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"The tree is on an abandon lot on stafford behind the lounge on mlk."
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"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't."
-Alice
Confirmed for the main floor of the Fez Ballroom, Saturday, July the 24th. Official web site launch, and much more information to follow ...
CFI’s Work with Legislation and Policy - Our Campus Outreach Chair presents
Center for Inquiry Portland - Events
4 months, 3 weeks ago
- Starts
- June 28th at 7:00 pm
Our Campus Outreach Coordinator, Kenna, went to CFI's Civic Days in Washington DC in April to help lobby Congress on issues important to secularists. She helped further the cause of secularism together with other students, and met with legislators, aides and ...
Portland Werewolf - March Gathering
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 6–9pm
915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland , Oregon 97214 (map)
Come out and play at our monthly game of werewolf at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. Check out the site for details (http://www.portlandwerewolf.com).
Event ...
More photos » Steve Yeater - AP
Yeah, they need that many guys to defend him.
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. Pacific TV: Comcast
The 21-42 Kings light up the Rose Garden marquee tonight. Their show stars rookie sensation Tyreke Evans, co-stars former Rocket Carl Landry, and features ...
- Starts
- April 11th at 10:30 am
Spring is in the air, and we're going to play!
If weather permits, we'll head outside to Beaverton City Park Fountain, located near the Library. Think Frisbee, Tag, Hopscotch and Hula Hoops. Bring your outside toys and games to share ...
I put a dozen eggs in a pot brimming with water and set them on high to boil while I went to write. I figured I’d check on them when I got up to get my tea which was steeping in a nearby mug.
Then I wandered off and ...
Gateway To A Meaningful Relationship
Portland Street Photography (Flickr group)
4 months, 3 weeks ago
I loved Sloane Crosley's debut, I Was Told There'd Be Cake, but her new collection is even better. How Did You Get This Number is extraordinarily funny, but also contains depth, complexity, and a deeply felt intelligence. A younger, female answer to David Sedaris.
Fried Egg and House Sausage Waffle Sandwich
with aged white cheddar and cider kale, served with real maple syrup
Sometime in January of this year we decided to dust off the old waffle iron and try a tribute to a good friend and waffle aficionado. I know we've said ...
Working On A Virtual Team
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 9pm through Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 5pm
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland - Lloyd Center
1000 Ne Multnomah St
Portland , OR 97232
US
(map)
In today’s rapidly changing business environment, managers and employees alike are increasingly challenged to ...
The Blazers have announced via text message: "Joel Przybilla underwent successful surgery tonight...
Blazersedge
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Blazers have announced via text message: "Joel Przybilla underwent successful surgery tonight to repair a re-ruptured right patella tendon. No timetable has been set for his return."
-- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com | Twitter
Strategies For IT Sourcing
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 9am through Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5pm
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland - Lloyd Center
1000 Ne Multnomah St
Portland , OR 97232
US
(map)
In today’s business environment, Information Technology (IT) is not an option. The outsourcing of IT ...
Unless you count the airports, I’ve never been to New York City. I’ve spent a few nights in places like Buffalo and Niagara Falls and one week at a camp upstate, but I’ve never set foot in or near the city. I don’t even really understand ...
For anyone looking to go this year, the hotel is almost booked, there are only about a dozen rooms left in the hotel!!
Also, could someone get in touch with me that has an electronic document of the PIG stickers? I'd like to try to do that again this ...
Over the weekend, I introduced a plugin for the Mantis bug tracking system that enforeced a “fixed-in” version when resolving an issue as fixed. If you missed it, you can visit the ForceFixedIn project page or the related blog post.
Today, I would like to add another Mantis-related plugin ...
[Twitter] PublicAlerts: RT @pgemedia: Remember, always stay away from downed lines & report them by calling 503-464-7777 (PDX), 800-544-1795 (other).
Public Alerts
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PublicAlerts: RT @pgemedia: Remember, always stay away from downed lines & report them by calling 503-464-7777 (PDX), 800-544-1795 (other).
[Twitter] PublicAlerts: RT @pgemedia: Oh boy! Sure is gusty outside! Questions about outages? Check out PortlandGeneral.com/Outage for real-time updated info 24X7.
