http://ignoregon.com/rss/salem Aggregated Blog Posts From Salem Thu, 17 May 2012 17:25:34 +0000 en http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/hawaiian-airlines-drops-non-stop-portland-maui-flights-so-we-drop-hawaiian.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/hawaiian-airlines-drops-non-stop-portland-maui-flights-so-we-drop-hawaiian.html Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:00 +0000 Most likely, yesterday we took our last flight on Hawaiian Airlines. For about twenty years we've flown direct from Portland, Oregon to Maui. In January 2012 Hawaiian dropped non-stop Portland-Maui flights. So my wife and I are going to drop... http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/was-it-good-idea-killed-by-bloat-or.html http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/was-it-good-idea-killed-by-bloat-or.html Wed, 16 May 2012 20:03:00 +0000 Remember when Groupon was cool? The deals were smokin', the emails were rare (and greatly anticipated) and in the very off chance something went amiss (like the one I purchased for a service and they didn't respond after I signed up and tried to contact them for over a week) they gladly and promptly refunded your purchase price?Gone are those days. Groupon has become bloated as an outlet for anything and everything from vacation rentals that have a list of dates not available longer and in smaller print than drug manufacturer's side effects listings to odds and ends of overstock merchandise. And when one of their vendors failed to even respond to me as I tried repeatedly to partake of their services recently, they had no care to make it right.(And retailers are giving the deal-getters the dregs, too; I purchased a deal for Re-Pac as I'd been considering switching to reusable sandwich and food bags for lunches. Thought this would be a great way to give it a go, and a gateway to additional purchase to outfit this kitchen of two lunch-takers. The Groupon was some time ago. I ordered two weeks ago and hadn't heard anything. In the fine print on their web site only it states:  *Please note: While we make every effort for prompt shipment, there can be shipping delays of 4-6 weeks when a purchase is made with a mass coupon (such as Groupon, Living Social or Mamapedia).*For some reason -- perhaps Deal Happyness Imprinting -- I've kept with Groupon through the onslought of LivingSocial, Google Deals, Yollar and the absolute worst name ever: Deal Chicken.BTW, WTF is Mamapedia. Jezus.Seems more often than not, the deals offered now are crap. Teeth whitening? Seriously?As a deal-getter, I was usually a good catch. The deals enticed me to try new things, and at each deal I bought more than the voucher amount. To not do so... I'd feel like a vulture. Some didn't end up making me a repeat customer, sometimes because it just wasn't my thing... but at least I tried. And I had knowledge of the outlet/service to share with others. *shrug* No regrets as a customer.  I had a small experience from Groupon on the business owner side, and read a great deal about the realities for small businesses in various journals and mags. Articles abounded about the business model's lack of sustainability. And business owners found: cheap ass people only reaching out to snag a deal don't become real, paying customers. They just take your valuable merchandise for half its normal value. As they don't become repeat customers, you might be able to smile weakly and say, "Well, perhaps you got a customer you wouldn't have otherwise gotten, and perhaps they then exposed someone else to your produce and you got more exposure and thus some value out of it." http://technorati.com/business/article/what-groupon-living-social-and-other/http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-03/tech/30583295_1_groupon-customers-living-socialhttp://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/164/groupon-daily-deals-industry-failingNo, really, read the Fast Company article:http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/164/groupon-daily-deals-industry-failingIn a race for the bottom, no one wins. And as I shut down my Living Social account after a true bait-and-switch offer that they will not refund, I am reminded that direct relationships with those making quality products and providing quality services are what should receive my money. If we all are not willing to support good products and services at a fair rate, before long they simply won't be around for us, period. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/HtO_otLkwbo/agminute-for-may-16-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/HtO_otLkwbo/agminute-for-may-16-2012.html Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:00 +0000 The Idaho Potato Commission plans to open a satellite office in Seoul, South Korea, by early next year to capitalize on a new trade agreement with the country. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/even-hardcore-zen-is-too-softcore-for-me.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/even-hardcore-zen-is-too-softcore-for-me.html Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:00 +0000 I've come across Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen site several times. I know this, despite my sometimes bad memory, because I always look at the t-shirts for sale. So I remember a repeated feeling of "Seems like I should be the... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/mG1D77TTTbk/agminute-for-may-15-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/mG1D77TTTbk/agminute-for-may-15-2012.html Tue, 15 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 A plan to make an emergency sale of Idaho bean seed to Mexico has fallen through because that country's agriculture department has been unwilling to provide the financial assistance Mexican growers need to make purchases. