Over there in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Fearless DeFazio's been busy. He succeeded in shutting down Washington's Rep. Herrera Beutler's efforts to require a public vote before proceeding with the loot-rail-laden, $4 billion Columbia River bridge fiasco,...
Chipper Jones, the Atlanta Braves’ longtime switch-hitting third baseman, will turn 40 in April. He has been in the majors for 17 years and in that time has put together a Hall of Fame worthy career. And he isn’t ready to hang up his spikes. “As long as I stay healthy and I’m having fun, [...]
Bizarre. Mystifying. Irrational. That's what religion is. And that's also how I look upon the freak-out that erupted after the Obama administration required religious organizations (colleges, hospitals, etc.) which serve the general public to cover contraception, just like others who...
Andre Miller's veteran savvy would help this Blazers team -- especially in hostile arenas on the road and when teams turn up the defensive pressure.
Andre Miller's veteran savvy would help this Blazers team -- especially in hostile arenas on the road and when teams turn up the defensive pressure.
Never met the man, so such personal qualities as Steve Appleton had could only be extrapolated, from this vantage, from what public actions he made. Without getting into the kind of hagiography normal for the recently deceased, especially for the successful recently deceased, there are a few things that might be said, even
I started sketching notes down in my brain today while on the bus about a poem I’m going to write called “waiting”. It’s about waiting. Well actually it’s about not waiting. It’s a “what are you waiting for?” poem. The act of waiting isn’t very exciting is it? I should g
The Master said, "In hearing litigations, I am like any other body. What is necessary, however, is to cause the people to have no litigations."~ James Legge translation via
I liked this post, "My Faith: What people talk about before they die," even though it's on CNN's belief blog. It shows that what's important to people isn't dogma, but life as it's lived with loved ones. We don't live...
The thief (thieves) made out with a Surly LHT. Southeast Portland bike shop Seven Corners Cycles was broken into this morning. The thieves (or thief) made out with one new bike (a large, black Surly Long Haul Trucker), seven Chrome messenger bags, and some lights and locks. According to shop owner Corey Cartwright, they e
Wow a couple of days went by with no post! Ever wonder what bloggers are up to when they don’t post? Well if it is me, it is because I’m doing other life kinds of stuff and sometimes it means I’m doing projects too! It is hard to sit on your rump all day blogging [...]
This was really fun to knit. Here are the details. It required big needles and chunky yarn and knit up really fast. I gave it to Grammie for Christmas and she has been wearing it with style almost every time...
La activista Norma Andrade, presidenta de “Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa AC” se encuentra en estado delicado de salud por un nuevo atentado a su persona en la ciudad de México, en donde presuntamen
Early Friday evening, local news show Live @ 7 tweeted a question about people’s Super Bowl plans. My own answer, snark though it might have been, apparently made the mistake of mentioning Super Bowl commercials. This was an apparent mistake because here’s what I got in response — not from Live @ 7 (from h
Cooking and meal equipment: A small, portable propane stove is a difference between a storm and a net or volleyball and net all make for a warm morning shower-sounds impossible doesn't it. But this new type of camping if one decides is a very comfortable, relaxing and
Here's a basic day in my life as a Type 1 diabetic*.BASIC DAY6:30 am, Wake up, check blood sugar (prick arm/finger with lancet)Evaluate blood sugar: Too high? Guess at the reason why. Too low? Guess at the reason why. If over 270, or below 80, I must delay normal exercise routine u
Trey SmithIf the ruler is truly upright, then honest people are entrusted with affairs, and the treacherous go into hiding. If the ruler is not upright, then evil people achieve their aims, and the trustworthy go into concealment.
Have you seen all the fun new things available in stores, online, and on TV? There are miracle squeegees, tattoo-like eye shadow (apparently it won't budge even with sandblasting), and shoes that make your nether-regions do gymnastics while you run! Too good to be true? I admit, I get sucked in by gimmicks. Whenev
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. For more than thirty years Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep enjoyed legendary status. Completed in 1977 as Burnett’s UCLA master’s thes
Portland Trail Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan took questions on Friday afternoon regarding center Greg Oden, who
One thing I really enjoy about Portland's comic book co
After the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry abruptly cancelled permission for the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society to hold its meeting at OMSI facilities, the Society scrambled to find an alternative location, and shortly landed at the...
