12 graduated its 6th class this past weekend. The agency is sadly quiet without the buzz of our students. Though they will be missed, we await the creative endeavors ahead of them. Congrats 12.6. Thank you for inspiring us.

If man was supposed to fly, he'd have wings, right? But even wings don't guarantee a safe landing, and we have the proof.

You can’t make an omellete without breaking eggs The

By Marri Carrow U.S. Grains Council Since 1960 USDA-Chief-Economist-Joseph-Glauber-SpeakingU.S. agriculture exports are projected to be second-largest on record and surpass $100 billion dollars this year, second only to 2008 when agriculture exports surpassed $110 billion, Joseph Glauber, chief economist at the U.S. Departm

July is the month everyone joined "g" and/ or were born it appears. We had 4 anniversaries including our #1 and #2 employees (5 years!!) and birthdays for Michelle, Heather, Sawyer & Dawn. Andi Allcroft our powerhouse in finance celebrated...

Inspiration: Country Living Make a craft, wrap and gift closet DON’T WORRY! I’m not pining away for Christmas yet. I’m still enjoying summer. But I have always wanted to be one of “those” people who is so organized that they have all of their Christmas shopping done by fall and they can FULLY e

There are songs that make people feel guilty? I have my share of guilt over the usual everyday kinds of things, but music doesn't figure in those. I can't even report anything as interesting as songs I've avoided over the guilty feelings they conjure.Maybe the closest to this is "

The Blazers hiring Buck Williams to be an assistant coach and community liaison brought back a flood of memories of the Drexler-era Blazers.  Williams himself played a prominent role in that time, of course.  Somehow you always felt secure when Buck took the court.  There were better power forwar

The oil in the Gulf is just disappearing. Yeah, right.

My first submission for the term has been turned in. Twice. I forgot to number the pages, and I think I still had a bunch of highlighted words in the text. I overuse certain words: darkness, stumble, was, is, he, she. Okay those last two are just for funsies, but I do overuse words. I [...]

Last night we got to see an early screening of Dinner for Schmucks which tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss’ annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, [...]

Sizzling Portland Chef Naomi Pomeroy of Beast will give a talk about “building a culinary community” at the 2010 Industrial Design Society of America Conference on Saturday, August 7.  Her ideas for growing a food community must revolve around delicious pig somehow, right?  Maybe she’ll slip in clues abo

Pretty amazing — the Polyphonic Spree “Questfortherest.com“ Pleasant sounds of the Bebot The deranged, frothy stew of Comic-Con Porn workshop for $195 = immeasurable pointlessness (But register here if the idea whets your ass-whistle; you do get to mingle with the “Tony Robbins” of sex, after a

Portland food writer and fellow blogger Liz Crain is celebrating the release of her first book Food Lover’s Guide to Portland.  In this food obsessed town a book like this is an invaluable resource for people who care about food and where to find.  Liz has meticulously documented purveryors of just about everything

We still have a few more shooting days left on Did You Kiss Anyone? but that doesn’t mean the editing needs to stop. Share This:

I’m crying like a little girl right now as my family’s beloved rabbit passed away a couple of hours ago. He was more than a rabbit to us — he was a true member of the family. Oreo, you will be missed greatly. Goodbye buddy.

A little red LED that I salvaged from a piece of electronics last fall, photographed on my desk

The 2010 PDX Pop Now! festival is happening this weekend -- a free, all-ages, three-day gathering of a myriad of Portland bands, all at Rotture, alternating between the inside stage and

A few months ago I read about Anne Lemanski and her stitched paper sculptures in Fiberarts magazine. You can see a lot of it on her web site here. I have been fascinated by creating 3-dimensional stitched work for a long time. I have shown a lot of

Riding the upper deck of the Steel Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) Just got word from the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation that effective immediately, the gates on the lower deck of the Steel Bridge are closed, making the lower deck of the bridge inaccessible to both biking and walking traffic on both the east and [...]

xkcd: Frogger

Nightlife Of Weeds XLIII. Portland, OR. Photo by Zoe Hoeltzel. …………

Saw this quiz on Breda’s blog, and of course had to take it: You are 20% hippie.   You’re not in the lowest bracket of non-hippie-hood, but you’re close. I advise a field trip to a food co-op or a farmer’s market. Do a few interviews and take notes, because there will be a quiz next [...]

It’ll probably have to do.

Last weekend we took another great camping trip.  Oh, how we love summer and the camping trips it brings :) In any case, last weekend we drove only 1-1/2 hrs east to Memaloose State Park in the Columbia Gorge.  It is one of the hottest spots in the Columbia Gorge and temperatures last weekend were in the low 90s..

Here's a quote I found while reading Einstein's biography. This is a much better articualtion on atheists than I've been able to come up with. "The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who- in their grudge

Art is a very sensory experience . . . so much so, that some artists even seem to convey smells, tastes, and textures through their images alone. I think you’ll agree that Jelaine Faunce is one such artist

I tied a few of these this weekend and received a comment (Josh McFadden @ hatchhunters.com) that I shouldn’t use an under layer of chenille, or anything but flattened lead and multiple layers of the wrapped condom. I experimented, based upon those suggestions, and it was a better result. Also, I used an orange condom

Taken at the far end of the Tom McCall Preserve on Rowena Crest. This was taken on my Blackberry & uploaded to TwitVid while I was still there (although it took about 10 minutes, since they apparently don't have 3G out there yet)

Twelve Oregon brewed Imperial IPAs battle for your votes to captain the Oregon team for Beer Brawl IV, which pits beers from Oregon, Washington, and California. An automatically generated list of possibly related posts:

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Hubby and I have been very busy this summer trying to cram in as much fun as we can while the sunshine lasts. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to…  And we did a little bungee jumping, just for fun.  Here’s my jump… And here’s hubby’s jump… Related Posts:Our first campi

Some sort of mobile prayer chapel, formerly a Bookmobile. Parked in fro

We finally have all three kids biking on their own! Oldest daughter has moved up to an adult bike. Middle daughter just tonight moved up to the middle bike and started riding without training wheels. Youngest daughter is now on the smallest bike, with the training wheels on. Yay! But I forgot to take any [...]

Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka and former Blazers great Buck Williams join Nate McMillan's coaching staff.

Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka and former Blazers great Buck Williams join Nate McMillan's coaching staff.

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@verso look for wifi bridges used for playstations or xboxen. The 802.11n adapter for TiVo connects to the Ethernet port as well. in reply to verso #

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Day Thirty-seven:  Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~~Mary Oliver

isopod: Please don’t squeeze the strudel!

&backcolor The 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival kicks off this Friday. Until then, take a moment to get a little better acquai

The U.S. House of Representatives voted today for another $33 billion for the war in Afghanistan. As The Oregonian notes, four out of five members of Oregon's delegation voted against the funding. Those members that voted against continued funding of...