Public Alerts
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PublicAlerts: RT @pgemedia: Oh boy! Sure is gusty outside! Questions about outages? Check out PortlandGeneral.com/Outage for real-time updated info 24X7.
PICA Visual Art Program Director Kristan Kennedy just returned from a two-week blitz of the Whitney Biennial and Armory Art Fair. Read on for the first of her reports: This is what my eye looked like when I landed in New York. If this eye is a window, then you ...
dMob dLux: design + tech = <3
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 6:30–9pm
PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment)
Portland , OR 97209
US
(map)
dMob is gettin’ dLux! This month we have an extraordinary installment of dMob for you and we are bringing together not only the design community but also the ...
On Friday, March 5, 2010, Mayor Adams had the opportunity to demonstrate new pedestrian crossing technology, called Rapid Flash Beacons (RFB). Mayor Adams demonstrated the technology at the SE 80th & SE Foster location.
Pictured: Mayor Adams, Nancy Chapin, President of the Foster Business Association, Steph Routh, Executive Director for the ...
D.C. here we come!
The Summit starts tomorrow.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Tomorrow is the opening day of the 2010 National Bike Summit in Washington D.C. (I hope on a red-eye flight tonight!). Last week I introduced you to the Oregon advocates that will make the trek to D ...
MATT GREEN Nilbog, 2010 Cedar 33 x 16 x 15 inches. image courtesy the artist and Fourteen30 Contemporary.
As unpredictable and welcome as the weather of winter 09/10, Dark: A Show to Winter at Fourteen30 Contemporary, opened 2010 with a bang as a strong group show with an international ...
Construction noise will be increasing in the Library during March as work progresses from Neuberger toward the Library. Significant noise and vibration can be expected. Getting into and around the Library will also become more challenging with the area between Stott and Millar being inaccessible. Additional ramps have been installed ...
more of john’s photos over here———–> johndorfer.
took saturday off to drive out to echo oregon and race mountain bikes for the first time this year. everyone had a blast and the race was a hoot. i decided to shave my beard for the occasion to honor 1998 travis ...
SALON L'ORIENT ~ Splendors of the Silk Road rediscovered
TUESDAY MARCH 16th
doors 8pm, show 9pm
FEZ BALLROOM
316 SW 11th Ave
Once a month at the Fez Ballroom a new emergence of ancient artistry is unveiled to enchant and inspire audiences.
Salon L'Orient ~ Portlands premiere Eastern-Nouveau Dance Showcase ...
6:00pm Comprehensive BIKEmpowered School Site, 5035 NE 23rd Ave part 2 of the class begun on Monday
Darrin Joos works at our Hollywood store. He along with a few other BG employees headed out to the small town of Echo Oregon this weekend. I asked him to recap the event and here is what he had to say.
At Echo Red to Red
I would like to ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
On March 1, 2010, Portland Police Officers arrested 47-year-old Matthew C. Flajole during a burglary of a business located in the 1800 Block of NE Alberta Street. Flajole has been charged with two burglaries involving businesses, however Detectives suspect Flajole is responsible for dozens of burglaries that have occurred in ...
The 2010/2011 Stop Cycles Proletariat frame my friends. in Forest (park) green and gunmetal. both finishes are anodized for years of all weather abuse.
Hoping for a big hit at the gigantic party conference SXSW, location networks having been launching new features and other incentives to get people using their service. That includes Foursquare, which turns checkins at a venue into a game.
Foursquare’s bid for attracting more signups has been adding a ...
[Twitter] PublicAlerts: RT @columbiacoem: Power outages in St. Helens area. Power line down at US 30 & Canaan. http://bit.ly/9i7WJB
Public Alerts
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PublicAlerts: RT @columbiacoem: Power outages in St. Helens area. Power line down at US 30 & Canaan. http://bit.ly/9i7WJB
[Twitter] PublicAlerts: Showers later w/ temps dropping to freezing by Tue AM. Dry air tonight; warming before precip begins again. No snow or ice in city. ^MC
Public Alerts
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PublicAlerts: Showers later w/ temps dropping to freezing by Tue AM. Dry air tonight; warming before precip begins again. No snow or ice in city. ^MC
Mar 6 - Trimet youth/student march pass - $10 - (NE PDX) tickets
Mar 6 - March Trimet Bus Pass All Zone - $50 - (Portland Area) tickets
Mar 6 - Trimet all zones bus pass - $65 - (Milwaukie) pic tickets
Mar 5 - Tri-Met Adult All Zone book of 10 tickets - $20 - (Portland) pic tickets
Mar 5 ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
My friend’s company, ShopIgniter, just got a bunch of venture capital and is looking to hire. My friend would be your immediate boss, so I promise your boss would be awesome.
