The Foo Fighters (and Weezer) come to PDX.

Traci and I, along with some friends were fortunate enough to see the Foo Fighters on 10/25 at the Memorial Colosseum. I must be getting old... 'cause it was loud, even with my ear plugs in. But we were sitting all of 75' from Stage Right. (see flocito's blog for a photo). Weezer was okay... the familiar stuff was much more enjoyable. There were two high-school age girls sitting... rather standing in front of me the whole time blocking 65% of my view. I am getting old.

Traci was tired, and left after Weezer. I didn't know that the Foo Fighters were going to be playing so late... but it was well worth it. The rumors are true, they put on one kick-ass show filled with "hit, after hit, after hit, after hit..." Dave Grohl's stage banter is good too. All you wannabe rock stars, take notes. This being my first Foo Fighter's concert, I didn't realize how many hit songs the Foo's have.

On Monday, I learned that my guitar instructor was also at the concert. He plays in a band called "Western Aerial". I didn't see any of this from my vantage point, but I learned that he was tossing demo CDs at Dave Grohl. I'm curious as to whether this tactic works for getting people to listen to your stuff?

Visited States and Countries.

I learned of this site from my friend Anthony's blog.

Using his rules for determining whether I've ever been to a state, you get this:



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

If you omit, flight layovers, I'd have to remove Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Utah, Minnesota and Colorado. I'm also neglecting states such as Texas and New Mexico, which I know I traveled through as a child (~3 years old) but have no recollection of.

In terms of Countries... I have many countries left to visit.


create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Sheryl Crow in Portland...
I was fortunate enough to be given two tickets to Sheryl Crow this past Monday. Normally, I wouldn't shell out the $80/ticket... and I didn't. They were offered up as a late wedding gift from some friends of mine from work. So, Traci and I were fortunate enough to see her at the Rose Garden in their "Theater of the Clouds" setup.

Sheryl crow is most certainly a talented musician, and puts on a good show. You can see her set list, etc on her website http://www.sherylcrow.com

Seeing an artist live, really helps you to appreciate their music.

...News Flash...

Traci and I have some exciting news... we're having a baby! We are only a few weeks along now. First OB appt is Nov. 3rd. This is all very exciting, and we're looking forward to it. More later.