Portland
Feng shui in action
Went to the Chinese Garden with my sister this morning. A peaceful, reflective place. Every part and relation carefully thought through. Intricate. Exact. Effective. I highly recommend a visit.
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Life
I love Portland, Part 6
An earnest woman, overheard on the #15 tonight: sinned
Miscellany
The latest blog quiz
You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?(Via Jim Henley.)
LIS
An example of poor web design
If you go to this page on the U.S. Postal Service website and put in your address, you can get a list of the nearest post offices. If you then select the "What's Nearby" link under the post office location, you can learn what stores,
Life
I love Portland, Part 5
Conversation earlier this week with a homeless guy, while I was sitting on the couch on my front porch: Him:Me:Him:Me:
Portland
Picture of Portland #2
The Laurelhurst entrance to the 42nd Avenue pedestrian bridge.
Life
A nice Portland moment #2
I was walking up SE 26th past Caruthers early this evening, when I saw a cat sitting on a chest-high retaining wall. I petted the cat for a minute, and it then put its front paws on my right shoulder and rubbed its face against the back of my
Politics
Why the Democrats are a minority party
According to CNN (emphasis added): The announcement came after Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the top-ranking Democrat in the House, emerged from a White House breakfast meeting with President Bush and Cheney to say the vice president needed to come forward.
Intellect
The decline and fall of reader interest
The Multnomah County Library has a set of the Everyman's Library six-volume edition of Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume 1 has seen hard use: The cover bent and frayed at the corners, the fabric threadbare in places, the spine
Portland
Picture of Portland
The steeple of the Sunnyside United Methodist Church, viewed through the overhang of the Belmont Lofts.
History
Ripped 100 years ago from today's headlines
An excerpt from a letter written by President Theodore Roosevelt to U.S. Ambassador to Italy Henry White, dated September 13, 1906: Just at the moment I am so angry with that infernal little Cuban republic that I would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth.
Life
Going where the getting is good
My best friend from high school and his wife were adopted about 10 years ago by a cat named Ruben. He just showed up one day at their townhouse. Purring, friendly, cute. They started feeding him, and he stuck around. Every now and then, Ruben would disappear for a week