My toddler is a decent photographer. He’d be better if he kept his finger off the lens.

Spent a little time at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for the first time since I was a tiny kid. I was shocked at how in-depth the Ohio-specific exhibits are, and maybe more shocked by how interesting Ohio’s natural …

Was just going through Flickr today looking for something else and realized I never posted pics from me and DW‘s London trip last spring.

Last weekend I saw one of the greatest doom metal bands of all time. Eugene’s own YOB. A great show at the WOW Hall. Play this YouTube clip and prepare for the paint to peel off your walls. My crappy … Continue reading →

Reading a great book by Robert Bly. When the father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. The fragmentation of decision making in corporate life, the massive effort that produces …

Had the place to ourselves last weekend. Watched the giant octopus come out for once, feeding the anemones, even solo time in Passages of the Deep. If you spend any time at this aquarium you will realize how insane it … Continue reading

Today’s email chain: Me: Shark attack in Seaside, OR! Also, don’t watch this video if you’re high right now. Nate: Super weird…nice job by the shark…give me them legs!!!! FYI- ROB! it is 4lb. flourocarbon time here… seriously weird shit… …

Couple photos from the Oregon Zoo Lights, and a glamour shot of my dad the hair model.

So far the most ambitious project of my fishing/painting dementia. All of these weird paintings are on Flickr.

Good concert last night in Seattle, but I thought this gang of dirty mustached hipsters The Local Natives stole the show.

RAILS THROUGH PORTLAND Rustling open the white plastic circus tents, horses huddle under blankets, paw under bridges. A bearded man sleeps with his bruised face pressed to the stones along the tracks, hugging an old green coat. Steel moves against …

Late season salmon round up on the OR FFB.

Samuel Boardman in the early 1950s logged ancient Myrtlewood trees on the Chetco River. He treated the boards at an experimental OSU lab in Corvallis – 18,000 pounds of Myrtlewood came out of the kiln six days later weighing 8,000 … Continu

Currently reading the most important book I’ve read in years, The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. It’s a book for men, about fatherhood, depression, wildness, excess — told in poems, explained by one of the greatest writers working …

But until then, I’ll just visit with the rest of the Northwest Yuppies. Mom and Dad came out last week for an extended Paul-a-Thon, and we ran around on the beach, caught big salmon, and drank at the Dune. A … Continue readin

Saw Red Fang, Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastadon recently in Seattle, and it was amazing. Red Fang is my current favorite band, so that was great. But as the opening act, they were a little quiet, which was lame. Dillinger … Continue

Check out David Wilson’s brand new film, Exodus! Exodus from David Wilson on Vimeo. Also… his new corporate film, starring me!

Julian battling the beast. We tried like hell to go to bed early, but the beef was on top of us. We were both in pain, cold sweats. And the motel was haunted, the scene of a recent murder. Sometime … Continue reading →

Paul is insane about the ocean.