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My wife and I do a lot of little trips, largely because we live a few hours away from the rest of our family. I don't think a month has gone by where we haven't at least done one weekend in Portland, or Bend, or camping, or something. We don't typically do big vacations, but … Continue reading Holy vacation, Batman: Hawaii and our Baby Shower
2 weekends ago, my wife and I decided to go camping. We'd been wanting to all summer, but hadn't been able to make it work out so far. We decided mid day on Friday to go get a spot Saturday, and had a great time. While we were getting ready to go, I heard Griffin … Continue reading Camping and Hatchet are not a good mix
It's been a while since I finished my reread of the Animorphs book series, and just this week I finished watching through the TV show for the first time. I'd seen some of it back when it first aired back in the 90s, and even then I could tell that it just wasn't good. Having … Continue reading The finale of the Animorphs TV show is buck wild (and bad)
Ever since Dragon Quest XI was announced as coming to the Nintendo Switch, I've been keeping an eye on the series. I'd tried the original game on iOS before, and had popped in to Builders once, but neither of those intrigued me the way that the preview for XI did, and listening to the Dragon … Continue reading I beat Dragon Quest! It was… Okay.
I'd heard about Gourmet Makes a few times before my wife and I sat down to watch it, so I knew roughly what I was in for. In short, a pastry chef does her best to recreate prepackaged process foods in a "home cooking" style. I didn't expect it to make Bon Appétit Youtube shows … Continue reading The Joy of Cooking (Shows): We’ve been watching way too much Bon Appétit and I love it!
