http://ignoregon.com/rss/eugene Aggregated Blog Posts From Eugene Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:20:24 +0000 en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/i6_cvLEGz7Y/why-books-are-better-than-kindles.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/i6_cvLEGz7Y/why-books-are-better-than-kindles.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:27:00 +0000 Because you never find random foreign money in used Kindle editions of The Canterbury Tales. One cruzeiro: not legal tender, even in Brazil Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Add me on Google+ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/eXyufK_qwoI/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/eXyufK_qwoI/ Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:18:00 +0000 The second annual Eugene Sunday Streets event will be held on Sunday, September 9 in South Eugene. The event will feature various forms of outdoor recreation, exercise and fun in the streets and adjacent parks of South Eugene. A community meeting regarding Eugene Sunday Streets 2012 will be held on Wednesday, February 15 from 7-8 [...] http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/06/skagit-river-report-one-day-late-again/ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/06/skagit-river-report-one-day-late-again/ Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000 History repeats itself. We’d done this exact same thing last year, showing up one day after the WDFW closed the best part of the river to protect the dwindling wild winter steelhead run. Our guide, Ryan Smith of Arch Anglers … Continue reading → http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_06.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_06.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:57:00 +0000 • Here is a very nice video put together by what I assume are a group of  U of O students. Here is their description on the YouTube page:Boseko Lokombo is a linebacker for the Oregon Ducks. He has a very unique background and volunteers with OHeores in his spare time. This has allowed him to become a positive role model and mentor to younger children who look up to him.GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_06.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_06.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:49:00 +0000 Morning Mud• George Schroeder examines the improbable road that former Oregon Duck LB Spencer Paysinger took from playing in the BCS championship game to a Super Bowl ring, all in a little over a year.“For the most part, it’s been a hard road to travel,” he said. “It’s been probably the craziest year anyone can imagine.”• Brian Libby @FishDuck.com wonders if the Cas Center project is just an appetizer before another Autzen Stadium expansion.An expansion would not only put Autzen right again in terms of its original form, but would also bring capacity up to some 70,000, and probably surpassing that figure with standing-room seating.A new addition to Autzen would give Oregon the opportunity to make a grand architectural statement.GO DUCKS! http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/06/suspicious-erection-down-by-the-river/ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/06/suspicious-erection-down-by-the-river/ Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 On November 21st last year, GoDucks.com unveiled the University of Oregon’s plans to “expand” the Casanova Center. Because apparently, this shit doesn’t suffice: Well, way over yonder and across the bridge, construction has indeed begun, among that pretentious little colony of sports complexes along the northern bank of the Willamette. And it’s turning out to [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/kWmn8BxcAyQ/good-readsrandom-cool-sites-252012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/kWmn8BxcAyQ/good-readsrandom-cool-sites-252012.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 US drone attacks target rescuers and mourners. One town's war on gay teens. Atheism in America: Godlessness is the last big taboo in the US, where non-believers face discrimination and isolation. Native American 7th-grader suspended for speaking Menominee in front of teacher. Komen's flailing continues. The cost of football glory. The world's heaviest insect is 3,500 times as massive as the world's smallest invertebrate. And I just bought a house with a wood-burning fireplace, dang it. Vermont inmates sneak a picture of a pig into official decals for state police cars. Read the mouse-over text for the punchline. Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Add me on Google+ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/05/rudin-calls-bowman-out-on-viewpoint-neutrality/ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/05/rudin-calls-bowman-out-on-viewpoint-neutrality/ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:28:00 +0000 Basically, at the during the OSPIRG budget hearing last Tuesday Bowman said “I am in support of OSPIRG because I want to leave a better world.” This showed what anyone who follows the ASUO already knows: Bowman has a big, fat hard one for the PIRG. He should’ve kept those inappropriate feelings to himself, because [...] http://sundaymorninghangover.blogspot.com/2012/02/eugene-record-convention-hangover-2412.html http://sundaymorninghangover.blogspot.com/2012/02/eugene-record-convention-hangover-2412.html Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000 Eugene Record Convention Hangover 2 4 12Rev Marc is joined by Bill and Laurie from the Eugene Record Convention to talk about next week's convention and play some choice nuggets from Bill's collection.Listen Here at the Internet Archives: http://www.archive.org/details/EugeneRecordConventionHangover241210:00AM Ray Conniff & The Singers “Bah Bah Bah Struas-Thus Spake Zarathustra” fromYou Are The Sunshine of My Life10:03AM Scott Walker “Jackie” from Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel (1995) on Mercury(US)10:06AM Mel Torme “Take a Letter Maria” from Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head10:09AM Old Time Circus Calliope “Barnum and Bailey's Favorite March” from Circus Days10:21AM Elliot Brothers and Disneyland Orchestra “Date Night at Disneyland” fromLet's Dance at Disneyland10:24AM Perry Como “"A" You're Adorable” from Temptation (2009) on Carinco Neue Medien AG10:27AM Spike Jones And His City Slickers “The Blue Danube” from Good For A Laugh - Comedy Classics (2011) on Roastin Records10:30AM Cassius Clay “I am the Double Greatest” from I am the Greatest10:33AM Animal House “Faber College Theme” from OST Animal House10:36AM Silvia Vrethhammer “The Beat On” from Y Viva España10:39AM Peggy Lee “Everyday People” from A Natural Woman10:42AM Sue Rainey “Sunday Morning” from With A Little Help From My Friends10:45AM Peter Nero “I Want to Hold Your Hand” from Songs You Won't Forget10:48AM The Sunrays “Our Leader” from The Very Best of the Tower Recordings (Laptop, Album, Private, 1999) on Collectables10:49AM Bleach Boys “Upper Norwood Girls” from Russ Abbott on Ronco10:50AM Darian Sahanaja “I Wanna Pick You Up” from 4510:53AM Will Brison and the Shocking Shrinks “Landy You Need Me” from 4510:54AM Jody Miller “In My Room” from The Very Best Of Jody Miller (2011) on Classic Music International10:55AM Merseybeats of Liverpool “By the Way” from Beatlerama10:58AM Percy Faith “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ” from Themes for the In Crowd11:01AM Chicago Bears Shufflin Crew “Super Bowl Shuffle” from 12-inch Single on indie11:04AM Stanley Black and His Orchestra “These Boots are Made for Walking” fromDimensions in Sound11:07AM Marmalade Moonlight “Psychonaut” from You Talk Too Much11:10AM Lady Brown Sugar Bell “The Lady is Armed and Dangerous” from The Lady is Armed and Dangerous11:13AM The Beanie Babies “Beanie Babies are Here To Stay” from Beanie Baby Songs11:16AM John Hoffman “The Talking Eugene Cross” from 4511:19AM David Lomonds “BURNING LOVE” from Live In Concert11:22AM Ron McCroby “Theme to the Andy Griffith Show” from The Other Whistler11:34AM Lou Christie “Guitars and Bongos” from Ultra Rare: Male Singers (2011) onRaintree Classics11:37AM Lenny and the Squigtones “Only Women Cry” from Lenny and Squiggy11:40AM Ann Boleyn “Illya” from 4511:43AM Ian Finneran “Suuun” from Demo11:45AM Jo Anna Neal “Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl” fromPeckin' Party11:48AM Esso Trinidad Steel Drum Band “Sabre Dance ” from Esso Trinidad Steel Drum Band11:49AM The Singing Dogs “Hot Dog Rock and Roll” from 45 on RCA Records Label(http://www.xlrecordings.com, i, USA)11:50AM Cliff Ferre “The Greatest Indoor Sport” from 4511:51AM George Pickard “Coke Was It” from 4511:52AM Mortier Beglian Dance Organ “I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman” from The Best of the Wonderful Belgian Band Organ Vol. 4 (2008) on Gold 2011:53AM The Yummies “Hippie Lady” from 4511:54AM The Lonesome Valley Singers “Whirly Bird Crew” from Men in the Green Berets11:55AM The "Keep Your Shirt On" Band “Take It Off Polka” from Music To Strip By(Jazz, 1992) on Compose Memories11:58AM Tall People “Short People” from 45 http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_05.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_05.html Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:24:00 +0000 • A group of students at the U of O produced this video piece on Oregon kicker Rob Bear, "specialist for life."• Keeerrrttt1 @FishDuck.com shares his 28th Vlog and talks about these topics:Signing Day (0:33), Track & Field (2:46), Oregon basketball (3:47), FishDuck.com update (4:32), SuperBowl (6:56), Random Tweet of the Week (8:00), and a Music Recommendation (8:11).GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_05.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_05.html Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:03:00 +0000 Morning Mud• Steve Maher @FishDuck.com takes a closer look at incoming recruit, 6'7" 230lb. Cody Carriger from Butte, MT.If the Ducks were looking for a kid who embodies toughness and grit and hard work, they probably could not have gone to a better place than the nation’s old mining capital, where the residents still pride themselves on the rough-and-tumble....This is no prima donna heading to Eugene.“Cody has a great frame, but he’s one of the hardest working kids I’ve ever been around,” said Butte High School coach Arie Grey. “He’s always looking to make himself a better person and player. He has tremendous tools, and his work ethic will make him a very good player.