All the news that's fit to blog.

Happenings of Late:

- Stupor left on his six-week Bering Sea expedition a week ago. I got a chance to hang out with him in Olympia before he embarked. Olympia is a cool little college town, but a bit of a hippie fest. The town is home to Evergreen State College (famous alumni: Matt Groening, Michael Richards). Omnia Extares, indeed. Caught a Mariners game up in Seattle too. Details on his polar voyage can be found here.

- The house search continues. More details when I actually find a place that doesn't pop off the market the next day.

- Been considering trading in my truck for something a little more fuel efficient. I don't know how long the wait for a Prius is, but I'd really like one of those. A couple other cars I was looking at were the Civic Hybrid (gotta experience the CVT) and the Golf TDI (always wanted a German car). My only worry is that not having 4wd will limit my ability to go snowboarding in the winter, and in my opinion the SUV hybrids are not fuel efficient enough to merit the expense. Another idea that I was considering was getting a motorcycle to drive on nice days... those things get ridiculous gas mileage.

- Spent last weekend in Williamsburg for Ewa's graduation. Despite a few logistical problems, all in all it was a good weekend. The commencement speaker was Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the speech was great, despite the religiosity. Sandra Day O'Connor made a short speech also, being the newly anointed Chancellor of the College.

- Thursday was the 26th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Although I was obviously not born (concieved, however) when the disaster happened, I get a nice reminder of the explosion every clear day on my way to work. It's a long drive from Portland to the Volcanic Monument, but I would highly suggest a visit for anyone making their way through town.

- Good friend of mine, Dana, and her fiance came to visit this weekend. Good times on the town... Don't remember much past the Rogue Brewpub, though.