Interface Engineer
ShopIgniter seeks a full-time, front-end web developer with a solid understanding of standards-compliant (X)HTML/CSS ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Save the Date--"Uniting for Excellence and Equity in Education: Making Portland the City that Learns": Education Summit April 10th and 12th
Mayor Sam Adams
4 months, 3 weeks ago
If Portland is to be a great city, "sustainability" must go beyond our infrastructure, transit and green space. It must be the cornerstone of our education system. We want to be known not just as the "greenest" city in America, but the most educated. To create a sustainable system of ...
Johnnie Olivan.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Johnnie Olivan of Portland-based Rejuiced Bikes has won a $15,000 commission to build a mini-fleet of “bike-cars.” Olivan has already been riding several of his bike-cars around Portland, but he’ll use the money to take the design to the next level.
The commission ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
If you're ready for a road trip, you might want to check out one of the upcoming culinary festivals in Oregon:
What: Savor Cannon Beach Wine & Culinary Festival
When: March 12-14
Where: Various locations around Cannon Beach, Oregon
Get more information about the Savor Cannon Beach Wine & culinary Festival ...
The Real Roots of the Recovery
eleven3, Portland Web Design, Solid CSS Websites, Built Green
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Another article pointing to the general shift in capitalism to add humans to the classic equation of money for goods and service. Can't wait, people matter.
read more at eleven3, Portland Web Design, Solid CSS Websites, Built Green
The Portland Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it will continue and expand the Emerging 200 (e200) Initiative to include Native American business owners. The e200 is an executive level training program for small business entrepreneurs.
The expansion of e200 to Native American communities coincides with the President’s appearance ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
98 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO "OPEN HOUSE" BUT LEFT ONLY 40 COMMENTS?
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
A total of 98 people attended the first four open houses leaving 40 comments that varied widely. Service changes take effect September 2010.
STILL TIME TO GET IN ON THE EXECUTIVE PAY AT TRIMET
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Executive Director, Operations Non-Union Regular Full-Time Not Displayed
Manager, Benefits Non-Union Regular Full-Time $6,064.67 - $9,097.08 monthly
Responsible for the management of all employee and retiree benefits, programs and assigned staff.&nb...
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF TRIMET ACTUALLY PUBLISHED ALL THE COMMENTS WHERE THE PUBIC CAN SEE THEM?
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Since the budget cuts were first announced on February 10, over 800 comments have come into Customer Service. Here are the highlights to date:
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Line 65-Marquam Hill/Barbur Blvd has received the most comments at 169. MAX is second with 77 comments.
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The issues most commented on by ...
Four Westside Christian High Students Named National Merit Finalists
Westside Christian High
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lake Oswego, Ore. — March 8, 2010 —
Andy Sears, principal of Westside Christian High School, announced today that four Westside seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists. They are Craig Bingham, John Povolny, Anna Reiff, and Ryan Scott. These students are among the top 15,000 highest-scoring participants out of ...
After a gap of too many months, I finally managed to get back up to Sandy for another important trip to the donut store & another baker’s dozen of shaken, not stirred, donuts. If I take the Springwater Trail, OR 212, then Orient, Kelso, and Bluff Road, it’s only ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Roy Washburn, previously anti-gay politician, comes out
qPDX - Queer news, views and events for Portland
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Roy Ashburn comes out, but now what?
Complete and utter tosser California state Senator Roy Washburn has now officially come out, several gay news websites along with mainstream media report.
