Food
Minty goodness
Do yourself a favor and try this ice cream. Best ice cream I've ever had. (Sorry, Blue Bell!)
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Music
Timing Squeeze
This post by Rob Booth jogged my memory. I was walking across the Morrison Bridge recently, and listening to my Squeeze compilation. The song "Hourglass" came on, with its chorus of: I thought for a moment about whether I had something to throw over the railing into the
Portland
Earthquake in East Portland
At 6:00pm local time today, there was a 2.8-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter half a mile from where I live. I didn't feel a thing. Disappointing.
Portland
The colors of inner East Portland
The side streets of inner East Portland are a fantastic medley of style and color. Almost all of the houses were built between 1890 and 1940, and share the charm that age confers on buildings that are cared for. What raises the neighborhoods from charming to enchanted, though, are the
Miscellany
A certain sense of humor
One of my uncles is a model train builder, and he visits stores that sell parts and equipment to hobbyists. As you probably know, some people spend a lot of time and money getting their model train environments Just Right. Not just the trains themselves, but train stations, streets, towns,
Music
This thing first
One of the musicians whose music The Good Show introduced me to is the late Nick Drake. It's good rainy day music: quiet, mellow, reflective. His song "One of These Things First" is a work of sonic beauty. Drake appears to be popular in Portland: I
TV / Film / Radio
The joy of streaming
My radio is always tuned to KBOO, but on Sunday evenings I use the Internet to listen to a station far away across the mountains: KTCU in Fort Worth. From 5pm to 7pm (Portland time) is a show called the Rock Menagerie. Host Dale Gleitz picks a theme each week,
Life
It’s a small world
I went to library school in Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas is 2200 miles from Portland. I was at my neighborhood library yesterday afternoon, where I ran into...one of my library school professors, who is here visiting family. What are the chances? It was great to see her. It brought
Miscellany
Great line
From Mark Hasty: "The North Dakota State Forest is an eight-foot dowel."
Music
It’s official: Gen X is getting old
I just saw a Fidelity mutual funds commercial in which the background music was "Der Kommissar". I'd love to see Fidelity center an ad campaign around a lyric from that song. "Fidelity: Because the more you live, the faster you will die."
Me
Are You a Librarian?
Found via Jessamyn West: Assistant Librarian You scored 72% on knowledge of librarianship. You seem to be a librarian, but you are not as knowledgeable as your more devoted colleagues in some of the library lore, trivia, technical details and social knowledge that can give depth and perspective to ones
Music
Nice lyric
I'd rather be with you asleep Than anywhere awake From "Marlon Brando's Laundromat" by Pony Up!