Music
Of the songs I added to iTunes in 2006, here are the ones I played most often (many of these songs were not actually released in 2006): 1. "Are You With Me?" by Overnight 2. "Nature Anthem" by Grandaddy 3. "The Sun Shines Down on
Music
* "If Anybody Had a Heart" by John Waite * "Palestine Texas" by T Bone Burnett * "Going Going Gone" by The Vestals * "You Didn't Have to be So Nice" by The Lovin' Spoonful * "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry
Me
I flew down to the Bay Area to visit my sister this past weekend, and persuaded her to make a side trip to Tower Records on our way from Pleasant Hill BART to her house. The inventory was heavily depleted because the store has been going out of business for
Politics
An interesting post-midterm wrapup by Rolling Stone contained this questionable assertion by David Gergen: Voters don't want a whole series of confrontations over the next two years. […] Democrats have got to be willing to work with the administration […] That's going to be very hard for
Sports
It's been a great year for me as a college football fan. Ohio State is 12-0, Big Ten champions, and will play in the national championship game. California is 9-3 and Pac-Ten co-champions. San Jose State is 8-4 and will play in a
History
The Atlantic Monthly has posted a list of the 100 Americans who a panel of historians consider to be the most influential in American history. I suggested adding five people to the list: * Dale Carnegie * Frederick Taylor * H. L. Mencken (for his linguistic work) * Bill Wilson * Pete Rozelle I also
Me
I'm numb at the news that Tower Records is going out of business. When I was in high school, the first thing I would do with each weekly paycheck was spend part of it at Tower Records in Concord. I still have 12-inch singles with 1986 Tower
Life
I have been out of town visiting parents for 12 of the last 14 days, first on the Big Island and then on Lake Chelan. In rough order, here is how I spent my time: Sleeping, reading, chatting, watching television, walking/sightseeing, putting together a jigsaw puzzle. My only regret?
Me
I was at KBOO all afternoon and evening working on the election night coverage, and I have to go to the airport at dawn, so I decided to stay up all night. (One advantage to being decaffeinated: Coffee is highly effective when I do drink it.) And I wonder now
Politics
Dear Senator Smith, this assessment "The modern GOP -- or, more specifically, the axis of '70s campus Republicans now running it -- really is just a criminal enterprise disguised as a political party. "Dirty tricks, large and small, are a sorry fact of life in American politics, but what
Portland
My housemates and I were jolted last night by a 2.6-magnitude earthquake. Not a very big earthquake, true, but you can really feel it when the epicenter (18th and Taylor) is only a mile away.
Miscellany
I was at a conference at the University of Portland a few weeks ago, and several of the sessions were held in Franz Hall, the campus' relatively new classroom building. The building and its classrooms have an attractively modern and stylish look. Nothing has been broken, and none of