Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Here we go again…
So you may remember that at one point I was quoted as saying some unkind things about Southeast 82nd. And no, I still won’t call it the other thing. Well there’s another round of 82nd angst going around right now, because of the No-Hooker-Zone and it being allowed to expire and all this nonsense. Oh ...Read more.
Beer And Blog And Corvallis!
As usual, it was all Twitter‘s fault. This morning @justinkistner mentioned that he and @emailstine were going to head south for The First Official Offshoot Chapter Of Beer And Blog. I asked if it would be possible to get a ride there with them, and Justin said of COURSE it would be possible. (See? I ...Read more.
This post is totally gay.
Since I know posts fall off Craigslist after awhile, I wanted to preserve this before it was gone forever. Ten Reasons Gays Shouldn’t Marry 10. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control. 9. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are property, blacks can’t ...Read more.
Ignite Portland 4: The Ignite-ening!
OK seriously it’s the best I could do. We keep having these and I’m going to need to keep posting with goofy titles. This time I was there in one small capacity: Sponsor Entourage. Initech has sponsored every single Ignite event thus far, which is cool. So this time all I had to do was ...Read more.
Election 08
I have to say a bunch of things on my mind right now. So here they are: * This does not mean we are not a racist country. This does not mean there are not more people who will take a shot (literally) at him. People who are Americans. * This does not mean we ...Read more.
Senatorial Conflict
I live in Oregon (in case you weren’t sure). Here we are in the midst of our SUPER FANTASTIC vote by mail process, and it is so the nicest thing. I remember waiting patiently at the Grange Hall for my mom to vote, and really I like this idea better. Or at least I did ...Read more.
Reach out, touch faith
Last week I had a lot of crappy days. All kinds of bad stuff happened, and normally I would have considered it a very VERY bad week. It wasn’t. My attitude was fine. I just kept coming home in a good mood, sounding almost chipper as I related that day’s tragedies to Mister Fishbones. I ...Read more.
Where do you draw the judgment line?
Cliff Richard, who’s been making music for FIFTY years, is coming out with a book and a box set. I like some of his songs, and happened across an article talking about his book and how he refers to his “companion”. I presume they mean partner or boyfriend or husband or something like that, it ...Read more.
One Time…At Naughty Camp…
So I know this person who used to write on the Metroblog with me, her name is Cami and she’s awesome. At the last Metroblog meetup I went to I was there with Miss Cami when she officially met Miss Burrows. I could tell at the moment they officially met that it was the start ...Read more.
Verso Goes To Disneyland (First in a Series)
I’m in Southern California now (“behind the Orange Curtain” as they say) and here’s some bulletpoints about my trip so far: * Klondike is a very good all-purpose word. * RONGO BOWL! * I got to ride the Submarines. This now means the lovely Miss Cami is going to kill me dead upon my return. ...Read more.
All you need is love
(I started this on Thursday morning. I am finishing it at Portland International Airport on Friday night.) Yeah, I am feeling a bit Beatle-y today. Wednesday night at Ignite Portland I saw Liz Kimmerly give a cool talk about getting over yourself. OK it wasn’t really that, it was called “Dare to go where you ...Read more.
The Old Grey Mower she ain’t what she used to be…
(Yeah that was lame. If the title doesn’t sound familiar, see if this helps.) Today was Yardwork Sunday at Chez Fishbones. So off we went to toil in the mines-I mean, in the front yard. I did some weeding and The Scoot did a lap with the mower (around the outside edge). He started in ...Read more.
