Dad
My Dad died last week.
Category: life
19 posts
Snoqualmie Tunnel
I took my bike up into the mountains for the first time since moving to Seattle, which is honestly a tragedy. It's gorgeous up there!
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The last day of my 43rd year was...
2010s
Looking back at the decade that was... it's been a ride. I got married. Emigrated to another country. Took a terrifying job that continues to excite me
Worldcon
Fandom turns out to be pretty nifty
Character Reference
I am about to start playing D&D again as a player for the first time in years. Well, not D&D specifically, so much as Pathfinder. It's a bit...
How to raise a good kid, volume 1
You can't see it, but his mother has an xbox controller in her hands.
I want to see mountains...
Char and I just spent the weekend in Jasper, one of the few vacations we've taken both in north america and on short notice. It was really, really...
Like Flynn
And we're in. It's a pretty flash place. So, thanks to a great many friends -- of whom only two have a web presence, and therefore get a web...
Home at last
It's quite a sight, the spew of boxes collected into three large stacks and two small ones. An entire life... scratch that, two entire lives piled...
On why I choose to fly
On why I choose to fly Anyone that partakes in a sport that is outside the norm will have some reason or other for doing what they do. Mostly,...
... and it did.
... and it did. So, the other shoe to which I referred has, in fact, dropped. I have been informed that despite my dislocation being just my...
Permanent Damage
Permanent Damage I got a phone call from my physician on Wednesday in which he told me that the MRI I had indicated cartilage damage in the...
Eeeyowtch!
Eeeyowtch! Christ, dislocating my shoulder hurt. It's not common to be injured during freefall, but I managed it, and am in a sling for the next...
CSPA
CSPA # 12206 That's my membership number. I'm now a certified solo skydiver, with the pin, membership number, certificate (duh!) and a sticker :)...
Yep, I'm to be Certified
Yep, I'm to be Certified For those of you that weren't actually at the drop zone yesterday, I just completed all of my requirements for solo CSPA...
Alone in the air
Alone in the air With a flutter or two of butterflies in my stomach to keep me company on the way up, it is done! I am now certified to jump solo...
Vanishing point
So sorry about having dropped from the face of the earth for a week, folks. I know my readership isn't huge, but i suspect at least one or two...
Flying... low
Flying... low Holy. shit. what. a. rush. When i woke up this morning, i could barely move out of bed. Lifting myself - against the burden of...