My goodness. I barely remember how to run this thing. I managed to do this thing for nearly two years, then I just quit. Not sure what happened, I guess I just ran out of gas. After the big Asia trip, I kinda fell on my face (at least, photographically), and I am just now getting up.

Here’s a random list, to get caught up (in no particular order):

Bought a motorcycle. Kara hates it, I love it. I’m a biker from way back, but I sold the Gold Wing in 1988. The bug slowly bit me throughout the summer, and here I am.

The Office is the funniest show. Ever. The only other show that we can watch is American Chopper. It’s like watching a car wreck with a happy ending.

Daring Fireball is my new favorite blog.

I’ve got all the photos into Aperture. Now I have several months of sorting and rating ahead of me. I must admit that I have been slow to warm up to it, but I’m starting to think that it is really wonderful.

I was invited to be a regular contributer to Stills photoblog, about 3 days before I quit taking pictures. I finally had to quit before they fired me. Thanks to Matt for inviting me in the first place.

Leica has finally introduced the Digital M. Lovely. Fantastic. Near perfect. $4800.

Hank is two. We’re learning new things from him every day.

Tim Walz got elected to congress, along with a bunch of new guys. Here’s why Tim’s story is particularly interesting. Tim’s a high school teacher in Mankato (southwest of the Twin Cities). He wasn’t particularly involved in politics, but when he heard that the President of the United States of America was coming to Mankato in the fall of 2004, he decided to take 2 of his students to see their president speak. Presidents don’t pass through Mankato much, so it was a big deal. So, Tim and the students show up at the event. One of the students has a Kerry sticker on his wallet. Big no-no. You see, during the ‘04 campaign, only those with a sworn loyalty to the prez could get into campaign events. He would only preach to the choir. Everyone else was dis-invited. Tim argues the point for a bit, but the goons explain that Tim can’t enter the hall because he might be a danger to the president. Turns out, he had just gotten back from a tour in Iraq. He gets in his car, drives home fuming, calls the Kerry campaign, and now he’s the next congressman from the 1st district of Minnesota. One of the most poetic stories of justice that I have ever heard. Give ‘em hell, Tim.