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How to prepare for a party: liquors you need.A buddy of mine is throwing a party and he emailed me about what kind of booze he should get and how much. It was surprising to me how many ideas come flowing from inside me, like some deep spiritual well of wisdom.

I come from a good family, who knows how to throw a party (i.e., if mom’s not on the table one-leg-fluting it to Jethro Tull, the party hasn’t started yet). I’m grateful for the blood-deep education I have on giving people a good time at a party. And in the spirit of “all good truths are free” I thought I’d share some of this deep wisdom. Please comment with any ideas of your own! read more →

bob lapoint legend guy

Who the f*ck is this guy? Legend, that’s who.

My friend got a boat. Boats need names. The list of names we came up with were too fabulous not to share. Which should we choose? read more →

A conversation with a friend:

I’m not a smart “government and the world and corporations and finance and I understand everything” kind of guy. However, I find this line of reasoning pretty absurd:

corporations have money and they’re not giving it to us, how greedy of them!

Like I said, I don’t know anything about anything, so I could be way off on this like a dumb dumb asshole guy who’s missing all sorts of smart thoughts.

However, seems to me we’d all do well to make our own cookies.

I was terrified to do this, but I had a blast. Thanks to the girls at @backfencepdx for cajoling me into it.

Here’s a lil’ story I told at an event called Back Fence PDX. The theme of the night was our bodies, ourselves. Catch more of the stories here (don’t miss this one from @laurenweedman. OMG hilarity).

It’s supposed to be funny… but I’m not sure that I succeed in that effort.

My wife sent out a picture of a drawing my kid made on the ipad. She sent it to my family. And then we all commented. And I laughed. read more →

My birthday is coming up. My wife made the eVite. I had to share her message to the invitees… tears in my eyes.

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“It’s easier to defend the work when you’re not busy doing the same for your ego.”@leeclowsbeard

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