The Vig

Tim Riley was let go today by CBS Portland.  Management, in a rare display of…sympathy?, let Tim on the air today to say goodbye.  This is very rare in radio.  Riley is truly loved and respected by all.
I sent in my tribute to the Rick Emerson show today.  I’m not sure whether it was read.  [...]

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Starting December 7, Aaron “Geek in the City” Duran and  a cast of thousands will be writing and performing live radio dramas each Sunday night on KCMD AM970 (radio home of your Portland Pilots!).  The first two plays sound spectacular:
The first play, A.Z. (After Zombies), takes place in modern-day Portland, Oregon, with one crucial difference: [...]

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My old college dorm mate Brian Prawitz will be calling plays on the radio for the U of O starting this spring.  When I lived in Seattle in 2001 and 2002, Prawitz was the sports guy for KIRO radio and was a locker room reporter for the Mariners, his favorite team growing up.  Now he’s [...]

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Kerry Eggers has an excellent article about Kathy Adelman Naro in the Trib this morning,  I’ve known Kathy through my work with girls basketball for over a decade now.  She’s one of the better coaches in the state.  While that’s not saying much, as most of the girls coaching in Oregon is abysmal, she’s a [...]

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My favorite redhead has decided there are other things to do.
I once heard that writers write because they can’t help themselves. For a time that was me. I wrote, I wrote some more and then, I wrote a book. I joined this club and that blog ring and this link sharing program. I loved it [...]

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Busy busy busy.  It’s a good thing.
Beer and Blog: It’s become a Friday tradition in the local tech community.  How on earth have I never been?  I had a great conversation with @dieselboi about beer and the future of the Dragon.  Hopefully the folks at Rogue will elect to keep the place weird, or whatever.  [...]

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Balls from Mother Popper on Vimeo.
If I had stairs, I’d be doing the same thing.
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Jerome texted me the other night to let me know he and the lovely Sara had eloped while in Hawaii last week.  Thinking things over, that may really be the way to go when and if my time comes.
My friends met in college and ended up going separate ways, content to wonder “what if”.  They [...]

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The night of her wedding, she had the dream.  She flew an airplane.  Solo.  Without anyone’s help.  When she landed, she went straight to her mom and exclaimed “I can fly!”
She asked her mom if she’d like to come up with her.
Mom, being skeptical of her daughter’s claim, said there was no way she could [...]

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Dylan B. had some harsh words last week for friend of blog, Rick Emerson.  I understood his sentiment, but didn’t share it.  Emerson, for all his talk, ultimately hates the Republicans more than he does the Dems and it shows on his show.  That said, he’s an equal opportunity offender.  Not that he’s on the [...]

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