“The thing about Cody is he does whatever we ask him to,” Grey went on. “One week he’s at end, then he plays linebacker and then tight end.” (check out the complete article here)• Rob Moseley has a couple of news items regarding football. Cliff Harris received his invite to the NFL combine and the Spring Game will be held on April 28th. Rob surmises that spring practice will begin on or around April 3rd.• ATQ has a good piece on the 2012 recruiting class and why you should be excited.What is exciting about Oregon's last two classes is that they are now combining elite level recruits with elite level coaching.Oregon is knocking on the door and recruiting players that are not only highly regarded by pundits, but who also fit their scheme perfectly.GO DUCKS! http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2576 http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2576 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:52:00 +0000 But necessary I stand here, on this hill, forever, in wind that melts. I opened my window to your knock, it’s true, I opened. I lingered in candleglow, bent my neck to your imperative hand beneath my hair. Always, always in my mind, not in remembrance, but as my own being. I hear your song [...] http://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/improvised-smoky-bean-and-root-vegetable-soup/ http://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/improvised-smoky-bean-and-root-vegetable-soup/ Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:48:00 +0000 Campbell’s Bean with Bacon soup was one of my favorites growing up.  Quivering beige sludge with an occasional bean or mysterious fat cube, it was condensed.  You’d add a can full of water and slosh it around in a pot on the stove, then it would become soup.  It would cook up hot and salty, [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tXOU/~3/miX2lUOuhQ0/my-drinking-daysthe-early-years.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tXOU/~3/miX2lUOuhQ0/my-drinking-daysthe-early-years.html Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:46:00 +0000 I started drinking in 1964 when I was fifteen. I didn’t exactly decide to get wasted every weekend; I just didn’t consider the possibility that there might be an alternative. It was either drink or date, and I did my share of each. Every Saturday, I would have supper while watching the The Wild, Wild West, and then drive the three miles into town in my ‘56 Fairlane. When I had rounded up a few http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/04/nw-fly-fishing-expo-sign-up-for-classes/ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/04/nw-fly-fishing-expo-sign-up-for-classes/ Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 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 … Continue reading → http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/lamichael-james-career-highlights-2009.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/lamichael-james-career-highlights-2009.html Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:59:00 +0000 • 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.GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_04.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_04.html Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:36:00 +0000 Morning Mud• Aaron Fentress says the coaching staff displays confidence in makeup of offensive line.The Oregon Ducks signed just one offensive lineman on Wednesday and although transfer Kyle Long has NFL pedigree and potential, the community college transfer also only has one year of eligibility remaining.The 2011 line shapes out nicely assuming Long is the real deal at left tackle.Oregon has at least seven or eight solid guys who should form a very good offensive line, regardless of how offensive line coach Steve Greatwood juggles around the bodies.• Dale Newton takes a closer look at QB recruit Jeff Lockie.He's a good student, boasting a 3.8 grade average, and he trains at a specialized Northern California fitness facility called California Strength Academy.  Jeff Maehl did some sessions there to prep for the NFL combine, and 5-star recruit Kline works out there also.  CalStrength uses a speed/power/performance model that incorporates some of the principles Jim Radcliffe has implemented successfully at U of O.  So right away we know two things about Lockie: he's an accomplished passer, and he takes his improvement and potential very seriously.  The third thing is that Chip Kelly wants him, and that trumps everything else.• Not much else new in Duck football news but I will have a LaMichael James career highlight video ready later today. Stay tuned and get subscribed to my YouTube channel if you haven't already.GO DUCKS! http://swamigp.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/this-season-and-beyond-chipper-jones-mets-killer-is-far-from-done/ http://swamigp.