Tragedy in Hillsboro

News about a police shooting the other day in Hillsboro right near where Gabriel's grandma lives turned slightly personal when we learned that the person shot and killed was our auto mechanic, Song.

When one thinks of unstable individuals, Song wouldn't have been at the top of my list. He was a gentle older Laotian man and did good, affordable work on our cars. So it was a shock to say the least that he reportedly grabbed a gun while paramedics were assisting him after Song's son made an emergency call. It all ended with Hillsboro police shot and killed him after he started firing his gun.

We'll be following the story as it develops and only hope to find another mechanic as nice and fair as he was.

Me-Ma Resting Up

Her stay at Tuality Hospital has been comfortable while recovering from a slight bit of pneumonia. Gabriel certainly enjoyed visiting. He climbed up into the hospital bed while Me-ma was eating dinner and, well, the rest of the visit was
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Me-ma should be out soon.

Happy Birthday Cake with Candles

Gabriel got his award last night - a big slice of carrot cake with birthday candles - for accomplishing something rather important and he was very proud of himself.

If you recognize what this is a reward for, then you know what he did. Enough said.

Congratulations, Gabriel! A big boy indeed.

Music Video for Gabriel

Portland band (formerly of the town settled by Mr. Albert B. Kerkee) that made it big - The Shins - and their "Australia" video. Clearly filmed in Oregon during the winter. And clearly a page taken from The Smiths play book (link SFG - Safe for Gabriel).



Incidentally, Johnny Marr, the lead guitarist for The Smiths way back when, is now the guitarist for Modest Mouse, an Issaquah, Washington band now also based in Portland. They met when Marr was recording an album here. Modest Mouse with Marr is the author of this tune, "Dashboard", which I find surprisingly catchy - and funky - for a Pacific Northwest alt-rock band (video images NSFG - Not Safe for Gabriel).

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[courtesy of Busted Tees]

Another Kiss for Baby Hayes

Another Kiss for Baby Hayes, originally uploaded by korynasz.

It can't be said Gabriel didn't love on Baby Hayes. There's a fresh bunch of new photos, including more from the Sacramento trip, at our flickr.com site.