We accept advertising through Blogads. If you're interested, click the "Advertise here" link above, or go here to place your ad through Blogads. For assistance, e-mail me here; I'd be glad to help. Reach lots of viewers -- we're up to about 2,800 unique visits a day, and more than 44,000 page views a week (as of October 26). Our rates are dirt cheap for the exposure you'll get!
As a lawyer/blogger, I get
to be a member of:
Dom Martinho, Tinto 2005
Chateau St. Jean, Cabernet, California 2007
Kirkland, Napa Cabernet 2007
Revelry, The Reveler, 2007
Joseph Drouhin, Chablis 2006
Altos Las Hormigas, Mendoza Malbec 2008
Alodio, Ribeira Sacra Mencia 2007
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008
Kiona, Lemberger 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Valley Merlot 2005
Paranga, Kir-Yianni 2005
L. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Rose 2007
Gloria Ferrer, Sonoma Brut
Kirkland, Napa Valley Meritage 2006
Abacela, Tempranillo 2006
Woodward Canyon, Columbia Valley Red
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2007
Mas Donis Barrica, Celler de Capcanes Red, 2005
Three Rivers, Merlot 2006
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Lezaun, Rosado, Navarra
Lezaun, Red, Navarra
Hedges, Three Vineyards, Red Mountain 2005
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Vega Sindoa, Cabernet-Tempranillo 2006
Inama, Soave Classico 2007
Alois Lageder, Lagrein Rosato 2008
Broglia, Gavi 2007
Marqués de Cáceres, Rioja Rose 2008
Spaltagna, Riserva Pinot Noir 2008
Portuga, Rose 2008
Warre's Warrior Port
Lange, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Guiraud, Le G, 2007
Falset, Garnacha Rose, Montsant 2006
Castello di Bossi, Chianti Classico 2004
Domaine Chandon, Pinot Noir, La Riviere Sonoma 2006
Brazin, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi 2006
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2006
Casillero del Diablo, Cabernet 2007
Gentil Hugel, Alsace 2006
Mesoneros de Castilla, Ribero del Duero, Rosado 2008
Cor, Momentum 2007
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2006
Rubico, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2007
Gilstrap Brothers, Reserve Merlot 2003
Conundrum 2007
Chandler Reach, 36 Red
Santa Rita, Reserve Cabernet 2005
Marietta, Old Vine Red Lot 47
L'Ecole No. 41, Recess Red 2006
Dom Martinho, Red 2004
Beaulieu, Georges Latour 1994
Caymus, Cabernet 1995
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2005
Bergevin Lane, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2005
Savigny-les-Beaune, Les Lavieres 2003
David Hill, Reserve Merlot, Rogue Valley 2006
Educated Guess, Cabernet 2006
Maquis Lien, Red 2005
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2007
David Hill, Farmhouse White
Robert Mondavi Solaire, Cabernet 2005
Castello Monaci, Liante, Salice Salentino 2006
Ricardo Santos, Malbec 2006
Quinta da Espiga, Tinto 2006
Charles Smith, Holy Cow Merlot 2006
Charles Smith, Boom Boom Syrah 2006
Charles Smith, The Honorable Pinot Gris 2007
Santa Rita, Cabernet Reserva 2005
King Estate, Pinot Gris 2007
Gloria, Douro, Tinto 2002
Bogle, Petite Sirah Port, Clarksburg 2005
Cardwell Hill, Pinot Noir 2004
Silkwood, Red Duet Cabernet-Syrah 2004
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006, 2007
Osborne, Solaz 2004
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Reserva 2005
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill, Shiraz Cabernet 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2004
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills 2004
Hannah Nicole, Red 2004
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2005
Protocolo, Red 2005
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2006
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1996
Kirkland, Roogle Shiraz 2004
Garda, Classico Chiaretto
A to Z, Oregon Pinot Gris 2005
I Giusti & Zanza, Nemorino 2006
Treana, Marsanne-Viognier, Central Coast 2005
Fife, Syrah, "Stanford" 2000
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2005
Marques de Casa Concha, Cabernet 2005
Santi, Sortesele Pinot Grigio 2006
Al Muvedre, Tinto Joven 2006
Layer Cake, Shiraz 2006
Gritti, Ca' Andrea, Umbria red 2005
Altos de Luzon, Jumilla 2004
Thomas Leithner, Zweigelt 2004
Cain Cuvee NV 3
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot 2003
Meridian, Sauvignon Blanc 2005
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2003
Paringa, Shiraz 2005
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Miles run year to date: 64
At this date last year: 28
Total run in 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (12)
I initially visualized a honey bee blob resting for the night on some migration to nowhere in particular. Then – horror set in when I saw the picture of a hornets nest. If all creatures have a purpose what then is their reason for beeing?