Roy Ashburn, a republican politician and classic victim of internalized homophobia that ends up fucking things up for everyone else ...
read more at qPDX - Queer news, views and events for Portland
Space is filling quickly for Thursday’s NORTHWEST PASSAGE lecture with Ural Thomas, Joe Kregal and Valerie Brown and we’re giddy with excitement. As a reminder, there’s only space for 75 people. We’ve already sold 40 tickets, so if you want to be sure you get a ...
We are heading to Seattle on Saturday March 13, 2010 for the Seattle Mobile Chowdown III. If you feel like getting out of town for a fun little trip, Koifusion will be truckin’ caravan style up the I-5 along with our peeps Whiffies, Potato Champion, and the Burgerville Nomad Truck ...
Today, Monday March 8, 2010 you can taste Ninkasi's Spring Reign seasonal release and and their year-round lineup of Total Domination, Believer Imperial Red, and Tricerahops Imperial IPA.
Next Sunday, March 14th, the Dill Pickle is in the running for a grant award from Portland Stock for a new print project — Oregon History Comics! The project presents illuminating, marginalized and quirky accounts of local history in an accessible medium, engaging history fans and the public at large in ...
Music sometimes makes a scene, or a movie for that matter. Here’s a selection of tunes used in films that had an impact on me. By no means a comprehensive list, but a few who sprung to mind when I thought of doing this post. Enjoy and feel free ...
With a rare three day break between games and a cross-country stats conference to attend, it was a relatively quiet weekend here on Blazersedge. But here's what you might have missed this weekend...
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Dave's Mailbag | Camby to the Knicks? | Przybilla Injured | Nuggets Recap
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And, posted this morning: a ...
Reminder: Oregon Film, Beam Development, Hive-FX Lunch 2.0 is Wednesday
Silicon Florist
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Friendly reminder, this Wednesday, March 10, Oregon Film, Beam Development and Hive-FX will be co-hosting Lunch 2.0 at Hive’s offices in the SE waterfront from 12 to 2 PM.
Hive is easy walking distance from AboutUs where we were last month, in case you need some geographical perspective ...
On Sunday, EnviroMom very quietly celebrated it's third birthday. So today I've got a few reuse 'idea gifts' for you!
Reuse Orphan Socks! When we switched from plastic to metal water bottles, there was nothing I didn't love about the metal. Well, except one thing. One very ...
Students win scholarships with PPS Science Expo projects
Portland Public Schools News
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Double the size of last year, and showcasing student research that ranged from YouTube seizures to maggot growth, this month's PPS Science Expo drew high school students competing for college scholarships.
Students from Cleveland High School and Lincoln High School captured awards in an annual regional robotics competition that drew 61 teams from as far away as Southern California.
Bobbie Regan, director of the Portland School Board and president-elect of the Oregon School Boards Association, traveled to Washington, D.C., in February to talk with federal legislators about improving public education. Following is Regan's report about the trip.
Buckman Elementary School celebrates the 20th year of its annual benefit festival March 12 and 13, with artwork from more than 120 professional Northwest artists, a student gallery, live music, dance performances, food and kid-friendly activities.
We all have an inner Doc Wort--a curmudgeon who expresses himself perhaps inappropriately at the thought of yet another 247-IBU quad IPA. It's good to have a reality check every now and again. Have a look at what the macros are up to. While Bud is releasing a ...
Hello Dear Readers,
Last night I played a house show at Luzelena's House in NE. It was way fun. I missed one of the performance but caught many others including a set by my friends Misty and Seth. They were just drowning in reverb and it sounded beautiful, their ...
Locate plays based on author, title, subject matter, genre or cast requirements using the library’s new online resource, Play Index. You can also read about more ways to find plays on our Theatre Research Guide.
There are quite a few questions out there about how solar power works in Portland. Some people fear our rainy days makes a solar powered home here non-viable. To clear up the myths and misconceptions, the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Energy Trust of Oregon, Solar Oregon ...
Saturday was one of the most gorgeous days Portland has seen in recent memory. The warm sun and the spring blooms on trees all over the city combined for a nearly perfect day to be on a bicycle. Riding under Portland’s blossoming street trees this time of year is ...
