http://focalmatter.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:45:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/the-year-of-gettin-sh-t-done/ http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/the-year-of-gettin-sh-t-done/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:23:01 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=2165 http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/the-year-of-gettin-sh-t-done/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2011/02/i-wish-id-taken-more-pictures/ http://focalmatter.com/2011/02/i-wish-id-taken-more-pictures/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:45:48 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=1212 http://focalmatter.com/2011/02/i-wish-id-taken-more-pictures/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/06/the-sadness-of-pets/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/06/the-sadness-of-pets/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:36:38 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=854 http://focalmatter.com/2010/06/the-sadness-of-pets/feed/ 5 http://focalmatter.com/2010/02/the-chase/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/02/the-chase/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:16:33 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=623 http://focalmatter.com/2010/02/the-chase/feed/ 3 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/whiffle/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/whiffle/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:50 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=520 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/whiffle/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/gussy-poo/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/gussy-poo/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:39:48 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=513 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/gussy-poo/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/the-vet/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/the-vet/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:50:41 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=349 Over the weekend I noticed an odd growth on JD’s underside, so I took him and Turk to the vet this morning to get it checked out. Four hundred bucks later, the [supposedly benign] tumor was successfully removed. It’s a funny, the lengths to which we’ll go (and pay) for the animals we designate as [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/the-vet/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/bliss-2/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/bliss-2/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:43:42 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blah/?p=313 Taken while driving up to Portland from San Francisco with my sister. One of the things I love most about dogs (on top of everything else) is how easy-to-please they are. A little food, a little love, and some head scritches are all they need to be happy. You’d think it would be that easy [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/bliss-2/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/busker-pooch/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/busker-pooch/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:57:37 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blah/?p=312 I’m in Portland this week, visiting my sister, and working out of our downtown office. Took this while out grabbing lunch. One of the things I really like about Portland is the proliferation of little lunch shacks. They tend to be set up along the perimeter of parking lots, facing the sidewalk. They’re not unlike [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/busker-pooch/feed/ 0