Halle’s Smooooth Words o’ Wisdom

We spent a scorcher of a Saturday-our thermometer topped out at 104.2ºF-mostly on the porch. Around 1pm we couldn’t help but notice the spectacular Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire plume:

The politics of wildland firefighting is a fascinating subject. Lots and lots and lots of taxpayer dough spent year after year after year…

Michelle put up the frame herself.

When I arrived we hung the canvas and messed with the smoke flaps a bit before realizing we needed to cut and sand the smoke flap poles first.

Recently I received an email from my friend Graham. Graham’s a busy guy and doesn’t email often. Check out this cool video New Belgium Brewing produced and posted recently. It’s a fun piece on Resource Revival and its founder Graham Bergh. Dig the bees.

DISCLAIMER: I own RR shares.

I just bailed Entourage and am now a Mail and iCal user. The imports went smoothly. So far so good.

Some of our trees are infected and we’re actively removing fuel and Pine Bark Beetle larvae habitat. I never thought logging would be fun. It is. It’s hard work too.

The Oregon Department of Forestry has some useful information on the Pine Beetle here.

Libby’s down for the count. If indeed the “fall guy,” for whom and what did he take a dive? Next question: Will Shrub pardon?

2006 taxes are done. Yeah!

I’ve been laid out for 3 days with a fairly stingy cold. I say ‘fairly’ because I’m pretty much over it after 3 days. It definitely helps to have a cold over the weekend. As I grow older I’ve realized that it’s best to just take it easy when sick instead of trying to maintain a normal pace. So, instead of skiing and spending time with friends last weekend I sat on the couch, watched a bunch of football and mediocre television. My head hurt too much to read or stay glued to my lappy.

I don’t like cold medicine much. It’s just a temporary solution and costs too much money. Instead I eat some aspirin as well as vitamin C. My beverage of choice includes the juice of one lemon, a tablespoon or 2 of real maple syrup(my wife prefers honey), a dash of cayenne pepper and boiling water. The trick is to balance the sweet and sour. Some of my friends have taken to calling it Halle brew. I dig the stuff and highly recommend it.