My wife and I play slug-pug. Same rules. But it's not allowed while walking Green Lake. We'd go home with bruises if it were. ...

Don't I know it!...

@2 Yeah, we saw the cairns right away in the morning--just couldn't see them in the dark. And we had a great fire going Saturday and Sunday evenings, but it was a lot of work finding wood that would c...

Langhorne Slim is sublime. ...

I just finished Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke. It follows a few very different characters muddling their way through psychological operations during the Vietnam war. It won the 2007 National Book Awa...

I'm with, well, all of the above actually. I don't go to Tits-R-Us for my coffee because it's usually a gross blend of cheap beans and loads of sugar and milk. I strongly disagree, however, with calli...

The only thing that ad needs is the Men's Wearhouse guy on voice-over duty. I guarantee it. ...

I agree with jessejb @8--he sums it up pretty well for me. I mean, I totally get why people hate them. They're loud, they terrify our pets, they spend mass amounts of fuel and money, and we empathiz...

Barf. ...

CHS changed their address. Now blog.capitolhillseattle.com...

Will there be a special on port? And when are we going to order our tweed & argyle trucker hats?...

If there were a Lake Wenatchee-ist, site content would be exclusive to: tubing, drinking, and new t-shirt designs at the "Just Plain Grocery & Gas" in Plain, WA. ...

Only from donkey-punches....

Lovely photos Sir! Cheers to you. ...

MMmmm...squeezeburger...(drool)...

Great post John. I've got a bug in my butt to get up to the hills. Perhaps this weekend... ...

Congrats on not getting heat stroke today! ...

Here here! I too grew up Presbyterian. Every one of these wonderful steps is an important one toward the inevitable. ...

Wow. This place sounds awesome. Can't wait to go spend my money there. Oh, wait, yes I can....

I've hiked to Twin Falls four times and have never come across a dog suitable for loathing....