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/simple-breakfast-sammiches.html http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/simple-breakfast-sammiches.html Mon, 14 May 2012 23:56:00 +0000 Spring makes me want breakfast. Not go-out-and-eat-heavy-breakfast, but something quick and home built to get you up and out quickly for a day of... whatever your Saturday may hold. Farmer's Market? Gardening out back? Loafing on the couch catching up with what Tivo has snagged for you all week?For this couple, a small can of 5 Grands Buttermilk Biscuits, Joie Silicone Egg rings, cheese, eggs and whatever tasty meat you might have as leftovers makes some rocking breakfast sammies. Enough for both Saturday AND Sunday.Saturday was biscuit, mild Italian sausage crumbles, scrambled egg w/ a splash of heavy cream, salt and pepper topped with a slice of melted cheese.Put down the ring in the pan, layer meat on the bottom and then pour in the egg mixture. Cook on low with a cover so it'll steam the top and help it cook.  The rings make a perfectly sized puck of meaty eggy goodness to slap between the buttery tasting halves of the Grands biscuit. Sunday was a real winner, though... we seared leftover filet from Morton's Steak House chopped into tiny pieces and then topped it with TJ's Lacy Swiss and Colby, and put a dollop of local Burley's BBQ sauce on it. A fantastically quick and tasty start to the day.  The combinations are endless. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eatsalem/~3/mwcdAEuxPRo/falafel-king.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eatsalem/~3/mwcdAEuxPRo/falafel-king.html Mon, 14 May 2012 23:35:00 +0000 Always a happy day in Salem to see a new--and diverse--option pop up. Since seeing the paper go up in the windows at Church and Marion Streets (in the old Bead Trunk turned records store space), I was excited, because falafel is fantastic. Yum! Even more enticing to see it tout itself as a market. I walked in for lunch last week, and walked up to the counter. The menu board had only one panel of http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/marijuana-rolls-into-center-of-oregon-attorney-general-race.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/marijuana-rolls-into-center-of-oregon-attorney-general-race.html Mon, 14 May 2012 21:24:00 +0000 Ellen Rosenblum would be a much better Attorney General for Oregon than Dwight Holton, not least because of her respect for our state's voter-approved medical marijuana act, which Holton almost certainly would continue to undermine -- notwithstanding politically-inspired attempts to... http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/1000-friends-of-oregon-urges-salem-to-preserve-sustainable-fairview.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/1000-friends-of-oregon-urges-salem-to-preserve-sustainable-fairview.html Mon, 14 May 2012 20:45:00 +0000 Today the Salem City Council has a choice to make: preserve cutting-edge Green zoning requirements for the highly touted Sustainable Fairview mixed use development, or show once again why Oregon's capital deserves it's nickname, "So-lame." I'm not wildly optimistic, given... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/d1evBe4dyTc/agminute-for-may-14-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/d1evBe4dyTc/agminute-for-may-14-2012.html Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 +0000 Encouraged by higher prices, Idaho growers will plant an estimated 130,000 acres of dry beans this year, significantly more than last season. This year's massive upswing in total bean acreage follows an almost equally big downturn in 2011. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/mitt-romney-youre-wrong-this-isnt-a-christian-nation-.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/mitt-romney-youre-wrong-this-isnt-a-christian-nation-.html Sun, 13 May 2012 20:54:00 +0000 There are lots of reasons for people in the United States to vote for President Obama rather than Mitt Romney in November. Romney's sucking up to evangelical Christians is just one reason -- but an important one. In a recent... http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/my-cynical-ideas-for-a-salem-oregon-city-slogan.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/my-cynical-ideas-for-a-salem-oregon-city-slogan.html Sat, 12 May 2012 20:55:00 +0000 Yesterday Michael Rose, a business reporter for the Statesman Journal, asked in a Twitter tweet, "What would be a good city slogan for Salem Ore.?" Oh, great question. My mind is cynically-inclined when it comes to describing Salem's positive qualities,... http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/physics-knows-more-about-nothing-than-theology-or-philosophy.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/physics-knows-more-about-nothing-than-theology-or-philosophy.html Sat, 12 May 2012 02:51:00 +0000 It's amazing, how much can be said about nothing. Nothing always has been a favorite topic of theologians and philosophers. Now physicists are getting into the Nothing Game, big time (see here and here). There's a basic dispute between fact-focused... http://williambragg.com/2012/05/11/business-portraits-business-headshots/ http://williambragg.com/2012/05/11/business-portraits-business-headshots/ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:55:00 +0000 I’ve received quite a few inquiries if I do business portraits and business headshots. Yes, yes I do. We can do them at my downtown studio, at your business or other location. (click on photos to make larger) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/S51_5SRjBck/podcast-financing-organic-and-small.