The Vig

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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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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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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With the election finally over, I need something new to occupy my time.  My aunt has decided to figure out what the hell happened to the economy.  I might take that class myself starting in January.  PJ O’Rouke is having a tough time figuring out just what the hell happened too (via Sullivan).
The left has [...]

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This is sort of sad.
My favorite summer job of all time was the three months I spent as a courier for Security Pacific in the early 90s.  I had a little route that took me from what’s now the South Waterfront, into downtown and back.  It was during this summer that I learned how to [...]

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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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I’m going to go on record now and say I have no idea what the big deal is about absinthe.  Near as I’ve ever been able to tell, its existence is an urban legend, much like Spanish Fly.  Or “real” Rolling Rock.  Its mere mention can get one of those “topper” conversations going amongst hipsters.  [...]

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