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/this-season-and-beyond-chipper-jones-mets-killer-is-far-from-done/ Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:37:00 +0000 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, [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/y5QYrPp5Dng/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/y5QYrPp5Dng/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:27:00 +0000 Discover some of Oregon’s best small wineries right here in Eugene’s backyard From the largest mass-producing winery in Oregon to some of the smallest boutique, single-batch vineyards, the southern Willamette Valley around Eugene features a pouring of amazing, award-winning wines seeped in variety. Yet even with dozens of unique wineries to sample, it’s easy to [...] http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/03/super-pacs-super-spending/ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/03/super-pacs-super-spending/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0000 Recently, the Political Action Committees supporting single candidates, also known as PACs, disclosed their 2011 end-of-year totals for fundraising and spending, and according the Center for Responsive Politics they’ve collectively spent more than 44 million dollars. The pro-Mitt Romney group has spent 17 million, primarily on TV advertisements attacking Newt Gingrich, while Gingrich’s campaign has [...] http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/russian-scientists-seeking-lake-vostok.html http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/russian-scientists-seeking-lake-vostok.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:13:00 +0000 This is a fascinating story that's still developing: Russian Scientists Seeking Lake Vostok Lost In Frozen 'Land Of The Lost'? | Fox News http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/out-of-darkness-betrayal-of-trust-and.html http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/out-of-darkness-betrayal-of-trust-and.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Excellent piece! Abductions have become the embarrassment of all, it seems, including those who say there's on the right side of things. Out Of Darkness: The Betrayal of Trust and Funding Alien Abduction ResearchSo what is a person to do? Whom do they trust? None of these sites has anything substantive about abductions. I have tried to contact by email or personally talk to many different individuals within these organizations, only to be ignored or marginalized. I have heard jokes made at abductees’ expense, I have heard cruel and insensitive ridicule hurled at abductees. It cuts me like a hot knife when I hear these things. Especially from people I respect, who have done so much hard work and contributed so much to the field of ufology; people who have sacrificed so much of their own lives to the study of the field. Not everybody I hang out with in the UFO community knows I am an abductee. I know from experience it affects the way they treat you if they find out. http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/03/winter-steelhead-conditions-improve/ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/03/winter-steelhead-conditions-improve/ Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:06:00 +0000 We have a really nice window of weather and numerous dropping and clearing rivers around the state. Locally Lake Creek and the Siuslaw are coming around, the South Coast is in fine shape and the Alsea system has been fishing … Continue reading → http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_03.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_03.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:48:00 +0000 • Rob Moseley and Adam Jude discuss the 2012 Oregon football recruiting class on this edition of  The Postgame Brew. (I'm thinking the off camera color commentator should be kept in a separate room)GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_03.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_03.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:43:00 +0000 • Adam Jude details the recruiting process when Chip Kelly was confronted with "the elephant in the room" and supplied the video from CK's Wednesday press conference.“He explained how it went down, the negotiations and all that,” Armstead said. “Coaches, just like players, they get recruited. He’s probably going to be recruited every year he’s successful.“I’d rather play for a coach like that than a coach that’s mediocre and nobody wants. The other (assistant) coaches have been there 30 years, 20 years. I’m confident the program will still be the same even if Chip Kelly did decide to leave.”• George Schroeder delves into the same subject regarding Kelly's flirtation with the NFL.• John Canzano does a nice job with his story on Oregon recruit Oshay Dunmore who has a recruiting tale worth telling.He's 17, and I wish I could take the kid on a nationwide speaking tour this weekend, telling everyone how a football player from a small high school on the Oregon coast -- senior class 160 -- can rule the world. Except, I can't. Newport High has its Winter Ball this weekend, so the tour must wait.Here's hoping I meet more kids just like him next recruiting season.• The Sporting News ranked the Oregon recruiting class at number four in the Pac-12.• Ted Miller wonders if the Pac-12 recruiting needs were met and here is what he had to say about Oregon's efforts.Arik Armstead headlines a diverse class that, as expected, is heavy on speed and addresses depth across the board. Next to duct tape, few things are quick fixes than a juco kicker.