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Jane Mayer writes for the New Yorker. She’s written two articles about Billionaires from different sides of the political fence who use their money to advance the political views. George Soros Koch Brothers The Koch Brothers is the more interesting one to me, as it explains how they’ve used their money to covert

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Copied from: Matt’s Today in History Podcast. This is here only for my own edification to look more into this event and it’s consequences. “Tonight’s transcript was written by Amir Mans of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Thanks, Amir, for your hard work in putting this show together. On this day i

The History of Estacada, Faraday and Cazadero are tied very closely together. All three towns are also closely associated with Portland’s growth in the 1890-1910 era, and the number of trolley cars that criss-crossed the city and tied it’s suburbs together. In 1891 Six different Transportation Companies had rail

This is at the community garden down the street. It reminds me of Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree. RickHamell2010

One Google’s features that I use the most is the Alert feature. I’ve got roughly fifty different search terms that I have setup. One of those terms is “Fort Rock” in reference to the location here in Oregon where some important archeological discoveries have been made. Every once in a while something

I wrote this in response to an inquiry from some visitors to Oregon. They’re spending a couple of weeks here and wanted to know the best way to see the most of Oregon in the time they have. Yeah, your itinerary is a bit backwards up in my opinion. I would fly into Portland, drive [...]

Originally posted (by me) on http://MarkeeDragon.com. Yes, this is World of Warcraft “fan fiction” written in a fit of boredom induced insomnia. As dawn broke upon the Burning Blade Ruins, Margaresk Boulderfist stretched and rolled off his bedroll. His hammer leaned against the broken walls of the hut he current

Sometimes city names pop up in the most interesting of places. While looking through vintage photographs on Shorpy.com I came across this interesting photograph. The caption says: “October 1939. “Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon.” Medium-f

Another reason why I like taking back roads. You never know what you’re going to find. This was about 52nd and Foster in Portland. RickHamell2010

Idanha is a sleepy town on Highway 22 in the Santiam Pass about four miles east of the town of Detroit Lake. The 2000 Census reported the population at 232 residents. Yet, if not for the political maneuverings of Portland railroad interests in the late 1800s, the town would have much more prominence then it [...]

Here”s a list of backdoor phone numbers to Credit Card Companies. This is partially taken from the Cardratings.com Forums and includes numbers from my own research. American Express: 800-809-6849 (lending dept)American Express: 800-874-2717American Express: 800-223-2670American Express Oasis Program: 888-232-3261Barcl

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This morning, on the neighbor’s roof. Great Blue Heron RickHamell2010

“Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.” or “The Mission of the Artillery is to give some class to what would otherwise be merely a vulgar brawl.” both attributed to Fredrick the Great, King of Prussia from 1740 to 17 August 1786 RickHamell2010

After that hard rain storm this morning, my backyard has decided to flood. It floods a bit anyways, but this is far worse then usual. There is 6-8 inches of standing water through about 75% of the yard. RickHamell2010

Yesterday, wandering around downtown, I decided to take some pictures of the Skate Park under the Burnside Bridge. It’s supposedly a world class skate park and one of the best around. I was primarily interested in the graffiti as the quality seems to be a couple of notches above the norm. After taking several picture

In my stash of papers dating from High School, I found this neat little legend about a shipwreck and burned Treasure near Neahkahnie Mountain on the Oregon Coast. I have no recollection of where or when I picked up this document. Based on the age of the papers it’s in, I’d guess sometime in late [...]

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Take “finger” sized (or more accurately bite sized) pieces of steak. Tenderize the heck out of them. Dip them in a salt/pepper based batter and deep fry. Totally bad for you but tasty. It seems that as a kid I ate them all the time, at least I remember seeing them often. But I’ve literally eaten [...]

***Caution: Lots of big pictures ahead*** We moved into the new house, February 2009. I didn’t take that great of pictures of it because I was just not interested in it at all when we first saw it. All I saw was the grime and dirt, the junk laying around from the owner and his cage [...]

Using Radio Carbon Dating (which is interesting in itself) scientists have placed the last Wooly Mammoths died about 1700 B.C. They were a dwarfed species that lived on Wrangel Island which is in the Artic Sea in North Eastern Russia. Dwarfism is fairly typical for animals that get trapped on islands, so their size is [...

As of Friday, April 9th, 2010 I shall be on the road to Langtry Texas for a family reunion of sorts. I’m not 100% sure of the family connection of most people attending will be, but I’m very much looking forward to the trip itself. I’ve been on two long trips like this before, once from [...]

Here’s a list of things that I consider “geeky” to do in Portland. Ground Kontrol – an 80’s themed Video Game Arcade. Powell’s Technical Book Store (which is in a whole separate building from the main book store.) Do not miss this, as they have a small computer museum of sorts inside. J

Currently available on Hulu.com is Galactica 1980. The premise is pretty simple, the “rag tag fleet” of the Original Series finally made it to Earth. But the Cylons have followed the humans to Earth. So the poor old Galactica is caught between Earth and the Cylon forces. Commander Adama is of course torn, on one

I’m getting pretty good at spotting these people a mile away. Got a phone call from (503) 639-8735, didn’t recognize the number. Did a quick look up of the number on Google and found that they did this quite often. Less then ten minutes later, got another phone call from them which I decided to [...]

This list was blatantly stolen from another source and is only being reproduced here for the benefit of my friends and ex-coworkers who are looking also. Accountemps (Accounting, bookkeeping, collections, general office) 503-244-9311 Accounting Connections (Accounting, bookkeeping, CPA’s, Administrative) 503-228-2335

Sometimes the English language amazes me. With a few short sentences, George pretty much sums up his entire book both in what is said, and in what is not said. “The girl with dark hair was coming towards them across the field. With what seemed a single movement she tore off her clothes and flung them [...]

Of the dozen or so ferry crossing across the Willamette River during the 1800’s, this is probably one of the most famous ones. It is the first official one run by a White Settler. Picture of Alphonso standing on his Ferry. From the Boone Society Web Page The Ferry started running in 1847 and was ran by [...]