Recently Inc. Magazine published a short but sweet piece with three tips for super productive CEOs. Nearly all three of the tips are actually useful for anyone (not just CEOs), and we particularly liked the first one.
Garrett Camp, founder of StumbleUpon, said:
“A lot of productivity is capturing ideas ...
I’m traveling to SXSW for the first time this weekend. I’m speaking on a panel entitled iPad: New Opportunities for Content Creators on Saturday, March 13th at 11 am.
I’m looking forward to talking about the iPad. We had a great panel last month at Mobile Portland ...
Goings-on in the John: Upcoming events in St. Johns
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
4 months, 3 weeks ago
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In addition to a spat about the St. Johns Farmers Market, there's plenty goin' on in the John this month. Thanks to St. Johns Neighborhood Association President Babs Adamski, we've got a quick 'n dirty wrap-up of events, meetings and must-know news for March. Here goes ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
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tough choices
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RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Final N/NE Urban Renewal Area Town Hall March 11
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
4 months, 3 weeks ago
When:
03/11/2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Last month, Sentinel reporter William Crawford covered a N/NE Urban Renewal Area Town Hall hosted by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods. This Thursday, March 11 is your last opportunity to take part in a community education/Q&A session about proposed ...
More photos » Jeffrey Phelps - AP
The good old days.
As Seth Pollack was so nice to inform you yesterday while I was stuck on an airplane (there were no snakes, by the way), Casey Holdahl at Blazers.com reported that Joel Przybilla has re-ruptured the right patella ...
Angel Oregon 2010 and the state of startups and capital in Portland from Carolynn Duncan of Portland Ten
Silicon Florist
4 months, 3 weeks ago
[Editor's note: Thanks to Carolynn Duncan, Director, Portland Ten, for her assistance in covering Angel Oregon, last week. Her recap and insights follow.]
This year, I was invited to attend Angel Oregon, chaired by Angela Jackson, and the Oregon Entrepreneurs’ Network, and to write a guest article highlighting the ...
FILMUSIK: Kansas City Confidential @ Hollywood Theater | March 10-12
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Posted by Dan Wheeler
FILMUSIK, Portland’s premiere live soundtrack ensemble, are back at the Hollywood Theater from March 10-12. They’ve stripped the original score from the 1952 noir classic Kansas City Confidential and written a new one to be performed live while you watch the film.
FILMUISK’s ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
Please see below information I have received about a research study being conducted in California. The researchers are looking for individuals between the ages of 5 - 89 as well as parents whose children are between the ages of 5 - 17. We have chosen to participate in this study. Please contact ...
STUPID BUS DRIVERS THAT DESERVE THE BOOT
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
.While I was at a NoPo layover last night,another driver confirmed 4 firings.You gotta love getting laid off because you steal:
1)passenger's backpack
2)passenger's bicycle
3) candy from a convenience store
4)talking on cell phone
Last week, to follow on from the discussion of atemporality, I started sort of an essay/rant about the future being a fictional construct, the non-linear nature of “progress”, and how making and remixing intersect. I haven’t felt inspired to shape it into something actually readable, so instead, how ...
Beaverton Traffic Commission votes against bike lanes on Lombard
BikePortland.org
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Map detail from Beaverton’s
Transportation System Plan showing
Lombard as a “designated bikeway.”
Bikes advocates in Beaverton were shocked when a meeting of that city’s Transportation Commission on Thursday night ended in a 5-1 vote against putting bike lanes on SW Lombard Avenue.
On the agenda was a ...
Mult. Co. DA Mike Schrunk Decrees Housing Authority Of Portland ABOVE THE LAW
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk has joined the ill fated former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, in making an end-of-career public pronouncement that exposes him as either a fool or a liar or both. Powell destroyed his credibility by unequivocally asserting the massing of large quantities of weapons ...
Our friends at Saraveza wanted you to know about the Killingsworth Street St. Patty's Day Crawl.
David Shaner, "Garden Slab," 1964
The Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Land Art: David Shaner. The exhibition explores the relationship between craft and the Land Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s through the work of a "potter's potter." Land Art includes works from the artist's estate and ...