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/S51_5SRjBck/podcast-financing-organic-and-small.html Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss the outcome of Snokist’s bankruptcy, a ballot effort to keep the Malheur County extension office funded, new trends in financing organic and small farms, and why federal agencies don’t know how many millions �" or billions �" they are losing to environmental lawsuits. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/BCwwgA-AhWM/agminute-for-may-11-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/BCwwgA-AhWM/agminute-for-may-11-2012.html Fri, 11 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 During his three decades as an extension educator in east Idaho, every crop Stan Gortsema worked with had a growers' association or state commission that represented farmers and provided money for research. Except one -- corn. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/thanks-to-obama-im-going-to-stop-saying-thats-so-gay.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/thanks-to-obama-im-going-to-stop-saying-thats-so-gay.html Thu, 10 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Yesterday I was thrilled to learn that President Obama has come out (so to speak) in favor of gay marriage. This is a good move ethically as well as politically. Homosexuals are people too, Mitt Romney and fellow gay-bashing Republicans.... http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/economic-austerity-humorously-ridiculed-in-fiore-animation.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/economic-austerity-humorously-ridiculed-in-fiore-animation.html Thu, 10 May 2012 21:03:00 +0000 Austerity to bring about prosperity is a ridiculous economic idea. So I liked how Mark Fiore makes fun of this notion in his News in a Nutshell animation, "Assaulting Austerity," or: "Why events an ocean away matter to you." Check... http://causaoregon.blogspot.com/2012/05/doj-again-tells-arpaio-theyre-suing.html http://causaoregon.blogspot.com/2012/05/doj-again-tells-arpaio-theyre-suing.html Thu, 10 May 2012 15:05:00 +0000 H/T to Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) for posting this article:DOJ Again Tells Arpaio They’re Suing Over Civil Rights ViolationsThe Justice Department says they’re putting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on final notice.Over 100 days after first issuing a report which found Arpaio’s Maricopa Country Sheriff’s Office to be in violation of civil rights laws, DOJ has sent a letter telling Arpaio that they have concluded that an agreement “cannot be secured through voluntary means.” DOJ is required under the law to notify a party before they sue them in court.DOJ said in a letter to Arpaio last month that they didn’t believe the issue could be settled through negotiations.This was originally published by Talking Points Memo. http://williambragg.com/2012/05/10/liam/ http://williambragg.com/2012/05/10/liam/ Thu, 10 May 2012 14:41:00 +0000 Our son, Liam, showing off his missing teeth. (Fuji x100 converted to b&w no other adjustments, so yeah, that’s dirt on his face. ) (click on photos to see larger) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/ub6gqi3qCRo/agminute-for-may-10-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/ub6gqi3qCRo/agminute-for-may-10-2012.html Thu, 10 May 2012 11:21:00 +0000 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled a new program that seeks to enlist farmers to help tackle some of the nation's toughest water quality challenges. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/-magic-of-sant-mat-guru-hypnotists-explained.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/-magic-of-sant-mat-guru-hypnotists-explained.html Wed, 9 May 2012 21:25:00 +0000 Hypnotism works. Sadly. Otherwise I would have spent the past forty-two years believing that I looked just like a young Paul Newman. Below you'll find an email message I received a few days ago from someon who persuasively argues that... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/GtgM3t5r0VE/iceland-for-a-day.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/GtgM3t5r0VE/iceland-for-a-day.html Wed, 9 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000 Although it was not our intention to spend a day and night in Iceland on our way to Scotland, I would highly recommend doing it if you had the opportunity. Icelandair even encourages the layover by not charging people extra... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/905i_2L3JLU/agminute-for-may-9-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/905i_2L3JLU/agminute-for-may-9-2012.html Wed, 9 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 The Mexican agriculture department is still holding up financing for the emergency sale of hundreds of tons of Idaho bean seed to buyers in that country. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/why-biking-and-other-risky-activities-are-dangerous-but-not-fearful-.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/why-biking-and-other-risky-activities-are-dangerous-but-not-fearful-.html Tue, 8 May 2012 21:05:00 +0000 Thank you, Tim Krieder, for writing such a marvelous New York Times essay, "Cycle of Fear." You wonderfully described why I love riding my maxi-scooter (a Suzuki Burgman 650) so much. Also, why I like boogie boarding on the biggest... http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/video-of-father-daughter-wedding-dance-im-envious-of.