It's hard to understand what some of the characters are saying on HBO's new series, but it's clear that Nick Nolte's character thinks someone is not ready for the big time, and Portland Meadows is not the big time.
The twenty-two states that have not required workers to join a union and pay union dues have enjoyed, as a group, more rapid employment and income growth, better job preservation, and faster recoveries from recession. Oregon is not one of … Continu
Saturday: Cleaned the kitchen and a rather filthy and malodorous refrigerator, liberating a myriad of ill used condiments and forgotten foods. Made focaccia and smoky roasted red pepper and tomato stew with garbanzo beans, delicious. Enjoyed a beautiful light That warmed us all. Sunday: Got up early, to more gorgeous
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The second Sunday of January was the “Grand Opening” service of our church’s newest campus. My husband and I joined the launch team in October; I volunteered to work in the nursery (which I’m loving!) and he’s having a great time playing his fiddle on the worship team. There’s been a po
One of the most important elements in a room is the lighting. Not only for obvious reasons, rooms need various types and sources of light, but I love lighting because of how much personality it can bring to a space! I like my interior lighting to be unique, but I can’t spend a fortune on [...]
Visualize such a site will be without content material. A wealthy content of the site may be the foundation of the site’s recognition. Whatever could be the motive of the site, be this promoting some thing, selling something or an item, you will certainly like the actual reader to see and to keep reading through. [...
In today’s video, master watercolor painter Cheng-Khee Chee will be demonstrating his own methodology for intuitive, deductive painting. Take a look at the video below—if this is the first time you’ve seen him paint, you might be surprised at how free and simple his painting philosophy is. NOTE: You can
Last night, I pulled the plug on my Facebook account. Since then, I've got several people who are all like “Aw, why’d ya do it, 5000?” and others who are all like “Dude, lame!” So, I figured maybe I’d try to cobble together an explanation. And a cobbled-together explanation it will be!First o
Below is the new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they pl
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Better get my BlogtimOregon on again already. One meager post in January–here’s to keeping up with New Year’s resolutions. We made the Silver Palate’s ever-reliable “Chili for a Crowd” for the game. This is not your everyday chili. It’s got a unique Dijon mustard-olive-dill-Italian
The Trail Blazers play host to Kevin Durant and the Thunder at 7 p.m. Monday.
The Trail Blazers play host to Kevin Durant and the Thunder at 7 p.m. Monday.
I'm such a non-sports fan. I didn't watch the Super Bowl. I went to the studio. I swept and mopped the floor. It has been a moisty, muddy winter. Then I worked on the shweshwe fabric project. The fish is coming along swimmingly. (har har). This is a not-great phone photo, but you get the idea.
Image via Wikipedia Ever hear of a little place called Norm Thompson Outfitters? Turns out that if you make a purchase from them with a credit card, they sign you up for "Norm Thompson Rewards" - and bill your card...
It's feeling a lot like spring here in Portland, but I know it's just a tease before the winter weather comes back. And in winter, non-gardeners like me like to dream of vacations to come. (Gardeners, of course, spend this time of year checking seed catalogs and dreaming of the fruit, veggies and flowers to come.)
Last night I had the luxury of a women's getaway at my parents' beach house. My friend Shelia flew over from Boise, and we drove down to Rockaway yesterday morning. Two other friends joined us. The weather yesterday was simply SPECTACULAR.
howdy howdy. How you doing? I’m fine. Yes. Thanks for asking. Yes. This kind of opener to a post is just a method of getting the words to start to flow out. Would that be priming the pump? How does one prime a pump? I should look that term up. Its kind of like sucking [...]
The locations in Portland, Gresham, Beaverton, Bend and Redmond, Wash., quietly shuttered at 9 p.m. Saturday.
During the Superbowl, Hyundai demonstrated an amusingly inefficient way to perform chest compressions on a comatose patient. Not a substitute for taking a Red Cross CPR class
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Here's the latest adventure of Kieran. The other day he began a competition with a classmate to see who could best tolerate spicy foods. It began when he took sushi for lunch and his friend, Ceci asked for the wasabi. From there it developed into some kind of a dare. Kieran came home and developed a concoction of jalapeno p
Last summer, the little town of Manzanita had a 4th of July party and a small parade, during which one of the onlookers bumped into a 92-year-old woman, leaving a scratch that didn't seem to want to stop bleeding. As...
And for the second straight year, the inspirational figure we chose for our charity prediction contest turns out to ha
Yes, NBC has been promoting "Smash" to the point where we want to scream, but the show is smart, fresh, and promising enough that it deserves to be a hit. Oh, and Shirley MacLaine on "Downtown Abbey' season 3 -- good idea, or ye olde shark jump?
"Shakespeare's Amazing Cymbeline" brings a story that blends power, passion and politics -- and most of all, love and forgiveness.
Update (Sunday): The Portland Trail Blazers informed the media on Sunday that guard Raymond Felton is "questionable" for Monday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder after an MRI confirmed a sprained left foot. He is listed as day-to-day. Original Post (Saturday): Portland Trai
Marvel Studios has released the extended Super Bowl spot for Marvel’s The Avengers which you can watch using the player below! Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on May 4, the Joss Whedon film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, St
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. If there was ever a person who was a legend in their own time, it would have to be Melvin Van Peebles. Filmmaker. Author. Composer. Artist. Playwright. [.
I just posted some winter pictures of the yard from the roof. Not very exciting since most plants are still dormant, but nice to compare to the lush growth of other seasons.
Owner Bo Kline said her husband's death last year left her without a co-owner and made running the business more difficult.
The Free House, a great little neighborhood spot at 1325 NE Fremont St., is out of business. The sign on the door says closed for remodel, under new management” and the Free House sign is gone. Looking inside, the beer taps and reach ins are pulled out of the bar and have been set against the far wall. I can̵
This week the Timbers put up some new billboards around town to promote the upcoming 2012 season. Here are a couple that I have seen thus far. What I love about these is that 1) they are HUGE 2) there is no txt, they let the photo do the talking and 3) they used 2 [...]
Inflection PointWith lengthening days and unusually abundant winter sunshine, the greens in our yard grow actively again! No longer do I sparingly pick leaves, carefully allocating the non-renewable resource over the weeks of winter gloom. We enter a period of daily growth in the yard evenly balanced with how muc
After 17 years of operation, all Typhoon restaurants have closed. Locations in Portland, Beaverton, Gresham, Bend and Redmond, Washington were shuttered last night at 9:00pm. In an interview with Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch, Owner Bo Kline said, “As many in the community are aware, I lost my husband, my
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by Chana Cox Judging by the responses to recent posts by Steve Buckstein and Kathryn Hickok, there is a great deal of confusion about the actual costs of a public and private education in Oregon. This post is an effort … Contin
When Madonna breaks into "Vogue" during the Super Bowl halftime, you have to drink a shot of something strong. We miss these guys.
FATHERS DAY by Neal MorganNEAL MORGAN, WHITE HINTERLAND, MARISA ANDERSON, PWRHAUS, SEAN PECKNOLD(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison)