quiet night at home
car passed emissions testing!

learned today the wheels won't fly off;
it's just "strut thunk",
a problem many subarus experience.
here's to hoping it's still under warranty!

appointment for passport tomorrow.
scotland here i come?

made more salmon for dinner!
this time w/dill, lemon, and shallots.
turned out wonderfully;
i'm getting good at this!

saw "hurt locker";
another truly great film from kathryn bigelow!
lots of suspense;
keeps you on the edge of your seat!
ralph's short performance was fun.

all caught up on "weeds" and "burn notice".
haven't begun new "torchwood" yet,
but suppose i will soon.
oh, entourage season 6 started;
great first episode!

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tricky fresh
yesterday i fillet'd my first salmon!
my grocer had whole yukon keta for $3/lb,
so i opted for food adventure!

it was good fun to whack off the tail,
and learn how to slice while avoiding bones.
tricky work rewarded by good eats! :D

spent over an hour in the produce section,
learning my way around.
new attempt at eating only fresh food.

really want to see "the hurt locker";
love kathryn bigelow's prior work!
(strange days, k-19)
may go today?

must get car emissions tested,
and there's a new rattle in what may be my back-left shock.

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what a glorious day!
saturday was perfection!
lisa and i drove to anacortes
and ferried to friday harbor
where we boarded a boat
and spotted wild orcas!

words fail to capture;
our day was pure magic.

i can't remember ever being so happy!
we couldn't let it end!





sunday,
we recovered with lucky charms
and good film: the dark knight.

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take that, demon!
JPMorgan was subpoena'd monday for Discovery of criminal misconduct against WaMu. :)

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cascades
yesterday i visited north cascades national park!

it was an amazing drive,
given light wednesday traffic,
and smooth sweeping roads.

such a beautiful place
where tectonic plates collide:
harsh, forceful, raw.

the blue-green water of diablo lake,
refracted by particulate rock,
is simply stunning!

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how did i miss duran duran last night?
roger's food extravaganza was sensational!
and i have leftovers! :)

he stuck me with a stupendous amount of lobster mac'n'cheese.
simply to die for,
and self-fulfillingly:
heart attack impends!

this morning's breakfast:
chocolate cake w/coffee.
hate me yet?

so much sun for just the right days.
today is back to overcast;
not a shadow in sight.

the opening lyric
"when i awoke this morning"
puts "mayday" in my head each day.

almost done with season 2 of "in treatment".
sure hope there's another!
life porn at its finest.

yesterday with my best friend from the 4th grade,
who i hadn't seen in over 30 years!
so much to catch-up on
and yet no time passed at all.

can listen to "disintegration" again
without reaction.

"bruno" friday!

long list of todos;
whittling today.

neil posted cooking tips!
inspiring as usual.

spiral's coming on the 19th!

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sunshine
yesterday was filled with sunshine!
lisa and i lounged by the lake shore;
lost in our own little world.

today brings roger's annual
sadistic miracle kitchen of love.
plus fireworks!

life is just so hard! :)

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where do you call home?
from tacit's journal:

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best day ever?
WAMUQ was wacky today,
when early news from the hearing
about a stay motion
was misinterpreted into a selloff,
but it was actually very good news!

anyhow,
there was even better news
just after the market closed:

Judge Mary Walrath has ordered Discovery of JPMorgan Chase bank!!!!!!

that document,
along with its opinion,
are among the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

"Mary" is an awfully nice name for a daughter, don't you think?

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how to spend 3 million dollars?
- give it away sensibly.
- cleverly invest it and live off the interest.
- build a pirate ship and/or submarine, and live on it.
- small island.
- live aboard the queen mary 2, where people are happy most of the time.
- buy all the land along a salmon river. hatch and protect them.
- hookers and blow.
- create a "natural cathedral" resort, where people can get away and be rejuvenated.
- ferrari collection.
- grow it to 300 million.
- build at least one of the businesses on your list.
- save as many lives as possible.
- tbd.

do you have any better ideas?

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nick!
nick laird-clowes, aka trashmonk,
of dream academy fame,
has posted a new song/video to his youtube channel!

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tap!
love that there's a new "spinal tap" album.
lol'd mightily at the title:
"back from the dead".

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ultralight
the tv series "breaking bad" was quite enjoyable!
"transformers 2" tomorrow.

wamu closed up 20% today!
preferreds didn't move, though,
which is weird.
talked shop w/dad for an hour last night.

1/5 of the way to rank 10 in lotro.
book 8 launches tomorrow.


$31k will buy you one of these!

still tempted to cross the country in an ultralight plane.

am considering a visit to mt. baker national forest soon.