• Dale Newton says the speed, versatility and athleticism add depth and intrigue to the 2012 recruiting class.Recruiting sites try to project 18-year-old high school students three years into the future. They do a good job, but it's far from an exact science.Versatile athletes create extra depth on the roster, and sometimes a player can develop into a surprising star in an unexpected place.GO DUCKS! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/WCfwHTFi6RI/good-readsrandom-cool-sites-222012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/WCfwHTFi6RI/good-readsrandom-cool-sites-222012.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:22:00 +0000 The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure (the pink ribbon breast cancer foundation) has decided to put abortion politics ahead of women's health. Damage control is underway, but it's pretty clear that the Komen Foundation has committed itself to being an anti-choice breast cancer foundation rather than a breast cancer foundation. The Obama Administration brags about its assassination program while claiming in court cases that it's so secret it can't even confirm its existence. Twenty-five percent of Romney's campaign money has come from 41 donors. Tyler Clementi's suicide and Dharun Ravi's trial. Scientists are drilling through two miles of Antarctic ice to reach one of the largest lakes in the world. (What could possibly go wrong?) This is hilarious, but on the other hand, half the country is starving because of that fat fuck. When is White History Month? "[Defendant] also owed plaintiff ... a duty of care not to drink under age, or to fire bottle rockets out of his anus." So it begins. The greatest battle of our time. Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Add me on Google+ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/sRzybxkCL0Y/shameless-self-promotion-vote-for-me.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/sRzybxkCL0Y/shameless-self-promotion-vote-for-me.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:21:00 +0000 It's time for the Brodies again. The Brodies, if you don't know, are internet awards for the (mainly) ex/post/former/recovering/New Order/struggling/etc Mormon side of teh interwebs. I'm nominated in four categories (look for 'kuri'): Funniest Humor Piece: Book of Mormon Zombies Most Insightful Discussion of Mormon Beliefs, Practices, and Culture: The Power of the penis Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion: Understanding Biblical parables Best Religion-and-Parenting Discussion: Discussing potato chips with your future son-in-law* I hope you'll vote for me, but even if you don't, click over and take a look. Tons of great posts and blogs have been nominated, and you don't even have to be Mormony to appreciate most of them. Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Add me on Google+ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/03/jay-nicholashot-tipped-steelhead-nymph-fly-tying-video/ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/03/jay-nicholashot-tipped-steelhead-nymph-fly-tying-video/ Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:49:00 +0000 Continuing our series of the dirty dozen winter steelhead flies, this nymph combines the general idea of somethign juicy and crunchy to eat, a fast sinking tungsten bead, some wiggle, and the pink/purple color combo that steelhead have always responded … Continue reading → http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/Iar6QcyXyL4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/Iar6QcyXyL4/ Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:42:00 +0000 Police seek more input from public, Provide advice on what to do if you have a suspicious encounter during a traffic stop Eugene police say they’ve received 20-30 leads since they arrested Daniel Scott Alloway on Thursday, January 26, on charges of Criminal Impersonation of a police officer. Details in the fake-cop investigation are disconcerting, [...] http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/trickster-northwest-resurfaces.html http://orangeorb.blogspot.com/2012/02/trickster-northwest-resurfaces.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000 Some time ago, I started a blog: Trickster Northwest. I deleted it because I was contributing to Oregon L.O.W.F.I., and decided to spread out the topics posted on TNW across my other blogs. Conspiracy stuff at Octopus Confessional, animal news items at Animal Forteana or other blogs, etc.Lesley pointed me to this link asking if I had started up again. I hadn't, this blog is the creation of someone going by the screen name of dwito. Actually, this new blog is presented as tricks ter north west. No posts there yet, but looking at the profile; holy moley, he or she has a lot of blogs! I wonder if it's one of those that serve to spam with comments on other blogs. http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2564 http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2564 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:21:00 +0000 “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” - Charles Bukowski http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_02.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video_02.