The Vig

UP’s win over Washington and PSU’s win over UP have vaulted both into the upper reaches of the very early season RPI.
Portland State plays the Huskies in Seattle on December 14.  If they win and UW continues to pile up early-season victories against other opponents, the Vikings could conceivably stay in the top-50 for a [...]

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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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I’ve had tonight circled on my calendar for a few weeks now.  Portland State opened their regular season home schedule against the Portland Pilots.  I almost called them cross-town rivals, but that would have been a lie.  Portland State has had men’s basketball for only a couple of years now.  The two schools rarely lock [...]

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A friend of mine turned me on to Paccini over on the PSU campus.  I used to deliver out of there but had never dined there.  I remedied that tonight.  What you see there is mac and cheese with shrimp and bacon.  Yes, it was as good as it sounds.

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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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Phoenix, Atlanta, and Philadelphia have all extended their hands to the government in an effort to get some help with their unfunded pension liabilities.  Jack Bog has been on top of this subject locally and can speak to the subject much better than I.
One other item of note in the Wall Street Journal article was [...]

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Apparently the Green Dragon will be no more by Monday.  I was planning to go back and chase the green fairies around again.  I guess that won’t be happening.
*Sigh*
Why can’t we keep our nice things?

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From the two wrongs don’t make a right department.
Sgt. Mark Stokes says the driver of the car, a 17-year-old Bellingham resident, admitted to possessing all of the drugs and paraphernalia. While officers were preparing to cite the driver with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, Stokes said the woman grabbed the bongs and started [...]

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So says Merritt Paulson.
No negotiating?  No kidding.
Meanwhile the MLS playoffs are being contested right now in half-empty stadiums across the country.  The $85 million is going to be sold to the locals in Portland as an investment which will put the city on the map.  How, exactly?  Without looking at the MLS website, can you [...]

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Wordstock is this weekend, and while the focus is on John Hodgman, I’m looking forward to seeing William Least Heat-Moon.  Pete in Parkrose turned me on to him back when we were young 20-something idealists.  I’ve probably read Blue Highways a half dozen times over the years.  It’s never gotten old for me.  Heat-Moon will [...]

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