No. 241 – The Grant High School Prom, Whither the Pearl, Pop Culture Ignorance is Better Than Bliss, and Eric the Tool
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For the St. Patrick’s Pint-a-Thon, beer drinkers can simply pledging to drink Finnegans throughout the month of March and can help to alleviate poverty in our community with every sip. Lads and lasses who pledge are entered to win a $100 Finnegans pub party.
Review: The Oscars Come to Portland | Hollywood Theatre’s Oscar Night America 2010
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Posted by Kimberly Gehl
Last night’s Oscar Night America – the only officially sanctioned Oscar Night in the state, hosted at the Film Action Oregon’s historic Hollywood Theatre – was the place to be to watch the nation’s biggest awards show of the year.
The Theatre was transformed into ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
Yesterday afternoon, I transferred a batch of lambic that had been sitting on peaches for about a month. I know braver brewers go longer with their fruit, but I got skittish--peaches just sitting there at room temperature all that time. (Finding: when I dumped the spent peaches in the compost ...
Book News: Sparks Adapts Hemingway, Salinger’s Lost Books Uncovered, and More
PowellsBooks.BLOG
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Up In Arms: Paramount Pictures is mounting a new film adaptation (to be shot in digital 3D) of the Ernest Hemingway classic A Farewell to Arms, with a screenplay written by bestselling romance author Nicholas Sparks. From Paramount's press release: With the recent publicity about Mr. Sparks calling himself ...
This Weekend: 20th Annual Buckman Art Show & Sell | Music, Food, Drink, Art
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The 20th Buckman Art Show & Sell takes place this weekend in Se Portland. There are two days of entertainment, food, art and drink. You can see the full list of artists and food/drink on the website.
From Press Release:
WHAT: The 20th annual Buckman Art Show & Sell, a juried ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
PDX TechCoffee
Monday, March 15, 2010 from 6:30–9am
1800 NE Alberta
Portland , OR 97211
US
(map)
EPISODE #3!
Get up early and work on your side projects with some like-minded geeks!
TechCoffee is part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon. It's hard ...
FREE CLASSES AT NEW SEASONS: Traditional Diets and Practices for Enhancing Fertility and Conception
NurturePDX
4 months, 3 weeks ago
FREE CLASSES AT NEW SEASONS:
Traditional Diets and Practices for Enhancing Fertility and Conception
Classes taught by Certified Professional Midwife
• Tuesday, May 4th from 7-8:30pm
@ Concordia New Seasons (NE 33rd and Killingsworth)
• Wednesday, May 26th from 7-8:30pm
@ Seven Corners New Seasons (SE 20th and Division)
A ...
Just Another Music Monday: Firs of Prey
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Posted by Mike Harper
Firs of Prey-The Dawn Paints Me Grey
Some sort of swooning sweeps across a Firs of Prey record like trees whispering secrets in the late Spring bloom. Keep The Lions Asleep, Firs of Prey’s latest EP out now on Electricity Lust delivers layers of harmony ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
Help me choose which of these photos from last weekend I should make a nice print of for the parents of this lovely young lady (my goddaughter). I’ll print and frame the winning photograph.
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Ignite Portland 8 at Portland’s historic Bagdad Theater. The Ignite events are always fun, with a variety of fast-paced presentations on all sorts of crazy subjects. This event lived up to that description with topics including barbershop singing, makerbots, and pants-less ...
My admiration for my friend Michael Totten grows exponentially with the number of countries he travels to and writes about. He's made his career as an international correspondant under his own terms, and is as good as anyone writing in the field. Today's post is about Romania, twenty ...
Will Scott will be speaking about “Facebook” at SearchFest 2010, which will take place on March 9th at the Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are available now. To purchase, please click the following link.
1) Please give me your background and tell us what you do for a living ...
Stranded on an island in Miami? You may survive. Our friends at EarthTechling.com wrote about the proposed Miapolis in Miami. It would be the world’s tallest building. What does that mean in Portland terms? The 3200′ LEED Platnum building (according to the Miapolis homepage) would be roughly six ...
From Michael Wolff’s excellent The Man Who Owns the News.
The fact that Murdoch will become the most dominant player in each of these media categories, those that exist when he arrives in the United States and those yet to exist, is beyond rational explanation. Even the most obvious ...