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/video-of-father-daughter-wedding-dance-im-envious-of.html Tue, 8 May 2012 20:18:00 +0000 When my daughter, Celeste, got married, I wasn't the dancing fool that I am now. By "fool," I mean that my dancing is more fun for me than it is artistic to look at; also that I now feel foolish... http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/danse-macabre.html http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/danse-macabre.html Tue, 8 May 2012 20:09:00 +0000 Bike PAC of OregonMay Awareness RallyMay 5, 2012Oregon State Capitol900 State StSalem, OR  97301 http://mattneznanski.com/jp/every-multimedia-page-is-a-homepage/ http://mattneznanski.com/jp/every-multimedia-page-is-a-homepage/ Tue, 8 May 2012 12:02:00 +0000 Source: Onlinejournalismblog “…we tend to assume that everyone comes to the story through the same interface. And this is wrong.” Read more at: onlinejournalismblog.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/b9jLOQDv4wU/we-took-a-trip.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/b9jLOQDv4wU/we-took-a-trip.html Tue, 8 May 2012 03:08:00 +0000 A big thing happened while I was away from here. Huge. Exciting. Something we've been planning for more than a year. We went to Scotland. Just Jason and me. It was amazing. A student asked me if I'd like to... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/B4sCOIuQPBE/agminute-for-may-8-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/B4sCOIuQPBE/agminute-for-may-8-2012.html Tue, 8 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 Idaho dairymen continue to see their profit margins erode, and some say it could get worse. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/search-inside-yourself-compassionately-scientifically-business-like-.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/search-inside-yourself-compassionately-scientifically-business-like-.html Tue, 8 May 2012 01:30:00 +0000 I've got a new favorite book: Chade-Meng Tan's Search Inside Yourself -- the unexpected path to achieving success, happiness (and world peace). It didn't take much searching inside myself to realize that I liked Tan's approach to mindfulness, meditation, and... http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/super-moon.html http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/super-moon.html Mon, 7 May 2012 19:34:00 +0000 Full Moon at PerigeeMay 5, 2012Salem, OR 97301 http://williambragg.com/2012/05/07/nurses-rock-salem-health/ http://williambragg.com/2012/05/07/nurses-rock-salem-health/ Mon, 7 May 2012 14:15:00 +0000 It was great to see the ad in Sunday’s paper after all the work done by everybody during the previous week. Plus the sentiment is right on target. (Paz Reingans, Creative Director; William Bragg, photographer) http://williambragg.com/2012/05/07/nurses-rock-salem-health/ http://williambragg.com/2012/05/07/nurses-rock-salem-health/ Mon, 7 May 2012 14:15:00 +0000 It was great to see the ad in Sunday’s paper after all the work done by everybody during the previous week. Plus the sentiment is right on target. (Paz Reingans, Creative Director; William Bragg, photographer) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/DfDpvu1El_k/agminute-for-may-7-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/DfDpvu1El_k/agminute-for-may-7-2012.html Mon, 7 May 2012 11:26:00 +0000 The negative impacts from the frenzy over lean finely textured beef, called "pink slime" by the media, and last month's discovery of BSE in a 10-year-old California cow are passing quickly, industry insiders say. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/awesome-runner.html http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/awesome-runner.html Sun, 6 May 2012 19:34:00 +0000  Awesome 3000May 5, 2012McCullough StadiumBush's Pasture Park890 Mission St SESalem, OR  97301 http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/european-union-is-a-success-no-matter-what-us-conservatives-say.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/european-union-is-a-success-no-matter-what-us-conservatives-say.html Sun, 6 May 2012 08:36:00 +0000 With the French elections happening today, Adam Gopnik's "Vive La France" piece in the May 7 The New Yorker is timely reading. Like so much else in the magazine, it's wonderfully written and soundly reasoned. The piece touches on a... http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/neuroscience-says-people-arent-things-were-processes.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/neuroscience-says-people-arent-things-were-processes.html Sat, 5 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000 Who am I? That's a big question. For the ancient Greeks, and many others, it's the biggest question. "Know yourself." An imperative. Modern neuroscience is casting factual light on this philosophical issue. Well, not only philosophical. Religon, spirituality, mysticism --... http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/senators-patio.html http://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/2012/05/senators-patio.html Sat, 5 May 2012 01:12:00 +0000 Oregon State Capitol900 Court St NESalem, OR  97301 http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/heartland-institute-compares-global-warming-believers-to-murderers.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/heartland-institute-compares-global-warming-believers-to-murderers.html Fri, 4 May 2012 20:10:00 +0000 As if we needed more proof that anti-science global warming deniers are wackos, here it is: Well, when facts, reality, and 98% of the world's leading climate scientists aren't on your side, it looks like the global warming deniers are... http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/oregon-weather-breaks-my-may-heart-then-heals-it.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/oregon-weather-breaks-my-may-heart-then-heals-it.html Fri, 4 May 2012 19:31:00 +0000 Oregon weather, I'm fed up with you. I've had enough abuse. This afternoon I realized that I can't stand you anymore. Driving around in south Salem, I just had to pull over, grab my iPhone, and document what a crappy... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/AOdcVkYS4xY/7-quick-takes-friday-vol-16.