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0000 • Rob Moseley shares the video of Chip Kelly breaking down each new recruit and what they bring to the program.• Steve Summers and Chris Courtney of eDuck give their assessment of the 2012 recruiting class.• Keeerrrttt1 @FishDuck.com has a great one on one session with ATQ's Jared Light (jtlight) and discuss Oregon athletics.GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_02.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud_02.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +0000 • Rob Moseley has the notes and quotes from Chip Kelly's signing day press conference and supplied the video of CK's opening remarks.The Ducks announced 21 signees, and while Kelly left the door open for more, he also made it sound like this could be it.• Moseley also shares the print edition story from today's R-G.• GoDucks.com has the official list of the 21 new recruits but Mark Flores @FishDuck.com and  Dale Newton go into greater detail for each player.• Ted Miller says the NFL rumors revolving around Kelly didn't hurt recruiting.There were no negative surprises on signing day. The Ducks flipped a couple of receivers -- Bralon Addison from Texas A&M and Chance Allen from Oklahoma State -- without losing any players who were previously committed. On a day of flips, the Ducks weren't victimized.• Chip Kelly also mentioned no scouting services were used this year.“Not going there again,” Kelly said with a chuckle.GO DUCKS! http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/01/asuo-senate-212012/ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/01/asuo-senate-212012/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000 ASUO Senate Feb. 1, 2012 http://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/a-tale-of-three-tacos/ http://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/a-tale-of-three-tacos/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:59:00 +0000 A short tale, considering I gobbled them down as fast as can be.  One of the highlights of my week is my grading session at Belly Taco Night.  It always puts me in a good mood, which one needs when one is grading.  Held just once a week on Mondays (5:30-9 pm), Belly Taco Night [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/856xoezpcGE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/856xoezpcGE/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:40:00 +0000 Annual citizen recruitment now under way; All applications due March 30, 2012 The city of Eugene is seeking motivated citizens who embody the diverse backgrounds and interests of the community to voluntarily serve on city advisory boards, commissions, and committees. All applications are due on March 30; interviews will take place in May; the City [...] http://geographyofamigraine.blogspot.com/2012/02/wednesday.html http://geographyofamigraine.blogspot.com/2012/02/wednesday.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:35:00 +0000 Lots of work to do, starting tonight!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneLocation:Bro coming in this weekend http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/01/jay-nicholas-babine-special-winter-steelhead-fly/ http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2012/02/01/jay-nicholas-babine-special-winter-steelhead-fly/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:00 +0000 For those of you who are familiar with the Babine Special, a long time favorite winter steelhead fly pattern, this version of the fly may seem a stretch. But come on, have heart, and forgive a little creative messing around, … Continue reading → http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/hbHD00DfG08/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/hbHD00DfG08/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000 On First Friday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m., the downtown Eugene Public Library will host a free concert by the Alder Street Woodwind Quintet. “The quintet is the oldest established permanent floating woodwind quintet in Eugene, having been formed in the late 60s when I lived on Alder Street,” says Charles Wright, bassoon player for [...] http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-mud-bonus-video.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:46:00 +0000 • Another iconic season of Oregon football is in the books and GoDucksdotcom looks back at the 2011 highlights.GO DUCKS! http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud.html http://winesfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/duck-stuff-morning-mud.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:45:00 +0000 Morning Mud• Dale Newton reminds us that we should learn some lessons from signing days past.It's important to keep perspective as the faxes come in and Twitter goes over capacity. The players who come to Oregon and those who choose other opportunities all deserve good wishes and respect. Welcome the new Ducks, but welcome them with class and a mature viewpoint. The Webfoots went to the National Championship game a year ago. They did with five recruiting classes that averaged 24th in the country. Spencer Paysinger and Jeff Maehl were two of the stars of that team. Paysinger was a 2-star wide receiver when recruited, Maehl a 3-star cornerback.