Happiness! -- misery lurks beneath it!~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

My handsome and talented spouse wrote today about his favorite things (blogs, that is) and mentioned this blog as one of his favorites. Well, he's one of my very favorite things, and I am especially g

Dwell has a slideshow of the Best of Paris: 2012 Maison & Objet and when I saw this makeup table, I wondered why somebody hasn't thought of this before now. The Princess table by Olgoj Chorchoj is now being produced by Process after its debut at 100% Design London last year.

In pop music, when a bunch of famous musicians coalesce into a new band, it's called a "super group." Next Wednesday, a super group of brewers will be jamming at Laurelwood with the brewpub's executive chef, Aaron Nichols (6:30-9:30, at the main brewpub on Sandy). The brewers are Laurelwood's new man Vasilios Gletsos (drums

The 2012 Northwest Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Expo is set for March 9 & 10 at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, Oregon. The Expo Education team has been busy getting class material and instructors ready for another …

From the moment he decided to pursue a career in food, few have doubted Rucker's talent or drive. But the climb has been steep. In the past 10 years, he has risen from a party-hard college dropout to Portland's most highly decorated young chef.

It’s not good when the main video highlight of your last game is the smallest guy in the league (5’6!) blocking your guard. So it is for the Blazers, because they seemed to completely give up in the second half of Thursday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings. It was not a great day to [...]

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This morning, upon deciding that we should make a run to Kettleman's for some bagels (get 'em while they're real), we made the further decision to go by bicycle. Surprisingly, the tires didn't need air, and so we were on the road without delay. We encountered hardly

Trey SmithThere was a king who liked slender waists, and people starved themselves to be thin. Another king admired bravery, and people endangered themselves and fought duels to the death. As we can see from these examples, the handle of authority and

Sometimes I get an old progressive rock craving, and this week ELP has been on my mind. Haven't been able to track down the date of this live performance of  their highest-charting (#37 in 1972) hit.(“Lucky Man,” two years earlier, had made it to #51; for prog rock at the time, that's still l

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The Proposed Kitimat B.C. LNG Terminal(Phot0:Apache Canada Ltd. - Calgary Herald) February 3, 2012Larry Pynn - Vancouver Sun Liquefied natural gas may not pose the same risk as an oil spill, but it does threaten human safety and the environment — to the point the Canadian government has opposed a U.S. proposal to ship

Lust, Chocolate and Prairie Voles: The Neuroscience of Pleasure and Love

The startup recently won a Microsoft-sponsored contest, snaring $50,000 and a year's subscription to the company's new Office 365, its offering in the cloud computing market.

Tsze-chang asked about government. The Master said, "The art of governing is to keep its affairs before the mind without weariness, and to practice them with undeviating consistency."~

We all have parts of our lives we want to capture and pass along, but how will we do that?

After last week's uneven outing, "Portlandia" returns with a solid episode involving everything from the Keystone Kops, to animated rats, to just how much Portland is like the 1890s.

This isn’t what I intended to post for today, but my desktop computer (where I do all my photo editing) is presently out of commission, so I’m making do until I can fix it. I took this sunset shot from Lone Oak Cemetery on the corner of 3rd Ave. and Fern Ridge Rd.

Follow leaders and be forever in the shade of stupidity and greed.Follow the learned and be forever confused.Look to nature and she will serve you well.Daily Tao is a reprint from Ta-Wan's blog, Daily Cup of Tao

• Special treat for Oregon Duck fans, one of the greatest players to ever set foot in Autzen Stadium, LaMichael James. Enjoy the memories in my compilation of his career highlights. We wish him the best in the NFL and beyond. He won't be forgotten

Both estranged husband Ashton Kutcher and ex-husband Bruce Willis have tried to aid the actress, who is now seeking treatment.

It was one of the strange little mysteries of the 2010 election cycle. Jim Huffman, the law professor and GOP opponent of Senator Ron Wyden, disclosed in his quarterly reports that he'd loaned a total of $1.35 million to his campaign. The

Scott BradleyImagine having nothing to defend.Imagine a heart of openness.Imagine having a heart so open it does not close when told to imagine openness.Imagine a heart so accepting that it can hear and learn from every voice.

O Brother Where Art Thou? is a great movie, and this is a great tune.. I found a couple of good versions on YouTube. This one suffers from being interrupted by a racist loudmouth. However, it more than makes up for it with the scene of said loudmouth being run out of town on a rail. I really liked the part whe

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Another writing prompt, this one suggested by Shelley. Here’s a list of some of my favorite things: Diet Dr. Pepper. I need my caffeine and I don’t drink coffee.  Yes, I like being a pepper, too. Diner Food, because I like greasy food and eating breakfast for lunch. My Roku Player. I got one of

For Christmas a friend gave me a beautiful and unique hand-made gift: The Best of My Days. Twelve simple pages, labeled for each month, with long and narrow and numbered space for each day. Just enough room to write a few words for each day of the year — the best of my days. I [...]

If you have a little rocker in your home then pick them up Woofer ($22.99) – The fun whimsical guitar shaped like a hound dog and watch your loved ones jam out! This fun and sturdy musical toy allows the player to choose from 3 play modes: acoustic, electric or hound dog. Toddlers (2 and [...]

Discount voucher codes can greatly damage your health and wealth. Exceeding six-hundred internet websites out there it is easy to drive yourself in a frenzy wanting to pin down the best bargains. How do you know which sites are the most useful for you? Always be voucher smart. It could be appealing to buy coupons for any

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Oh, I'm still hogging books from the library, never you fear. And this week I decided to post 'em on this here blog.

The Blazers look for their second victory of the season against the Nuggets as the Northwest Division foes square off at the Rose Garden.

The Blazers look for their second victory of the season against the Nuggets as the Northwest Division foes square off at the Rose Garden.

Reducing power usage is on everyone’s brain these days. You might assume that lowering your home’s power intake is a pricey and complex task. Listed here are some ideas on how you can help save electricity and cash within your property. The largest amount of energy consumption goes toward heating and air condi

Getting in shape can be a difficult task. Whether you are looking to lose a few pounds, firm up your muscles, or perhaps boost your energy, it will require motivation and work. And one of the most frustrating things in the world is staying with your exercise regimen and diet for a period [...]

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Today is The Session‘s Diamond Anniversary! (Although technically it would be its &#

Exercise is a four letter word for some people. But with an growing focus on health in this nation, increasingly more women are becoming mindful of the reality that you have to get in shape. While it will always include effort, the reality is that fitness and exercise can actually be fun, exciting, [...]

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.~ King James version ~Great straightness seems twisted.~ from Verse 45 of the

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Stem cell treatment is a procedure that utilizes stem cells to successfully deal with or improve the condition of affected individuals with the regeneration of cells and certain organs suffering from degeneration or disorder. Stem cells have the ability to detect damaged tissues and aid in the restoration method. The proce

Five Crawfordsville ferals were fixed today, four of them girls. All three brown tabby tux girls were quite ill, but we decided to fix them anyhow, since this was their only chance. All survived and now will be housed and given some tender loving after care including antibiotics and wormer. In addition, Bitsy had a heart

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Infrastructure's crumbling all across the country, but nowhere is it more evident than Portland, where politicians at all levels cozy up to developers while chasing the "green dream". In Portland, it's all about bio-swales, traffic congestion, and of course, a...