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreatureBug/~3/AOdcVkYS4xY/7-quick-takes-friday-vol-16.html Fri, 4 May 2012 16:24:00 +0000 : 1 : I'm feeling good about hopping on the blog bandwagon again. I had intended to blog every day in May, but I fell asleep at 9 pm last night. I really do love sleeping. Fortunately, I got a... http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/you-may-live-in-oregon-if.html http://dogsanddragonflies.blogspot.com/2012/05/you-may-live-in-oregon-if.html Fri, 4 May 2012 14:43:00 +0000 A Friday funny forwarded by my boss. Not researched so I don't know if the source is correct, but it's laugh out loud funny, regardless.And so, so true. Living in Oregon…According to Jeff FoxworthyTHIS IS WHAT JEFF FOXWORTHY HAS TO SAY ABOUT ‘LIVING IN OREGON’…§  If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you live in Oregon.§  If you’ve worn shorts, sandals and a parka at the same time, you live in Oregon.§  If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Oregon.§  If you measure distance in hours, you live in Oregon.§  If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Oregon.§  If you have switched from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’ and back again in the same day, you live in Oregon.§  If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both doors unlocked, you live in Oregon.§  If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Oregon.§  If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a 2 layers of clothes or under a raincoat, you live in Oregon.§  If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in Oregon.§  If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Oregon.§  If you feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash, you live in Oregon.§  If you know more than 10 ways to order coffee, you live in Oregon.§  If you know more people who own boats than air conditioners, you live in Oregon.§  If you stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the “Walk” signal, you live in Oregon.§  If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Oregon.§  If you can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s Best, and Dutch Bros, you live in Oregon.§  If you know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, you live in Oregon.§  If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Clatskanie, Issaquah, Oregon, Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Oregon.§  If you consider swimming an indoor sport, you live in Oregon.§  If you know that Boring is a city and not just a feeling, you live in Oregon.§  If you can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food, you live in Oregon.§  If you never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho, you live in Oregon.§  If you have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain, you live in Oregon.§  If you think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists, you live in Oregon.§  If you buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time, you live in Oregon.§  If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your OREGON friends, you live or have lived in Oregon. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/PIaJiecsXlQ/podcast-budget-cuts-are-not-fair.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/PIaJiecsXlQ/podcast-budget-cuts-are-not-fair.html Fri, 4 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000 In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss California’s fair crisis, the Labor Department’s U-turn on child labor regulations, an upcoming court hearing on genetically modified sugar beets, and a new development in a lawsuit challenging an international agreement on the softwood lumber trade. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/V0LMNjk5oW8/agminute-for-may-4-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/V0LMNjk5oW8/agminute-for-may-4-2012.html Fri, 4 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 The Mexican agriculture department is still holding up financing for the emergency sale of hundreds of tons of Idaho bean seed to buyers in that country. Mexico's dry bean industry has struggled due to the worst drought the country has experienced in 70 years. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/gazzanigas-great-question-what-do-we-want-to-be-free-from.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2012/05/gazzanigas-great-question-what-do-we-want-to-be-free-from.html Thu, 3 May 2012 22:56:00 +0000 Having given up a belief in resurrection, physical immortality, eternal soul, or living on through my works, I've settled on another approach for dealing with my eventual demise: Not being me. Now, some will say, "That's Buddhism 101." Sort of... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/ExL4TEiV6oA/agminute-for-may-3-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BlogriculturePodcasts/~3/ExL4TEiV6oA/agminute-for-may-3-2012.html Thu, 3 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 American Falls potato grower Jim Tiede said February used to be the year's slowest month for Idaho potato sales . But Tiede, chairman of the Idaho Potato Commission, believes his organization has turned that around through its Potato Lover's Month Retail Display Contest. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. To listen, click here. http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/salem-city-council-preserve-the-vision-of-sustainable-fairview.html http://hinessight.blogs.com/hinessight/2012/05/salem-city-council-preserve-the-vision-of-sustainable-fairview.html Thu, 3 May 2012 01:53:00 +0000 Please, Salem (Oregon) City Council. Pretty please. Don't allow the beautiful property in south Salem to become less than the world-class Green development that Sustainable Fairview currently is zoned as. A few days ago I learned that the Salem Planning...