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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Off duty

Posted at 3:27 AM | Permalink

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"Off Duty"

What gave you the idea I am "off duty"?

Rather, at my own expense, I am investigating various forms of reserving parade spots in small Italian Villages.

So far, my one on one interviews on the subject indicate a certain level of "hostility" by the locals at even being asked the question "would you support reserving up to two weeks in advance spots along the parade route with duct tape?"

One local man, "Don" something, in a very sinister tone, asked me if I happened to own any particularly prized horses. He then followed that up with suggesting that parades are open to all who come on a "first come, first served" basis.

He finished by suggesting I quit asking about the foolishness of taping off parade spots while I still had a, err, umm, was ahead.

Posted by Randy Leonardo (when in Rome, or in my case, when in Assisi...) | June 19, 2007 7:26 AM

The practice of taping off spots for the parade has always struck me as civilized and polite. That people would honor such boundaries, rather than forcing parade-goers to rise earlier and earlier in the morning, seemed to me a mark of a respectful city.

So I have to say that I'm very disappointed in the rudeness of the anti-taping crowd, and hope it was a mere aberration not to be repeated next year.

Posted by Lev Koszegi | June 19, 2007 8:09 AM

It certainly is my intention that there be no need to rip up tape next year.

Posted by Randy Leonard | June 19, 2007 8:45 AM

I hear he also gave Lisa Turley (runner up at Survivor Portland Style) the three weeks he is in Italy to 'fix the problem' at the 911 center regarding calls holding.

Impossible task.

Can't be done.

And he is holding he wrong person accountable.

What he ought to be doing is researching the problem and acquainting himself with the SOPs the Bureau adheres to based on agreements with user agencies and start from there.

Talk about hit and run.

Posted by Regular Reader | June 19, 2007 9:25 AM

OK jack, you quit calling Leonard " Fireman Randy" and I'll not call him " Smell Bad Randy", in your blog.
I do wonder if he will come back with a bicycle mentality and want Portland to adopt the Euro. Every-time a pol goes to Europe they have such grandiose ideas,

Posted by KISS | June 19, 2007 4:49 PM

Kiss, we're right, every time the mayor and council leaves on a "vacation" they make it a "taxpayer paid vacation" by bringing back another "idea" from foreign lands. I can't wait to hear about Randy's idea to have canals built in the Pearl District waterfront area at the Centennial Mill site and the SoWhat area.

Gee, some of us proposed those concepts 12 years ago but no action. But if Randy proposes it, its a done deal.

Posted by lw | June 19, 2007 5:00 PM

At least he's paying for his own vacation.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 19, 2007 5:44 PM

Given the attention that the practice of taping off public areas received this year, I'm surprised that group which wants to claim their personal part of the sidewalk never put together any effort to go back and clean up after themselves. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that one selfish act was followed up with another, but I would have thought that this year, given the backlash, they might have tried to be a Little more civil.

Posted by Jerry | June 19, 2007 8:44 PM

The practice of taping off spots for the parade has always struck me as civilized and polite.

Interesting...it always struck me as lazy and kind-of pathetic...

Posted by Jon | June 20, 2007 7:43 AM

I hope Fireman Randy brings back some Italian ideas for freeway driving and what speeds the police allow their natives to commute at!

Posted by pdxjim | June 20, 2007 4:40 PM

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