For years, I have played with making my very own bad-sounding music. Using a software sequencing program (formerly) known as FruityLoops, I have had lots of fun and made many embarrassing sounds and beats. I have recently started using a Linux-made clone of it called LMMS. Last week, I got a new guitar amp. I plan to start using this, and all of its fun effects to pipe-out some poorly-played guitar riffs. Then, I will smash them into these horrible songs of mine...excellent!

While most everything I make is embarrassing and unoriginal, I figured I might as well throw them up on the internet. This page is dedicated to linking up the few songs which are tolerable enough to hear once. They are quite short because I know nothing about making songs and lack originality. Nonetheless, give them a try.

Click here for the full text, along with the list of downloadable tracks.

Last weekend, October 9-11, 2009, Nick, Cody, and I went for an autumn camping trip near Detroit, OR. This event has been dubbed Tentin' on the Ten-Ten (month 10, day 10). It was a good time, filled with picture taking, hot dog eating, and the woodland exploration.

I have uploaded a bunch of my pictures from the trip. They are available in the image gallery, under the album "Camping." In actuality, I have uploaded less than 10% of what I took during the trip, but you probably would get bored looking through all 1600 of them.

Click here for the full writeup of our October camping adventure!

Camping. like a dark but wonderful cloud, looms on the horizon. Offering its promise of smoky, fire lit nights and long, dusty days in the woods. Life in the woods is such a delightful burden.

There is something so very therapeutic about taking a leisurely car drive. Last weekend, my old college roommate got married to a fine young lady. My wife and I were invited to attend their wedding in La Grande, Oregon. I was honored to stand at attention as second-best-man.