We accept advertising through Blogads. If you're interested, click the "Advertise here" link above, or go here to place your ad through Blogads. For assistance, e-mail me here; I'd be glad to help. Reach lots of viewers -- we're up to about 3,800 unique visits a day, and more than 61,000 page views a week (as of November 4). Our rates are dirt cheap for the exposure you'll get! If you'd like to advertise without going through the Blogads system, that's do-able, too. Just e-mail us here for more information.
As a lawyer/blogger, I get
to be a member of:
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
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
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
Comments (18)
As long as they don't hire any of the writers from the PBOregonian, nor any of the headline writers, I will continue to subscribe.
But I will admit tremendous disappointment upon seeing that little message this morning. I felt similarly about the color photos, though.
Posted by ToiletChicken | August 3, 2007 11:34 PM
I felt similarly about the color photos, though.
Color photos in the Times still feels wrong to me. Maybe I'm a closet Luddite, but can't we just leave the "official" Newspaper of Record alone?
Posted by Frank Dufay | August 4, 2007 3:52 AM
I submit that the O should shrink its pages by whatever their present width is.
Posted by rr | August 4, 2007 1:14 PM
Yes but, do you realize how many newsprint recycling jobs that will save (eliminate)?
Is that green or what?
Posted by Abe | August 4, 2007 1:34 PM
think of the treeeeeeees.
Posted by rr | August 4, 2007 3:14 PM
The WSJ will be fine. Invariably it's the ones who have veered to the left who are in trouble.
Posted by Ruben | August 4, 2007 3:59 PM
can't we just leave the "official" Newspaper of Record alone?
An ambiguous question. I find it increasingly easy to leave it alone, after its reporting scandals with Judith Miller and Jason Whatever, and its general journalistic failings. Fortunately real reporting is still accessible elsewhere on the web (but not without difficulty). As for the WSJ, it was long gone, well before the format went to tabloid size and price to $1.50.
Posted by Allan L. | August 4, 2007 4:03 PM
If the NY Times died tomorrow I could care less. Over-rated and a dinosaur of newspaper it is good riddance to a news source that was way over rated. Being bigger proves that size is not quality.
Now the LA Timmes is a whole different story. I miss the Old L A Times... not the Trib type. Big O could / should go away too.
Posted by KISS | August 4, 2007 6:05 PM
The Times may not be everything it once was, but it is still one of the best news organizations around. I'm not seeing much here that's in the same league. If you don't read it because you disagree with its slant on everything, it's your loss. Maybe you can survive on Fox News.
Posted by Jack Bog | August 4, 2007 6:44 PM
My point being, there are no great newspapers today. If mediocrity is OK with you, so be it. CNN is best we have and it could stand improvement. Fox News? You jest, sir. Andersen Cooper, Lou Dobbs and MNBS has Keith Olbermann.
These work for mm as Blogs like Truthdigs,Alternet and others.
As for print journalsm..I no longer fish.
Posted by KISS | August 4, 2007 7:35 PM
BBC. Reuters. Süddeutsche Zeitung. Le Monde. One has to look outside the bubble for any kind of perspective. Luckily, it is easy to do this with the internet.
Posted by Allan L. | August 5, 2007 7:49 AM
the "official" Newspaper of Record
Hehe, not even the ">editors think that...
Posted by Jon | August 5, 2007 10:40 AM
I'm one of maybe 10 people in all of Portland who reads the WSJ. You'd be surprised at how many stories about Portland appear in it. And, most of them are positive.
Posted by Garage Wine | August 5, 2007 1:12 PM
not even the editors think that
Yeah, yeah...(or "yeah, yeah, yeah" to quote the Beatles.)
Growing up on Long Island, there was in our house our "local" paper Newsday which I was a sometime delivery boy for, to get Yankees tickets, and free fries from the new McDonald's on my route.
There was the Sunday Daily News which had good color comics on Sunday (I insisted)...and there was "The Times." (No New York Times...just "The Times")
No comics. No color photos. Just serious stuff. And people from The Times would come to our classroom to show the proper way to read it. Lead story on the far right, second most important story in the column far left. To read fold the page in half over on itself, turn page...
Reading The Times was serious. If something was in there, it was true.
The Pentagon Papers weren't sent to the Eugene Register Guard, or the Orlando Sentinel. They were sent to the Times. All the News That's Fit To Print.
Don't tell me it's all about selling ad space. Don't tell me it's just another newspaper. It's The Times.
When I lived in Times Square, the cops would direct traffic every night on 43rd to accomodate the delivery trucks. The best post office gig at the main one across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station --my favorite gig, anyway-- was delivering the Sunday Times to all the trains heading out across the country. (Us postal clerks got a freebie one to take home.)
I know there's no Santa Claus. But don't try to tell me The Times is just another newspaper.
Posted by Frank Dufay | August 5, 2007 1:14 PM
But don't try to tell me The Times is just another newspaper.
Like so many things that seemed so important in your misspent youth (and early "adulthood"), Frank, the myth is shattered.
The Times is just another newspaper...
Posted by rr | August 5, 2007 6:34 PM
But don't try to tell me The Times is just another newspaper.
C'mon...its just another corporate media propaganda outlet. You cant trust MSM news any more. Its all slanted one way or the other. They are telling us what they want us to think. Wake up.
Posted by Jon | August 5, 2007 11:21 PM
The New York Times is the only paper worth reading in the morning in Portland. I was reading mine in the sauna at 24-hour fitness this morning, but something didn't feel right. The span was wrong. Then I read the front, and realized I was right. It's amazing what a difference 3 inches makes.
Posted by Matt Davis | August 6, 2007 12:52 PM
It's amazing what a difference 3 inches makes.
Rim shot!
Posted by Jack Bog | August 6, 2007 12:56 PM