Year: 2014

  • First Masterpiece

    Working exclusively in the app Paper by FiftyThree, Theo is entering his abstract period.

  • Trick-or-treat?

    After moving to The Couve and finding ourselves living in an apartment complex that seems full of kids, we were expecting to finally get a lot of trick-or-treaters. Sadly, we were mistaken! Now the only way to manage our disappointment is by eating all of this candy.

  • A Storm of Words

    In the game of QuickType, you win or you die. (QuickType’s suggestion: “In the game of QuickType, you can get the best thing ever when you are not in my room for a long time.”)

  • My Representative Responds on Police Militarization

    A few weeks ago, I wrote my congresscritters regarding the Department of Defense’s 1033 Program, expressing a desire to end the transfer of military-grade tactical gear to state and local police departments. I haven’t heard back from my Senators yet, but my Representative, Jaime Herrera Beutler, responded: Dear Mr. Ward, Thank you for contacting me…

  • Uncle Trouble

    My dad’s older brother, Michael Ward, died on Wednesday. While my dad told me the news yesterday morning, I don’t think it entirely hit me until I saw his obituary, though I had partially processed the idea that the man we knew was largely gone after his massive stroke almost six years ago. Uncle Mike…

  • End Police Militarization

    I sent the following letter to my U.S. Representative (Herrera Buetler) and my U.S. Senators (Cantwell and Murray), asking them to end the transfer of military surplus weapons and equipment to our state and local police forces. I’m planning to write similar letters to my state representatives, and to our county sheriff and city police…

  • Mountains

    Great views from the south flying out of PDX. Mount Rainier and Mount Adams. Mount St. Helens.

  • Pokégraffiti

    Graffiti on the nearby Safeway’s loading dock wall. No bulbasaur?

  • Troll

    Fremont is even more hipster than Davis Square!