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Voting from the Middle
The mailman just delivered our property tax bill and mail-in ballots. With my larger project well underway, this inspires me to take a pause and consider the mid-term elections. A few years into my time working in Portland City … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 Mid-Terms, Democrat, Kate Brown, Knute Buehler, Non-afiliated, Portland, Portland City Hall, Republican
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Where Are You From? Two Houses
While the memory of such things can be tricky, I have lived in 14 different places. West coast to east coast. Up and down the Pacific coast. I think this fluidity of movement is a very American thing. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Desert, Hillbilly, Home, Indio California, Ozarks, Timbo Arkansas
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Why Helsinki Will End Trump’s Long Con
Watching Trump’s news conference with Putin yesterday the last lines of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” came to mind. “…you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Man, Donald Trump, Helsinki, high-water mark, Hunter S. Thompson, Narcissism, Putin, would or wouldn't
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The Chair — How We Decide Our Politics
Tell me where someone gets their information and I can tell you what they think. Well, maybe not what they think, but how they think. When you turn on the radio, what station comes on? When you fire … Continue reading
A Family History — In Cars
I am a gearhead. I love cars. I like to drive fun cars. I like to read about cars. I have subscriptions to 2 car magazines. (Actual magazines.) I like to see cars go fast. I love the sound of … Continue reading
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Tagged BMW, Buick, Cars, Family History, Formula One, Indio California, Mini Cooper S, Orange Festival Raceway, Palm Desert Texico, Pontiac
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Anthony Bourdain: The Traveling Brother I Never Met
I don’t do celebrity but I did Anthony Bourdain. His death by suicide this morning was a gut punch. Like most folks, I met him via his book Kitchen Confidential. He immediately seemed like a fellow traveler. Punk as an … Continue reading
Mozy Revisited: Learning From Our Blind Dog
Sally and I were crushed when our golden collie mix Mozy lost her sight. It was a strange process from thinking she had a problem with her legs to realizing her eyes were failing. There is more than a little … Continue reading
Nostalgia and the Typewriter
Nostalgia is tricky. You can bath in it or just feel it as a gentle rain. It can hold you and put lead in your shoes or awaken you and set you running out the door. As with any memory, … Continue reading
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Tagged California Typewriter, Nostalgia, Olympia DeLuxe Portable, Portland, Typewriter
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When Your Heroes Die
As a kid, I didn’t read comic books. I loved words and all those pictures meant there were fewer words. That also meant I didn’t have any connection to the heroes and superheroes that today roar though our popular culture … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador Hotel, Assasiniation, Heroes, Oregon 1968, RFK, Robert Kennedy
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