Archive for April, 2007

Steve “No Bluesname” Leroux
April 29, 2007

Kate and I listen to Preachin’ The Blues every Sunday morning on KEXP. It is our favorite of their specialty shows, and provides some relaxed, bluesy background to our relaxed Sunday mornings. Our weekends are not complete with out it. Right now we’re listening to a song by Eddie “Cleanhead” Vincent. Blues players have awesome [...]

Family of Champions
April 29, 2007

We (Kate, Ruby, and I) participated in the University District Street Scramble today, and we won!  Specifically, we won in the 90-minute family on-foot division. The street scramble is a scavenger hunt where teams (or individuals) are given a map with various locations on it.  Each location is worth 10 to 50 points.  You choose [...]

How the mighty have fallen
April 20, 2007

The NHL playoffs may be all-consuming up in Canada, but to get a sense of how far hockey has dropped off the radar here in the US, let me present the lineup for the channel that is showing the majority of the games: 4:00pm: major indoor soccer league 6:30pm: professional bull riding 8:00pm: NHL playoff [...]