Yes, I know today is not the 30th. The title is my attempt to mash up two familiar tropes: Friday-the-13th horror and dreading-your-30th-birthday horror. I think the concept has merit, but I’m not sure I executed it very well. And…
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Postcard #47
Riel and his wife Tiffany just moved to Portland recently. Mutual friend Shenly introduced us by e-mail, and we first met in person at Lucky Lab’s weekly game night. I’m looking forward to spending more time with them. He’s right…
Postcard #46
Adam is my editor at ProgrammableWeb and the author of Map Scripting 101. He’s also very tall. Speaking of PW, I’m taking a break from my API news blogging right now to devote time to NaNoWriMo and some other projects….
Postcard #44
After my sister and I both graduated college and moved away for good, my parents sold the house we’d grown up in and bought a smaller house on a hill in RPV. Then they moved into an apartment, temporarily, while…
Postcard #43
At first glance, I thought the photograph on this vintage postcard was from Disney World, but it’s actually Toronto, where my VPXII classmate Claire lives with a curious assortment of wildlife.
Postcard #42
A very pleasant surprise from my lovely wife DeeAnn, who was pretty sneaky during our visit to the Maryhill Museum of Art a few weeks ago. I love her more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow.
Postcard #40
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the text on this card, from my erstwhile co-worker and Longshots co-captain Chris, forms the acrostic “I bat bofh.” I’m sure it doesn’t mean anything. Yeah.
Postcard #39
The VPXII roll call continues! This time it’s Jeannie, who was an accomplished poet before the workshop and continues to proliferate verse from her home base in the Midwest.