• Rob Moseley reminds us today is only about the "fax" for Oregon football.High school recruits can begin submitting signed letters of intent to college programs this morning, and the fax machine in the UO football offices is poised to spit out LOIs from 19 prep players, along with three junior college transfers, according to reports.• Oregon got a verbal commitment from the #2 punting prospect in the nation in Dylan Ausherman.• Aaron Fentress highlights the "tall group of recruits" who have given their verbals to Oregon.• Ted Miller notes that Phil Steele has projected the Ducks as the number four team in the country when the initial AP top 10 is released later this year.The Ducks have become a fixture among the nation’s elite under HC Chip Kelly with 3 straight BCS appearances and last year captured their first Rose Bowl win since 1916! While QB Darron Thomas and RB LaMichael James are gone, their replacements are plenty capable as QB Bryan Bennett and RB’s Kenjon Barner and De’Anthony Thomas return with some valuable game experience and the Ducks do not open with a marquee non-conference game like they did last year vs LSU.• Rob Moseley has a couple of stories about LaMichael James and his preparation for the NFL combine.• Aaron Fentress has another mini-profile for Oreon commit DT Stetzon Bair who hopes to follow in his brother's footsteps.Fans should prepare to do a double take, or two. Bair is the younger brother of former UO standout defensive tackle Brandon Bair, now with Kansas City of the NFL. Brandon Bair stood 6-7, 272 as a member of the 2010 Ducks who reached the BCS National Championship Game deserves partial credit for his younger brother following in his footsteps.GO DUCKS! http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/01/sit-your-ass-down-oregon-democrat-suzanne-bonamici-takes-her-seat-in-congress/ http://oregoncommentator.com/2012/02/01/sit-your-ass-down-oregon-democrat-suzanne-bonamici-takes-her-seat-in-congress/ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 05:43:00 +0000 A very special election was held Tuesday– a very special Oregon election within the Portland-area 1st district. Held in light of former Rep. David Wu’s resignation, the election determined who would assume Oregon’s freshly vacated seat in the House of Representatives. Wu’s resignation, of course, came in some light of its own– that light being [...] http://sgttanuki.blogspot.com/2012/01/f-scott-fitzgeralds-tales-of-jazz-age.html http://sgttanuki.blogspot.com/2012/01/f-scott-fitzgeralds-tales-of-jazz-age.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:11:00 +0000 This is more like it:  more what I expected from Fitzgerald's famous flapper period.  The first four stories, at least - the ones grouped as "My Last Flappers."  They keep the promise, deftly evoking a society on edge, a society being stretched and frayed by the mystifying energies of young women ducking away from their handlers and the nearly beat cynicism of the young men who can't catch them either.  Yes he's still objectifying the women, still making them vessels of everything but their own humanity, but at least he's doing it wholeheartedly this time. The first four stories are easily the best in the volume, though.  "May Day," in fact, is one of the best things I've read in all of Fitzgerald so far.  Its successful evocation of various levels of society - the way it evokes, or maybe just fakes, empathy for the downtrodden as well as the downtreaders - certainly foreshadows Gatsby, but the limited temporal and physical setting of it give it a dramatic unity and therefore intensity all its own.The rest of the stories are real hit and miss.  Some inane comedy pieces ("Mr. Icky" and "Jemina"), some sophomoric trick pieces ("Tarquin of Cheapside" and "O Russet Witch!"), and some clearly major but rather off-putting fantasies.  "Benjamin Button" (never seen the film, so don't ask) and "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz" are the latter.  I didn't think much of "Benjamin Button" one way or the other, but "Diamond" was interesting.Interesting for obvious reasons - it's a vividly told parable of something - but also disturbing.  It forced me to confront something that I've found increasingly hard to ignore as I make my way through early Fitzgerald.  His racial attitudes.  In "Diamond" the problematic idea is that this Shangri-la is based on the labor of slaves who were never freed after the Civil War.  Certainly we're not meant to see this as unproblematic, and I guess you could make a point that Fitzgerald was being exceptionally clear-eyed about race by admitting that a certain kind of white paradise could only be built on the stolen freedom of blacks.  But I'm not sure that's his intent either.  I'm sure he thinks he's being a little bit daring by imagining this, but I don't know that he thinks he's exposing the heart of American darkness either, although I think that's what he's doing in effect.  That is, the Peach Blossom Spring that he invents in the Rockies works perfectly as a metaphor for the antebellum South, or the society that the Lost Causers want to bring back:  a place whose wealth is entirely bound up with the existence of an enslaved class, a system that by its very backwardness calls forth other relics of behavior - the vaguely Oriental (in the oldest sense, the one followed by "despot") air about the place plugs in here.  