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issaquah car show
this morning i went to a car show in issaquah!
here's proof:






personally, i'd take the cobra,
but that vega sure is sweet!

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helicopters!
bill, pam, and i spent this morning drooling on helicopters!
bill was my cameraman for the day

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"weird al" yankovic - craigslist

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guilty pleasure
oh goody,
a new season of true blood. :)
*makes popcorn*

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free
today was uneventful,
other than the emails people just couldn't write
and the friendships that dwindled,
love lost,
and the rot that crept closer.

i walked right into that place,
and it was just me,
so strong and able
and free to make course.

this time -
this in-between time.

everyone fearing the economy,
but i surf that wave,
for once;
for a change.

free at last
of the pain
and the passion;
the fire
that rules.

the irony;
that i'd have an ego and care,
to dominate and
be held responsible,
for actions never my own.

oh i had a fish once
that leapt from its bowl.
did i agonize its decision?

no.

just its stupidity.

just like bananafish;
this attachment to things
both fleeting and fattening.

hey seymour,
you just gotta stop eating.

find yourself!
be aware and alive.

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bachelor pad
home is back to a minimalist state:


really need a box for my server,
and a way to hide all of those wires!

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buy stock in WaMu!
just so you don't all hate me when i become a millionaire,
please buy all the WaMu stock now that you can!

remember to perform your own due dilligence:
- read 5-star posts on yahoo's board, especially comments made by bankruptcy attorney "bopfan".
- digest WaMuStory.com
- don't blame me if you lose all your money, but do celebrate with me if we become rich!
- WAMPQ and WAMKQ are tickers for preferred stock. these get paid-out at before commons, and at face value if they liquidate, which is currently worth ~40x the purchase price.
- WAMUQ is the ticker for common stock. if the lawsuits settle within the next couple of weeks, as many feel they may, it won't be long before these see a potential 100x+ gain.

the next major court hearing is june 24th,
but judge walrath may make a ruling before then,
which could double the price any day.

but don't sell until there's a settlement;
this thing's bigger than enron!

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by water
the hood canal (ba-dum-bum) bridge was closed for repair,
so i took the long way around up the 101,
which has to be one of the nicest drives in the world
(if you don't get stuck behind a semi!)

drove all the way out past "port angeles",
to lake crescent: still first on my list for lake living,
but i'm pretty sure the few homes on it are grandfathered-in
since it's essentially a national park.
who knows, maybe i'll get lucky!

a brief stop at "pillar point" for a few photos,
then on to the small town of "sekiu",
which has a really nice hill overlooking the town
that's available for a meager 750k.
very tempting!
it features a short hike to a neighboring small airport too;
great excuse to get that pilot's license!



next stop was lake pleasant in beaver,
which was a little too populated and flat for my tastes,
but anything along the "sol duc" river looks amazing!

my dream is to redirect part of a salmon-stream through my living room
for a zero-maintenance aquarium that you can eat out of!
there are no doubt laws against such a thing,
which may be surmountable if i operate a hatchery
and bribe the right officials. ;)

i stopped for a burger & shake in "forks",
which caters to "twilight" book/movie fans.
also managed to recharge my iphone there,
enabling further gps-navigation.

then it was off further south,
along the pacific coastline.
in the second photo below you can just make out the lighthouse
out on "destruction island."
neat!



it was tempting to spend the night in one of the many campgrounds,
but since it was a wednesday traffic was very light,
and the roads were just so wide-open and cop-free...

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it's in my muffler
there's a strange vibration
emitting from my muffler
but only when it's cold.

clearly i drive too hard.

today, eric and i determined that's the spot.
so, i guess a high-performance turbo-back exhaust
is nearer than expected.
could be worse.

wampq up again today,
but still down for the month.
settlement any minute?

perhaps land of the lost tomorrow;
reviews are mixed.
so much i could write about that show,
but why bother, neh?

i remember my first walkman.
listening to rush's "camera eye"
in 10th grade history class,
with a soft spring rain.
i'm better for that.

i've so very much to do
but cannot be bothered.
zen throughout and about me.

just in:
sit-ups are bad,
push-ups are good.

these people
and their consumptive persuasions.

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nesting instinct
drove like a madman today;
550+ miles of curvy hwy 101.

visiting areas i'd like to buy land in!
a couple hundred acres with old/virgin timber would be nice,
plus a salmon stream!

saw some interesting areas,
but the vast number of tree stumps was distressing.
not a hilltop hasn't had some shaving. :(

much to process...

planned on spending at least one night out there,
but was just having so dang much fun driving my race car:
i couldn't stop for long!

(note to self: next time don't forget swimmin' trunks!)

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