I have a really, REALLY nasty habit of apologizing for every little thing in life. Find out how I’m fixing it

This is my answer to Pam Slim’s “Your Ideal Life” exercise (pg 65) in her book, Escape from Cubicle Nation. Which by the way, I highly recommend. Home I live in Portland, OR in a self-renovated historic bungalow with wood floors and a fireplace. Outside the birds eat out of a feeder and play in

A soapbox about Phoenix community, but first, a video about ants. Last night I was talking to my father about the Climategate, Cap and Trade and other world issues all of which are way way bigger than either of us, and all I had was one question, how can I help? Then dad mentioned a

Alright, so “crowd sourcing” thing is all the rage, so I’m using it to my advantage. It’s time for you to choose my hair color. That’s right, leaving it up to you fine folks out there to pick what color my stripes are next. I’ve been sporting the black with teal stripes for a while,

There are some moments in life that have this perfect duality of Happy and Sad to them. They capture many of the beautiful things in life while some how having that tart center of “reality comes to bite you in the ass”. I often admire these situations in life because very rarely is something so

My good friends Matt and Chris took me out shooting on Sunday at Shooters World. Matt had is little mino camera handy and snapped some footage of my deadly accurate first-timer aim. Aprils First Shootout from ClowerPower on Vimeo. Guess I can check that off the “I should do this” list. Thanks guys!

Lots going on in my world these days. The new job is going splendidly! Working over at Santy has helped with the whole “paying your bills all the time” thing. Besides being a regular paycheck it’s really letting me strech my toes into information architecture, assisting in creating usable designs, and web strategies for larger

Before I start this rant, I just want to make a small disclaimer. I’m not a political analyst, I don’t know all the facts. However, I am an American and I do have the first amendment to back up what I’m about to say. Some things transpired this weekend that have brought myself to question

Meet our newest family member, Eddie (formally known as Jelly Belly). Kaleb and I have been talking for a while now about getting another dog to keep Anniezilla happy. It’s been a long process, but we’ve finally found her a man! Kaleb and I have had Annie for a little less than a year (her

I could write some lame excuse post about why I haven’t been writing, like “oh I bought a house, I celebrated my 25th birthday, etc” but I’ll spare you the bits and if you’re interested let me know and I’ll fill you in. In the meantime, I’m starting to wonder about what to do next.