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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Halftime report

Posted at 8:46 PM | Permalink

Comments (18)

Fernandez looks good though, doesn't he?

Posted by Geek Squad | October 28, 2008 9:01 PM

Now Oden isn't on the floor in the second half. Yesterday he was saying that he didn't want to make any sudden moves in practice. Not encouraging.

Posted by Jack Bog | October 28, 2008 9:10 PM

Come on, prof, let's give the team some time to evolve.

Posted by John | October 28, 2008 9:11 PM

They were almost a playoff team last year -- except for adding Oden into the mix, how much evolution is there supposed to be?

If Roy has to keep carrying these guys another year, his career is going to be short.

Posted by Jack Bog | October 28, 2008 9:15 PM

Ah, Jack. Your "Merkley has no shot at beating Smith" side is showing. We're playing on the road at the defending conference champions. Expect a slow start, but dare to believe in this team. It'll be more fun.

Posted by Geek Squad | October 28, 2008 9:24 PM

Oden. Foot xrays. yay.

Posted by Sebastian | October 28, 2008 9:30 PM

Expect a slow start, but dare to believe in this team. It'll be more fun.

I tried. But Oden didn't get through a single half of a game in the NBA without an injury. It kind of put a damper on it.

Posted by Jack Bog | October 28, 2008 9:40 PM

As of Tuesday night, exactly one year and four months after he was drafted, he has yet to score his first NBA point. He missed four field goals and two free throws in 13 minutes of play.

And now we're back to xrays. I'm trying real hard to put a pretty face on this.

Posted by Sebastian | October 28, 2008 9:46 PM

I cannot overstate this:

D'oh!!

Posted by none | October 28, 2008 10:09 PM

overheard in a sports bar the day the Blazers took the big fellow.....from Maurice Lucas " His legs remind me of Bowies...not strong pins"

rest my case. another blunder by Blazer Mgt

Posted by realdon | October 28, 2008 10:40 PM

Maybe not. But I wouldn't be counting on an appearance in the playoffs after the events of this evening.

Posted by Jack Bog | October 28, 2008 10:51 PM

Oden better NOT be hurt, I drafted him for both my fantasy basketball leagues. After Brady laid waste to my fantasy football leagues, I don't need/want to scramble for a team again.

Posted by native oregonian | October 29, 2008 5:21 AM

Oden looked really slow last night (even before the foot injury).

His joints are going to take a pounding over the course of the season. I think he needs to trim about 25 lbs.

Posted by PanchoPdx | October 29, 2008 1:05 PM

Brady

I took Brady in the first round this year too. Fortunately I grabbed Cutler in the 8th and managed to grab Trent Edwards off the wire. It's worked out for me so far. I'm playoff bound. Then it's just a crap shoot.

Posted by Chris Snethen | October 29, 2008 3:18 PM

I joked last year that it seemed we had drafted Sam Bowie again....

I thought I was kidding....last night showed maybe I wasn't....

Posted by thaddeus | October 29, 2008 4:03 PM

Foot sprain confirmed. No surgery. Out two to four weeks.

Posted by PDX Native | October 29, 2008 5:58 PM

He said, hopefully.

Posted by Jack Bog | October 29, 2008 6:26 PM

True, but remember the Blazers managed to pull off some pretty impressive displays last season - 13 game streak for example - without Oden, or Rudy, or Batum, or.... Last night was a disaster. But really, aside from the Oden injury that was not expected, who really expected the Blazers to trounce the Lakers on their turf in the first game of the season with some very un-seasoned players? It's still a little early in the season to write them off, I think.

Posted by PDX Native | October 29, 2008 8:04 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
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L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
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Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
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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
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Vieux Papes Red
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Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
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Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
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The Occasional Book

Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
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: 32
At this date last year: 66
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