Posted by ron | June 27, 2004 9:31 AM
Hornets, eh? See, to a guy from Newark they're all just bees.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 27, 2004 9:42 AM
That thing is chock full of pure 100% brimstone evil.
Posted by moik | June 27, 2004 11:28 AM
Hint, Nature Boy: Change "love" to loveD for your neighborhood tree-climbing kids!
Posted by Sally | June 27, 2004 11:31 AM
The hornets don't seem interested in people nearby. But I wouldn't start climbing that tree.
Fortunately, the property owner has called professional help in, and the plan is to move the thing (or nuke it, or whatever they do) tomorrow. I plan to watch if I'm here -- from a screened window!
Posted by Jack Bog | June 27, 2004 1:02 PM
I grew up in Medford, and for years and years and years there was a funky old log cabin affair in upper Lithia Park in Ashland (before the Marin Country crowd took the town completely over) that had a bisected but active bee hive on display safely behind glass. It was mesmerizing.
Posted by Sally | June 27, 2004 2:14 PM
Yep, them's not bees.
In an earlier life I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala in the 1980s, assigned to a beekeeping extension program. But as it happened, the Africanized bees were first sighted in Guatemala the month I arrived and by the time I left 2.5 years later there was nothing but Africanized bees and they had spread all the way to Central Mexico.
My counterpart and I actually spent more time eradicating wild swarms of African bees as we did working with beekeepers. We did this kind of thing on a daily basis. You want to get rid of those guys? Put some malathion or other insecticide in a garden sprayer and soak that hive at night when they are all inside. They are less likely to go after you at night. The next morning you can cut it down and dispose of it. Don't mess with fire or smoke or any other sort of stupidity.
Posted by Kent | June 27, 2004 5:50 PM
Jack,
As noted, those aren't bees. Watch yer behind. :-) I just took one of those down from the eaves of our house yesterday. Oh, that was all kinds of fun. Glad I didn't wait, though, when I saw how many baby nasties were inside.
Posted by Bryan | June 28, 2004 7:53 AM
I wouldn't touch that thing for $1000. I'd rather fix my plumbing and electrical wiring on the same day than wrangle with that beast.
Hornets are mean. Leave it to the pros.
Posted by Marko | June 28, 2004 8:54 AM
Probably bald-faced hornets. Their sole purpose is to maim and destroy. In college I committed the (to them) unforgivable sin of walking under a nest of about that size. I never saw it. Instead, one buzzed down and delivered a sting to the back of my noggin that, no joke, felt like I had been hit with a bat. It hurt so much I was ready to tear my own head off to stop the pain.
I came back with a can of wasp killer with a 15' range on it, soaked it, cut down the nest and its branch, burned the whole schmiel with diesel, and stomped the remains. And I am normally a gentle man. But such is the power of the hornet, to arouse such base and destructive rage in the hearts of others.
Posted by MattW | June 28, 2004 9:51 AM
what part of portland is this hive in? ive never seen anything like this here... :-)
Posted by thor | June 28, 2004 10:26 AM
The hive was in close-in NE Portland. It's been destroyed.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 28, 2004 3:52 PM