Wieden+Kennedy has stars across the Twitterverse. Frequently, you’ll catch notable employees such as @laurensprout, @rgleeson, and @amywann1nger typing out updates in between (and sometimes during) conversations.
Like everyone else who uses Twitter, we sometimes get the Fail Whale, the character in the illustration that pops up when the ...
Tom Delay says people are unemployed because they want to be
Riley Live! Tim Riley's Press Club
4 months, 3 weeks ago
He’s far from being the only out of touch, pinhead politician on Capital Hill. There just isn’t a politician in Washington who feels the pain or knows it even exists.
Yes, he really thinks so.
Take a look at 30 years of Oscar moments in three minutes.
A ...
- Statistically speaking, what’s more distracting than talking on the phone while driving? Adjusting the radio while driving. And what’s even more distracting than that? Driving with children.
- Speaking of distracted driving, what about those digital billboards? The NY Times takes a look.
- In Washington, DC, the local transportation ...
Local “Miles Per Gallon” Rating For Houses Going National?
Own a Portland Home
4 months, 3 weeks ago
An Oregon ratings system created by Earth Advantage could soon make it to the White House with your help.
The Energy Performance Score (EPS) is a “miles per gallon” rating system for your home that provides an energy consumption score and a score for related carbon emissions. The EPS allows ...
I seem to have developed a new pattern of getting sick. Or rather, NOT getting sick. I haven’t had a full-on cold in quite a long time. However, I have had many, many instances where I felt like I was coming down with something. I felt the irritation in ...
What would you think if someone told you: Do the right thing because your life may depend on it?What would you think if someone told you: Do the right thing because your life may depend on it? Or more accurately, that you better start making better decisions because it ...
Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for March 7th (yes, it’s the “you want WHAT, Tom Hurley?” “You want to GIVE it to him, Randy?” righteous indignation edition):
I know now it’s not just me this bothers. I was in a room with several other people watching last night’s game when that fourth-quarter play happened, the one when Denver missed a shot and Nene held two Trail Blazers right in the middle of the lane while ...
Man, guard somebody. And at the other end, make some attempt at getting the ball inside. Does this sound like a broken record with the Portland Trail Blazers?
The aggressive team gets the calls and the Nuggets got more than their share all day long. And they ganged up on ...
Portland Soccer Bars is live!
Two of the most popular posts on Dave Knows Portland are Places to watch English (and world) soccer in Portland, and Italian Soccer Viewing in Portland. The inspiration for Portland Soccer Bars began with them.
With the Timbers season and the 2010 World Cup beginning ...
Week on the Cheap: Monday, March 8th – Thursday, March 11th
Portland On The Cheap
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Article of the Week:
“A Map to Grocery Store Savings,” provided by Investopedia. Offers an analysis of a grocery store’s layout and how you can target the most budget-friendly areas to save money.
Monday, March 8th:
- See the Oscar-winning “Hurt Locker” on the big screen at the Academy Theater ...
Boosted colors at Picnik.
Somewhere along I-20 we stopped for fuel. I took this photo mainly because I couldn't figure out what the heck it was. Does anyone know? I'm guessing some sort of air conditioning that goes to the truck's cab through those giant yellow tubes ...
Who in this crazy-about-knitting world we are living in doesn’t love sock monkeys?
We’ve got the old standby’s, the hilarious and crazy Funky Sock Monkey kits and pattern from Blue Moon:
We also just got Woolpets, these amazing little felted cute-thing kits, and one just so happens ...
Thanks to my marvelous hosts at Gettysburg College. I read from The Privileges in front of a capacity crowd; when I say "capacity," of course, I choose to ignore the fact that the students were all academically required to be thereI choose to ignore the fact that the students were ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Scott Burns - NW Major Earthquake Potential with discussion of both Haiti and Chile
Calagator: Events
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Scott Burns - NW Major Earthquake Potential with discussion of both Haiti and Chile
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 7–10pm
St. Francis Church Dining Hall
1182 SE Pine St
Portland , Oregon 97214
US
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Portland is earthquake country. Three different types of earthquakes are possible in Oregon with two ...