The Portland city auditor released its quarterly lobbying report today. You can read through the report and find out out who lobbied city officials about what, and how much money they s
The VOM for February 2012 is:
Trail Blazers fans react to the news of another knee surgery for Greg Oden.
Trail Blazers fans react to the news of another knee surgery for Greg Oden.
Brandon Anderson, co-owner of Pivot Property Management in Portland, said Steve Rosenbaum of the Portland ad agency Pop Art is no longer involved in its Broadway Commons project, a renovation of a 106-year-old building formerly known as the Commerce Building, at 225 S.W. Broadway.
We all know Pickle Baby is the perfect pickle, that doesn’t mean there can’t be other perfect pickles out there. Have a rare chance to discover your perfect pickle while while supporting the Dill Pickle Club. You can even get
It started out as basically confined to the 811 E Burnside building, but inner SE's First Fridays are starting to pull more and more muscle, thanks in part to new venues like
At Pacific Pie Co., pie isn't just for dessert. It's also the main course and even a side dish if that's how you roll.
Have you seen this yet? Have you ordered a set of Orangatang Baluts already? If you’re not convinced you need them, watch this. Orangatang shows off their new wheel through a fish eye lens, a filming style new to longboarding, …
Gerald Celente is one of the foremost trend forecasters. He expects the emphasis going forward in this economy will be on Quality and Style. He believes that today’s economy is like the 1930s, a time when people dressed to the nines and danced to the hottest, happiest music. A period of affordable sophistication! Wh
This video is a little long (almost ten minutes) and, if you aren't in the tungsten business, rather boring, until you find out that the people who made this video just sold this mine for thirty times what they paid for it three years ago. That's kind of impressive. Of course, there are plenty of old, tapped out mine
The Oregon City Commission this week unanimously approved a contract to move forward with plans to rehabilitate one of one of the oldest buildings in the state.
The low-rated series "The Firm" goes to the Saturday dead zone; "Grimm" reruns fill in on Thursday at 10 p.m. from Feb. 9 until the debut of "Awake," on March 1.
A trio of spaces in a Happy Valley strip mall are being renovated by BnK Construction from designs by Tonj King and Associates.
Join us in NW Portland at Scott Paul PDX as we kick-off our series of First Friday Happy Hours – Friday February 3rd from 5-7pm. We’ll be pouring our hand-crafted Oregon Pinot and a selection from our import portfolio – with a “Splurge Pour” of Grower Champagne also available (just in time for
An effort is under way to transform a former 25-acre landfill site into a community park in Portland's Cully neighborhood. Cully, according to local advocates for green spaces, is one of the most park deficient areas of the city.
Oh, sure! You can TRY to blame the Mercury for supposedly not running the mooshy-gushy reader valentine that you FORGOT to submit. But rest assured I will happily fling op
Portland is the top-rated market for "Grimm," which is -- hey, imagine that! -- set and filmed in Portland. We're right up there in viewing numbers for "Portlandia," and the Discovery channel series, "Gold Rush" -- which features men from the Sandy area -- also.
By Bob Hicks I’ve just posted this story at Oregon Arts Watch on last night’s opening show of Skinner/Kirk Dance Ensemble’s run at BodyVox Dance Center. Four good dances, including Josie Moseley’s splendid new Flying Over Emptiness. Pictured above: Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk in Moseley’s new
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This is big news: In a few weeks, the Independent Publishing Resource Center will be packing up the letterpresses and moving to new digs at 10th and Division. The lease has been signed; projected move-in date is March 1. This announcement smacked me with some nostalgia—maybe th
Moments ago, our doorbell rang. Answering, I found an earnest gentleman clutching a clipboard and a book. He was selling something. *sigh* But the catch was that he was selling his novel. In fact, as he quickly told me, it was the second novel of his Portland trilogy. Now