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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Blog Post of the Year So Far

Ain't it the truth.

Posted at 2:27 AM | Permalink

Comments (21)

I dunno. I think this one might be the winner.

Posted by Kari Chisholm | May 30, 2006 8:04 AM

I feel so European around here.

Posted by Steve Schopp | May 30, 2006 9:12 AM

Jack, 2AM and you are posting? What up with that?

Posted by Jim Golden | May 30, 2006 9:21 AM

I LOVE Stumptown Confidential...

Posted by TKrueg | May 30, 2006 10:07 AM

I feel so European around here.
Posted by Steve Schopp at May 30, 2006 09:12 AM

JK: Yeah complete with high unemployment, slow economic growth, high taxes and massive government spending.

Thanks
JK

Posted by jim karlock | May 30, 2006 10:25 AM

Gee, I wish Portland had the "excitement" of Phoenix, home of the world's largest outdoor jail... oooh... the sights... oooh... the smells.... oooh... the NONSENSE!

Again, if Ptown so bad, why is everyone and their mother-in-law moving here from... San Francisco... another town mentioned in the blog.

HIstory is fun, when it ain't so boring and worthless.

Posted by Daphne | May 30, 2006 11:01 AM

home of the world's largest outdoor jail

Trust me, it's WAY overrated.

Posted by Butterbean | May 30, 2006 11:05 AM

why is everyone and their mother-in-law moving here

Because posers need a place to live?

Anyhow, by one recent report, the population within the city limits was level or declining.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 30, 2006 11:21 AM

I think this one might be the winner.

I dunno. Seems like another poor response by a retired public safety officer to what appears to be a legitimate law enforcement investigation.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 30, 2006 11:28 AM

Ah yes, robust Denver.

http://www.milehighcity.com/discuss/messages/7/26.html?1093149286

Posted by Libertas | May 30, 2006 12:06 PM

Whatever has happened to the other cities mentioned in that quotation over the last 40 years, it's clear that nothing has changed in Portland.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 30, 2006 12:12 PM

"Whatever has happened to the other cities mentioned in that quotation over the last 40 years, it's clear that nothing has changed in Portland."

True. Portland was a nicer place to live than those places then, and it still is.

Posted by Scott | May 30, 2006 12:34 PM

Yes, and it's all thanks to people like Erik Sten.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 30, 2006 12:41 PM

Isn't Denver the town that voted for TABOR (Taxpayers Bill of Rights) and when their state started closing down schools, cop shops and hospitals, the citizens finally figured out taxes were not a bad thing?

Yup, same town, same clueless denizens, and guess what? They're moving to Portland too! Like the folks in Seattle where less than half of the city sends their kids to public schools.

Here in Portland, we send 85% to public school.

Posted by daphne | May 30, 2006 12:43 PM

we send 85% to public school.

Is that an accurate number? If it is, it won't be for long.

Not to mention all the people with school-age kids who are moving out of the city. That helps your percentage, but the number of students is clearly dropping, and fast.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 30, 2006 12:46 PM

Well, there's always cosmopolitan Seattle or San Francisco if you can't stand the sheer awesomeness of Phoenix or Denver. You guys would obviously love it in either place. But wait—doesn't San Francisco have light rail? Forget it.

I am, as is often the case, a little confused as to what y'all want.

Posted by Libertas | May 30, 2006 1:52 PM

Europe: "high taxes and massive government spending"
Not to mention the socialist blight of health care, government pensions, public transportation, free higher education and public support for the arts. Move along, folks, nothing to see there.

Posted by Allan L. | May 30, 2006 2:43 PM

And not to mention the fact that FINLAND, of all places—part of evil, socialistic Scandinavia—is rated by some to be the most competitive economy in the world. How do they do it without Halliburton or PGE?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1026/p01s03-woeu.html

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In Vino Veritas

Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
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

The Occasional Book

Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
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: 21
At this date last year: 52
Total run in 2012: 129
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