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Monday, March 26, 2007

The mesquite chips were a nice touch

This would never be tolerated in Portland. For one thing, he didn't buy a carbon offset.

Posted at 1:43 AM | Permalink

Comments (19)

New T-shirt for the Houston cops: "Choke 'em and smoke 'em."

Posted by Jack Bog | March 26, 2007 1:44 AM

An old friend of mine is studying to be a mortician in Houston, in a really, really bad area of town. The place was a hellhole before Katrina wiped out most of New Orleans, and things have really gone downhill ever since the Ninth Ward's inhabitants moved to town. He is a great guy, family man and all that, but, well...morticians develop that stereotypically warped sense of humor. He says that there is never any shortage of "material" to work with whatsoever these days. I'll have to run this one by him...

Posted by Cabbie | March 26, 2007 2:11 AM

I think True Crime has just met the Food Network. The obvious choice of host would have to be Tony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential.

Posted by James J | March 26, 2007 7:25 AM

Choke 'em and smoke 'em.

He was a cop?

Posted by Chris Snethen | March 26, 2007 8:20 AM

Kitchen Confidential was a GREAT read.

Posted by butch | March 26, 2007 8:27 AM

An environmentally sensitive killer would have stuffed her body down an oil well for future generations to burn.

Posted by Allan L. | March 26, 2007 8:44 AM

This is a tragic and twisted event.

Posted by Matt Jusinski | March 26, 2007 8:56 AM

I tried to BBQ a 7 pound roast, the smell was awful.

Posted by todd | March 26, 2007 10:31 AM

It's the 2007 version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" starring Jimmy Stewart.

Posted by Bill McDonald | March 26, 2007 10:39 AM

Wasn't there a guy in Aloha-a few years back- who did something similar with his wife?

Posted by Cynthia | March 26, 2007 10:43 AM

"Wasn't there a guy in Aloha-a few years back- who did something similar with his wife?"

Yep. Lived about a mile from me and yes this is a nice neighborhood. The guy died in jail.

Wonder what kind of wine goes with "girlfriend"?

Posted by BobM | March 26, 2007 11:30 AM

Charred-onnay.

Posted by Jack Bog | March 26, 2007 11:38 AM

But wouldn't a red go better?

Good to see the obligatory "...he was a nice normal guy" statement by the neighbor. Just another reminder to watch out for the quiet ones.

Posted by RonaldM | March 26, 2007 12:06 PM

I thought the screenwriter touch was when he told suspicious neighbors that he was cooking for a wedding.

Posted by Bill McDonald | March 26, 2007 12:11 PM

cooking for a wedding

Classic.

Posted by Jack Bog | March 26, 2007 12:39 PM

When it was first thought that Tynesha Stewart's body had been disposed of in a dumpster, the Harris County sheriff’s office made an unexpected announcement: that there would be no search of the landfills. Too costly, too time-consuming, no guarantee that a body would be found.

For Stewart's family, who hoped for a recovery of the body for a proper burial, the burning of her corpse was certainly more bad news. For Harris County, which had quickly secured $500,000 to reverse a PR blunder that was rapidly metastasizing into a high profile, racially divisive political firestorm, it was a welcome, if gruesome, development.

Oops, I forgot to make a joke. Hmm. Rats. I got nothing here. If only she had been molested by a priest.

Posted by skyview satellite | March 26, 2007 2:26 PM

I know I'm going to come off sounding like a pr*ck here, but I can't believe we're joking about a 19-year old college student who was murdered, dismembered and then burned... and believe me, I'm as politically incorrect as they come. I just can't stop thinking that this is someone's daughter.

Jack, I'm sure you knew this comment was gonna come from somebody...

Posted by Larry K | March 26, 2007 3:19 PM

Generally, murder is not funny. 99.9 percent of the time, it's not acceptable to make a joke about a murder. But for me, this fit into the 0.1 percent category. Apologies to those whom it offended.

Posted by Jack Bog | March 26, 2007 3:22 PM

I was deeply offended.

Posted by O.J. Simpson | March 26, 2007 3:41 PM

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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

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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
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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
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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

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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