Visit from Kirk

My buddy Kirk flew into Seattle last night from Denver, where he is living and working for a firm. He and I shared an office together for a year and got to be really good friends. He is a great guy and we all really loved the opportunity to see him.

Happy Birthday Zeke!

It's kinda crazy to think that our dog Zeke turned 2 today! We celebrated by taking him to the AMAZING dog park at Marymoor Park, and then we went to get him some special bones as a birthday gift (which he is chewing on right now as I type this).

Here are some pics, both old and recent, of the fifth member of our family...

Tyrone Wells Concert

This past Thursday night we went to see Tyrone Wells live at the Q Cafe (Big ups to Sendhil for watching our kids). If you haven't heard of Tyrone Wells, he is a singer from Seattle who classifies himself as "folk-pop." I think he lives in LA now and he's fairly popular on college radio and he gets some airplay on adult alt-contemporary radio like KINK in Portland or The Mountain in Seattle.

One of the reasons we are glad to be living in Seattle is to take advantage of the live music scene up here, and this show was no exception. It was just an acoustic gig, which really allowed Tyrone to showcase his amazing voice. Sometimes I feel like singers like this guy (and most other singer-songwriters) tend to sound a bit "overproduced" on their studio albums - the exception being Jack Johnson - so it's always nice to hear them in a stripped-down setting in a small venue like this. He has a great stage presence and kept up a lively banter with the crowd. You'll notice that he also shows off his yodeling skillz, which I managed to catch on the first portion of the video.

I highly recommend this guy. Go out and buy his CD, or better yet, catch his live show when he comes through your town!

Building and Painting Zeke's Dog House

We built and painted a dog house for Zeke last weekend. It was nothing fancy, but I felt really bad leaving him out in the Seattle rain for several hour stretches.
Here are some photos and a video.

That's catchy...

I saw this on an advertisement trying to encourage giving to the Salvation Army: "When you put money in our kettle, expect change."

P.S. Can we agree that "change" has been the buzzword of the year?
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Yes, we're still here...

Apologies for the infrequent posting on this blog lately. Things have been fairly busy and I think we are still adjusting to this new life where I leave early in the morning and don't get home until right at dinner time. But I'm hopeful that when things settle down a bit I can find some sort of a regular routine for posting to the blog. And be warned - when I actually do get around to posting I've got lots of great material: Halloween, painting Zeke's house, etc...

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Freudian slip?

Funny but true story I had to relate...

I'm sitting at work this morning typing out a few emails. By way of background, we use MS Outlook, and to email someone I just type in the first few letters of their last name and it auto-completes the remainder of the name for me (I'm sure you've seen systems like this). Well, my secretary's last name is Goldfarb, and I was attempting to send her an email. I typed in the first few letters of her last name, but in my haste, I mistakenly left out the 'L' in her last name and when I looked up to my screen, I realized that Outlook thought I was trying to send an email to "God".

If anyone knows God's actual email address and could send it to me, I would appreciate that.