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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Halftime

We have officially reached the halfway point in Nice Week. Like the week when I turned off comments, it's been beneficial so far. A different perspective always helps. And people like these guys.

Posted at 12:36 PM | Permalink

Comments (19)

Jack,

If having a "nice week" has had the causative affect it seems to have had on the quantity and quality of goodies in the news this week, then you may be able to use "nice days" in the future as a more precise instrument to counteract slow news periods.

"Nice" as a tool.

Who woulda thunk it.

Posted by rickynoragg | February 22, 2006 1:19 PM

It is nice to have our focus shifted to beautiful and poignant things for awhile, I think. And kittens are cool; he kitten on the header looks like it could have been Gloria as a kitten

Posted by Cynthia | February 22, 2006 1:32 PM

It does look a bit like baby Gwally.

Posted by Jack Bog | February 22, 2006 1:38 PM

Is there such a thing as too nice?

Posted by Chris Snethen | February 22, 2006 2:12 PM

For the benefit of Mr. Bog
There won�t be a nasty log for this whole week.
The flaming crowd just won�t be there
And anyone with bile to share - it�s looking bleak.
Over many objections, cries and curses,
Lacking will be the sound of human ire
In this way, Mr. Bog will challenge the world!

The celebrated Mr. B.
Writes usually very cogently on topics great.
He handles all the comments here
In such a crazy atmosphere that some would hate
Visitors far and wide assure the people
That this blog is simply second to none
And of course Jack has no remorse dancing the waltz!

Posted by patrick b | February 22, 2006 4:48 PM

I think nice week is nice. I'm enjoying it. But I'm most excited about that link to all of the kittens. Thanks!!!!!!!

Posted by Lelo | February 22, 2006 7:28 PM

The kittens are nice, but how about some puppies? If there was a "Puppy Channel" on tv, I'd watch it all the time. Probably watch a kitten channel, too.

Okay, so since Nice Week began, I've been down with something cross between flu and cold and, thank God, not strep. After doing all the conventional remedies--sleep, water, Advil cold and flu stuff--I decided to go over to New Seasons on Division today and get the herbal remedies. On the way, I passed Clay's Smokehouse and suddenly I was cured. The aroma lured me inside and I ordered the ribs and hot link lunch special and after eating chicken noodle soup for days, it was wonderful.

I remember a while back there was a thread on cool businesses on Division and I don't think Clay's got mentioned, but they do pretty good barbecue.

Maybe as a new thread for Nice Week, people should write about their favorite businesses in their negihborhoods.

Posted by Gil Johnson | February 22, 2006 7:41 PM

http://www.puppychannel.com/

There may not be a puppy channel on tv, but isn't that why we have the web?

Posted by Sarah Carlin Ames | February 22, 2006 9:59 PM

Is it an offshoot of nice week, but with todays articles in the Oregonian particularly the not so nice comment about taxing Neil and West Hills Volvos, is this like the plot of Freaky Friday, and Jack's Blog and the Oregonian have switched nicieness genes.

Posted by Swimmer | February 23, 2006 5:27 AM

Nice week is K I L L I N G me.... please stop this experiment so I can go back to thinking mean thoughts about some of the posters here. Blueoregon is good for that, of course, but it's like shooting fish in a barrel over there...

Posted by Larry | February 23, 2006 8:49 AM

I happen to think that today's front page report on the developments in the SoWhat district are very nice. The Oregonian is to be commended.

Posted by godfry | February 23, 2006 10:34 AM

Patrick B's Mr. Kite send-up is most excellent!

When can we discuss -- in nice, politely restrained tones -- that very fine Measure 37 decision handed down by our distinguished and single-voiced (in this case) state Supreme Court?

Wouldn't it be nice?

Posted by Jim P | February 23, 2006 11:11 AM

I'll let you know, but it will be Sunday at the earliest.

Posted by Jack Bog | February 23, 2006 11:40 AM

I figured this would be a nice place to hear a discussion of the unfunded cost projections for S. Waterfront's infrastructe.

$50 million is sure an impressive amount!

It was nice of the Oregonian to report that story.

But I'm afraid that it might not be possible to have a nice, yet meaningful discussion of that issue. I'll just wait a few more days and think happy thoughts.

Maybe I'll call my Mom. It's so nice to have affordable cell phone service. I hope it remains affordable. A tax might make it harder to tell my Mom how nice I think she is.

I think I'll tell Mom about all the nice candidates who will be spending pretty nice amounts of taxpayer money to tell the nice people of Portland all about their nice ideas for city government.

Knowing my Mom, she'll say "that's nice."

Posted by PanchoPdx | February 23, 2006 2:44 PM

One nice thing about all that expensive SoWa infrastructure.

At least all the automobiles using it will be nice.

It's nice to know that.

Posted by rickynoragg | February 23, 2006 2:56 PM

Uh oh, guys, that's not nice. Save it for Sunday!

Posted by Jack Bog | February 23, 2006 7:46 PM

OK.

Sorry.

New
Ideas
Can
Emerge
When
Everyone
Ends
Kvetching

Posted by rickynoragg | February 24, 2006 9:37 AM

I love you so much! Great place to visit!

Posted by Neo | March 3, 2006 11:20 AM

Keep a good work man!

Posted by JeyZee | March 3, 2006 11:28 AM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

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Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
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

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269