Northwest Journal

The One

D. S. Vic — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:48 PDT

I require a huge kitchen, three bedrooms or more, two full baths or more, a dining room, a fenced yard (for Mud Dog) and mature landscaping, with trees. Mr. Fixer, on the other hand, wants a huge, detached garage which can double as a shop, lots and lots of parking, sparse landscaping, covered patio, outdoor storage/shed and a bedroom and bathroom would be nice.

Hazardous Commute

Ray Littrell — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:05:42 PDT

I will sometimes get up early in the morning to do these posts. Usually that isn’t a problem. My commute is less than five feet from my bedroom to my office. Tonight, however, its a bit more of a challenge because my grand kids are visiting. Visiting grand kids mean things on the carpet. Toys, mostly. [...]

On The Road

D. S. Vic — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:02 PST

Now, the drive in and of itself is no big deal. I love driving. However, the Mud Dog is not the most polite driving partner. He loves to go for rides, but he has an exuberance issue that I haven't quite been able to master.

Confessions

D. S. Vic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:31 PST

Anyway, I've long known I'm really just a misunderstood couch potato. I'm a computer spud. While other people are out exploring the world around them, touching and feeling and experiencing and playing in the "real world", I'm here in my safe little burrow. I like it here. There's coffee readily available. There's pizza delivery just a mouse-click away. There's a bathroom right next to the office/computer room. It's safe here.

What I Want To See On YouTube

Ray Littrell — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:26:38 PST

I discovered multitracking on YouTube this week and suddenly remembered something from my college days that I would like to see done. More on that in a moment or two. One of my current favorite multitrack favorites is the Star Wars Tribute (John Williams is the man.) Songs from Close Encounters of the Third kind, the [...]