Check out the fun at the Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race

Bruce & stepdaughter Joanna at her Colorado College graduation	Maddie the Wonder Dog

Bruce, Mom, Hayden & Duncan @ Hayden's Wedding

Stuff

Books read in the last 1 1/2 years: Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks Database Design for Mere Mortals, Michael Hernandez Epitaph for a Peach, Masumoto Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Fine Madness, Collection Going Crazy in Public, Earl Emerson Honey from Stone, Chet Raymo In the Absence of the Sacred, Gerry Mander In the Lake of the Woods, Tim Obrien Informal Logic, Douglas Walton Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer Longitude, Sobel Martin Dresslar, Steven Millhauser Moving Violations, John Hockenberry My Own Country, Abraham Verghese Over Our Heads, John Ryan Rapid Development, Steve McConnell Robert the Bruce, Ronald Scott Sex, Art, and American Culture, Camille Paglia Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett

Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder Still Life with Volkswagens, Geoff Nicholson Thank You for Smoking, Christopher Buckley The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Kotzwinkle The Book of Daniel, Doctorow The Color of Water, James McBride The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac The Evolution Of Useful Things, Petroski The Good Rain, Timothy Egan The Liar's Club, Mary Karr The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley The Mythical Man Month, Brooks The Ninemile Wolves, Rick Bass The Paperboy, Dexter The Riders, Tim Winton The Spectator Bird, Wallace Stegner The Vanishing Smile, Earl Emerson This Place on Earth, Alan Durning Time and Again, Finney To Engineer is Human, Petroski| Tortilla Curtain, T. Correghessan Boyle Walt Whitman Bathing, David Wagoner Water Witches, Bohjalian Why Things Bite Back, Edward Tenner

Magazines read:
Newsweek, New Yorker, Fortune, Atlantic Monthly, Feetup, Database Advisor, Machine Design, Managing Automation, etc.

Observed Trials - a low speed motorcycle competition where the object is to ride over natural obstacles without putting your foot down. For world-class riders, the obstacles can get be pretty sizeable, as you can see. The sport is very popular in Europe, is challenging to do, and is fun to watch. I've seen it referred to as the gymnastics of motocycling. The bikes are quiet and agile - the emphasis is on technique. Note that the pictures are of world class riders - I rode, up until 2 years ago, but I didn't do things quite as difficult. The subject of Trials is a good catalyst for an open-mindedness discussion. I appreciate people who recognize that enjoying this sport does not prevent me from enjoying and respecting many other forms of outdoor activity. Trials on the Web