Back on December 18, after we beat the Rams in that crazy Thursday night game, I told Cari and Sean that we were gonna win the Super Bowl. And I haven’t worried about any of the games since. It just felt inevitable. And tonight, they became Super Bowl champs. Ta-da!!!! Go Hawks!!!! 💙💚💙💚💙
February 8, 2026
(Christmas Eve always makes me reflective, so here goes, even though most of this stuff is already on this site in earlier posts.) 2025 was the year that I… Got back in the ocean for the first time since my accident. Not actual swimming — far too cold on the Oregon Coast in May for …
December 24, 2025
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and it’s always been an interesting holiday around Casa McGee because neither of our kids likes the traditional turkey-stuffing-potatoes-etc. meal. For just about all of their pre-college childhoods, Cari and I forged ahead, anyway, making or buying a full turkey dinner and asking them to eat as much as they …
November 29, 2025
Talk about an ’80s party! I’d never been to the amphitheater over in Ridgefield, WA, but couldn’t resist the urge to see Toto with Men at Work and Christopher Cross. Toto was the headliner, but Men at Work was the main attraction for me. They were a fave band for me in ’82-’83 with all …
August 31, 2025
If you are of a certain age and find yourself in Bend, Oregon, someday, you MUST stop in at the last Blockbuster on the planet. I went before the Counting Crows show on Tuesday and figured I’d just get a selfie outside, then leave — because really, who wants to look at rows and rows …
August 21, 2025
I’ve swum in pools twice since my accident, and that was fine both times. But I had a feeling that getting back in the ocean would be a different story. On our first day at the Oregon coast last week, Cari and I went down to the beach so I could get in the ocean …
June 6, 2025