write a book. All commenters on that post were eligible for a drawing. The winner, by random drawing, is Erin [...]
Last spring, I invested part of my tax refund in a class called Writing and Publishing the Short Stuff (especially for moms), because I am a mom, and I wanted to get published. The instructor was Christina Katz (who continues to teach this class). Before the class was even over I’d sold my first piece [...]
We’re watching Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel right now. They’re at a steel mill, where they pointed out that steel mills are some of the biggest recyclers in the U.S. They take all kinds of scrap metal, melt it down, and turn it into steel for other uses. The shift we’re observing begins at [...]
Who says you can’t do stuff when you have kids? Right now, I’m at Portland Beer and Blog. In a pub, having a beer. With kids! Ha! I guess that about says it. But seriously, many people in the Portland tech/blogging community have kids. Sometimes we do have to make difficult choices about what we [...]
I attended parent-teacher conferences for my two older kids tonight. My girls are excellent students, and in general well-behaved, but we did discuss a couple of areas of concern. Nothing big, and I’m not going to dish about my kids online, but of course I keep thinking things over and planning what to do. I’ve [...]
