Portland
I love Portland, Part 3
Seen on SE Belmont Street: A truck painted in green and gold, covered with Oregon Ducks logos. What kind of truck? A tow truck. Clever Beavers fans. Clever, clever Beavers fans.
Steve Casburn
Portland
I love Portland, Part 2
Conversation with a stranger, while walking up SE 36th Avenue: Him: I'm all out of herb. Me: I saw a guy a couple of blocks back with a license plate that says "Phish" — P-H-I-S-H. I'll bet he has some herb.
Sports
Football is dead to me
UCLA 47, California 40 Penn State 17, Ohio State 10 Utah State 24, San Jose State 17 (!!!) Bleah…
Politics
Bush: On a mission from God?
Bush: It's 106 miles to Baghdad, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Cheney: Hit it.
Politics
Politics in my precinct
A follow-up to the post below: The precinct I live in voted 91% for Kerry last November.
Politics
Politics in Portland
I saw a great quote this week that I can't find the cite for: "People in Portland are divided into three groups — liberal Democrats, radical Democrats, and people who think Democrats are fascists."
Life
A good day #2
I got out of bed at the second alarm this morning, had hummus on a bagel for breakfast, and left for the KBOO studios at 9:30. It was the kind of morning I moved to Portland in part to experience again: cool but not cold, overcast but not wet.
Life
The price of razors
At the Deadhead Fred, a 4-pack of the Gillette Sensor 3 razor blade costs $7.00. A 4-pack of the Gillette Sensor 3 disposable razor, which includes the same blade and also a handle, goes for $5.50. I've used both — there's no difference
Politics
"…human suffering incredible by modern standards."
Below is the warning sent out by the National Weather Service a day before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I'm not sure how they could have made it any clearer that the storm would be so severe that a massive federal response would be required. URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
Society
The Cincinnati Enquirer on Bill Bennett
The Cincinnati Enquirer succinctly states the real problem with Bill Bennett's remarks: The point, which Bennett refuses to understand, is that in his mind black people and crime are intrinsically linked. The defenses of Bennett I have seen focus on the wrapper around this linkage: That Bennett had
Intellect
A thought experiment...
…inspired by reading and participating in blog and Usenet arguments over the years. Let's stipulate that there is a Subject A, and that to fully understand that subject, one needs to know 1000 things. If Person X knows 100 of these things, then he understands enough to discuss
Me
Yankee or Dixie?
I took this test, and got a 72% Dixie score.