Hi friends - I've moved most operations over to facebook now that Tribe has become so monumentally difficult to load, kicks me out repeatedly, and is altogether annoying. I'll check in every few months, but gmail is the best way to reach me and facebook / flick are where I'm posting pics and news.

Every year, when summer comes I find myself one big ball of wriggling puppy-like excitement. Especially because summer comes a scant three days a year here. For real.

I have a shameful, dirty secret: I love when it's hot out. It's my favorite. Sure, I'll complain like the rest of the world but it's all one big fat lie. I pretend I'm an honest person, because you have to in order to make people believe you're a good citizen. But when summer comes, I don't care. I'd lie, cheat, steal in exch... read more

I am really excited about Barack Obama and I'll tell you why. Several years ago when he was first elected to the Senate, but way before he was running I heard a radio story about his trip to East Africa. He had publicly taken an HIV test in order to promote the practice, which has a huge stigma among Africans (and Amercians for the most part) for one simple reason: to help save lives. Now, there's a lot of talk about lifesaving that goes on with all candidates and it gets all muddled up with ... read more