I leave for four fun-filled work days in Vegas on Sunday. What this means to you: no posts until Thursday at the earliest. I know I’ve been kinda spotty with the bloggin’ lately, so five days without something new won’t feel all that different to you. I promise to give daily blogs my full attention […]

GTB may think that Oregon is God’s country, but I’m starting to think of it as “Land of Irony.” This is just awesome. Oregon liquor agency chief out in DUI

I admit it, I am spoiled. After living in (at least) two-newspaper cities for almost ten years, I expect a lot from my news sources. Mostly in that I expect a lot of news. Yes, it’s true that the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times often run the same stories. And we all get […]

A couple of weeks ago, GTB and I drove by a Wendy’s and noticed that their sign said, “Try our new Frescata!” “Oooh, what’s a Frescata?” we wondered aloud. It sounds so fresh, so fruity, so refreshing. My guess was that it’s a Slurpee-like concoction of Fresca and ice, all blended together in a cold, […]

Of the 21 days I’ve been in Portland, I think there have been four nights total that I didn’t have at least one beer. Between hosting parties, going out for dinner with GTB, or having a drink with friends who want to welcome me to town, I’ve been imbibing quite a bit lately. And it’s […]

For the drive to Hometown on Saturday morning, I asked GTB to play me something buttrock-esque. I don’t have anything like that on my iPod and he left his at home. So he grabbed his CDs and improvised. I saw him slip something into the player that said, “70s Mix.” I figured that was OK. […]

I don’t do Yoga. I know, I know. I really should. I know this. I do. I’ve even had doctors (the kind of doctors who check your reflexes with sharp taps to your knee) vigorously encourage me to start taking Yoga classes. Apparently, I don’t relax well, or something. But I don’t. I work out […]

There is a chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point that is about addiction. The way ol’ Malc sees it, there are two types of people in the world: those who are physiologically prone to addiction … and chippers. Chippers are those lucky souls who, for some reason, don’t have the chemical makeup that gives […]

Last Friday, the very cool people in my new office asked me if I had plans for the evening. They had tickets to that night’s Blazers game against the Sonics. GTB and I had talked a little about hooking up with a few of his friends, but nothing was solid. When I emailed him to […]

The Last Temptation of Christ is one of my favorite movies of all time. Top five, definitely. The book is right up there too. So I found this piece of news fascinating. Looks like Nikos Kazantzakis knew some shit. Ancient Gospel portrays ‘Good Judas’