<p> I’m spending the weekend in Millersvaynia Park with the Seattle Nero group partaking in role playing and other armed fun. </p>

If you've heard of D&D, well Nero is actually dressing up and running around in the woods armed with weapons made of foam and duct tape.

I have some pictures up so you can see what it's like.

Looks like Portland General Electric dropped our power this morning. We're back now after a bit of rebooting and fsck'ing.

A quick day trip to the beach. I hadn't walked on the beach in a long time so I suggested just driving over there and doing just that. We went to Cannon Beach where the much photographed Haystack Rock is located.

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          Men of War jelly fish had washed up on the beach
          so the high water line was covered with the
          little blue jelly fish.
          It was also low tide so the area around Haystack Rock
          was exposed showing off mussels, barnicles,
          anenomies, starfish and crabs.
      </p>

Pictures are available.

2004-05-31 8:01am: As was pointed out by pril, what I was taught when I was a kid was wrong -- the small blue jelly fish are not "Man o' War", but are really "By-the-wind Sailor" or "Velella velella" (Phylum Cnidaria/Class Hydrozoa/Order Anthomedusae/Family Velellidae). They are similar to the Portuguese Man-of-War. Live and learn.

This is what marriage will look like if the U.S. Constitution is amended to fully embrace the original "Biblical principles" based on the reading of the Holy Bible:

1. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. ( Genesis 29:17-28; II Samual 3:2-5 )
2. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. ( II Samual 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Cronicles 11:21 )
3. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. ( Deuteronomy 22:13-21 )
4. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. ( Genisis 24:3; Numbers 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 10:30 )
5. Since marriage is for life, no federal or state Constitution nor law shall be construed to permit divorce. ( Deuteronomy 22:19; Mark 10:9 )
6. IF a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe. ( Genisis 38:6-10; Deuteronomy 25:5-10 )

(Source: Planet Proctor )

It rained last night. I've been hitting it lucky because I set some fence posts yesterday when it was dry -- before it rained. On Thursday, I mowed the lawn and it then it rained Thursday night. ("Yes!!!" pumping arm). I don't know why I'm being lucky. If Murphy isn't here, where is he?