That's how the thing works, I say, but I worry that Fitzgerald isn't as horrified by this vision as we might be today.  (As I am, and as I hope you are.)I worry because although I never noticed it in Gatsby (is it there?), I've noticed in these early works Fitzgerald often taking a very cavalier attitude toward race.  Portraying black characters in essentialist way, having white characters talk about them in racist ways, evincing a nostalgia for the Confederacy, buying into the whole myth of Southern chivalry and Northern barbarism.  Well:  Fitzgerald may be no more than a victim of his times.  But when Tom Buchanan says things like this in Gatsby, I'm accustomed to being horrified, to seeing him as a bad guy, and therefore Fitzgerald as being more enlightened than his times.  But maybe not. http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2545 http://www.barbaralmhandley.com/blog/?p=2545 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:23:00 +0000 I keep not writing anything here because everything seems too big or too little. I’m having a hard time seeing the point in talking about face cream or the series of flat tires.1 And the big stuff? Well, it’s big and it’s serious and it’s the kind of thing we don’t talk about all that [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/lTJEEx8tPhc/cool-people-with-same-birthday-as-me.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToTryANewSwordOnAChanceWayfarer/~3/lTJEEx8tPhc/cool-people-with-same-birthday-as-me.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:51:00 +0000 Today is my birthday. Also born on January 31: Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1543, the first Tokugawa shogun Franz Schubert, 1797, Austrian composer Zane Grey, 1872, American writer Jackie Robinson, 1919, American baseball player Norman Mailer, 1923, American writer Philip Glass, 1937, American composer, Philip Glass, 1937, American composer Connie Booth, 1944, American writer/actor Nolan Ryan, 1947, American baseball player John Lydon ("Johnny Rotten"), 1956, English singer/legend Justin Timberlake, 1981 Follow me on Twitter Friend me on Facebook Add me on Google+ http://risashome.blogspot.com/2012/01/just-thing.html http://risashome.blogspot.com/2012/01/just-thing.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:32:00 +0000 We've been mucking out the poultry barn onto the garden beds. Last Son was here yesterday, and did most of the work. For a proper meditation on the joys of this activity (much better than anything you'd see here), run over to Trapper Creek.I take these pictures from the roof, which, being poorly designed for our monsoons, is easily walked about on. Perspective is a bit odd to me -- the far beds are the same size as the two middle ones in the foreground -- three by fifty feet. You can see the Chicken Moat pretty well from here -- the ducks are hanging out in the far corner. Click pic for better view.Walking to the other end of the roof, I look out over the hoped-for future pasture across the creek, where I currently have rotating potato patches.The one on the right is last year's and is planted in favas. The one on the left is this year's and has no potatoes in it yet. It's a lasagna of cardboard and straw and is mellowing in anticipation of planting in a couple of months. At upper left, you can see one of the neighbor's horses, and beyond that there is a dusting of snow on a clear-cut in the mountains.I got just chilly enough on the roof, though there was no breeze to speak of, that on returning into the house I needed a warm project.Apple-pumpkin rolls! Just the thing. http://www.antsaint.com/blog/2012/01/eugene-craft-beer-2012-klcc-microbrew-festival-tickets-on-sale-now.html http://www.antsaint.com/blog/2012/01/eugene-craft-beer-2012-klcc-microbrew-festival-tickets-on-sale-now.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000 57 breweries serve up over 120 craft beers at the KLCC Microbrew Festival Eugene Since 2002, Eugene radio station KLCC 89.7 FM has put on a microbrew tasting festival to benefit the station. In addition to the brewfest, you can … Continue reading → http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/JbitCCxX_6w/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/JbitCCxX_6w/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:45:00 +0000 The city of Eugene and the School Garden Project teamed up at Adams Elementary last week to give local teachers and parents of local students a crash course on composting. The workshop was held in support of the city’s recent announcement to build and implement five new school gardens and cafeteria composting programs in the [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/cQJHFR3VIlo/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyEugene/~3/cQJHFR3VIlo/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:37:00 +0000 Mayor Kitty Piercy will be meeting informally with Jefferson Westside area residents on Tuesday, January 31, from 5-6 p.m., at Albertsons, 1675 West 18th Avenue, Eugene. The mayor’s One-on-One sessions, which are held each month in a different neighborhood, are an opportunity for Eugene residents to speak individually with the mayor on any topic of [...]