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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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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 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