A view of the lobby of our building. The hangings above the couch? Why, those are classic buttons. (Cambridge, MA)

Those two windows are the ones for our particular apartment (one of our two bedrooms is technically an "office" with no windows, which we requested instead of a standard two-bedroom unit). Ceiling height: 15 feet. (Cambridge, MA)

Our apartment loft in Cambridge (a former button factory, apparently) consists of all the brick portions on the right and center plus the center-left concrete portions (you get to our apartment by going straight back through the courtyard there). To our great amazement, the portion of brick in the front left of the photo turned out to be the local LDS chapel for the Cambridge family wards, nearly attached to our building. (Cambridge, MA)

Fix me up an Old Fashioned. Just hit the button marked "Booze". (Boston, MA)

But who rules me? Nobody! (Cambridge, MA)

It's ironic because you can see "4x4" on that truck out the window, and that's what they used to call me at school in reference to my general toughness with things. (North Bend, WA)

Note to Karl: this picture may not be obvious to you so you may wish to move along to something more obvious. (Bellevue, WA)

University police, freeze. (Salt Lake City, UT)

I looked justice in the eye, and I saw myself. (Salt Lake City, UT)

I count five people and one frisbee. (Salt Lake City, UT)

The lone reason to be at the Centerville parade this year, a golden-barked tree of life swinging zombie-faced youth over the top of the temple. (Centerville, UT)

The "tree of life" swings around and around. If you look closely, you can see a guy directly under the tree, perhaps representing Lehi. (Centerville, UT)

And close up, joy on the faces of those swinging through the temple into eternity. (Centerville, UT)

Unlike Justin/Chase who you'll find below, I do not worry about these kids' futures. They'll be just fine, just fine. (Centerville, UT)

Jenni reacts to a young group of freedom fighters in the background. (Centerville, UT)

For the first time ever we left the parade early and hit Taco Time, which like the parade has gotten 20% worse every year. (Centerville, UT)

You'd *better* run. (Centerville, UT)

You may be able to find this exact setup on someone's blog from last year at this time. Aidan is about 80% larger, and me, I've gained at least a pound in muscle mass. (Centerville UT)

Preceding the children's parade: the twenty-something's parade (Centerville has three, three of which are visitors). (Centerville UT)

Centerville. (Centerville, UT)

A little bit of terror actually did the "big" Centerville parade some good. (Centerville, UT)

Centerville. (Centerville, UT)

It matters to few that everyone's in the parade and nobody's watching the parade. (Centerville, UT)

He stopped doing it right before this shot, but John really has a very happy parade face. (Centerville, UT)

One eye is meaner than two. (Centerville, UT)

Eating one of several color-flavors of freedom. (Centerville, UT)

It's hard out here for a cowboy. (Centerville, UT)

I know it's not my place to worry about his future, but that doesn't mean I don't. If his name isn't Justin or Chase, I will give you 5 dollars. (Centerville, UT)

Not super happy to be photographed by a stranger. For those local to Centerville, I think these might actually have turned out to be Travis Scabelund's kids, or maybe it was Shelby. (Centerville, UT)

This little piggy needs a hosing down. (Centerville, UT)

Apickin and astrummin. (Centerville, UT)

The children's parade has become far greater than the "big" parade. (Centerville, UT)