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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Reporting for duty

Posted at 9:48 AM | Permalink

Comments (16)

Wow just reading about infill in West Linn and clicked back to the main page to notice some Jeremiah Johnson figure. I am still laughing. Our mayor makes me so proud with his stylish makeovers for this ardtic blast. Still prefer the original South Park look over the above Jeb Clampett inspired winter wear.

Posted by teresa | November 23, 2010 9:56 AM

From the look on his face, I'm guessing he's mentoring an intern in the bottom portion that's been cropped off.

Posted by Garage Wine | November 23, 2010 10:02 AM

He is wearing a Coyote from Northeast Portland keeping it local.

Posted by Tom | November 23, 2010 11:03 AM

Sam Adams, he is the fox guarding the hen house.

Posted by Bad Brad | November 23, 2010 11:38 AM

Jack, love your weather headline scroll.

You might add this recent headline: "89 Ton WES Train Can't Break Rail Ice-Stuck!"

Posted by lw | November 23, 2010 11:54 AM

Garage Wine, the divisive and vindictive mayor is not known for ever being on top of anything.

Posted by Gardiner Menefree | November 23, 2010 12:04 PM

"mayor is not known for ever being on top"

Don't be so sure.

Posted by Steve | November 23, 2010 12:14 PM

Schumacher Firs is open again?

Posted by Ben | November 23, 2010 12:57 PM

Personally, I think the Elmer Fudd hat he was wearing in the press conference was more appropriate. He looked like a boob, which is completely accurate.

Posted by RJBob | November 23, 2010 1:14 PM

Coyote, the Trickster: The coyote is equally admired and despised in folklore. He is known as the Trickster or the Old Man. He is seen as either cunning or foolish.

Portland, *U Pick*

Posted by Mojo | November 23, 2010 1:48 PM

I previously predicted that at least one MAX line would be shut down before the freeways became impassable. I hate it when I'm right.

Let's not forget that one of the cost saving measures proposed for Milky Light Rail is the rail/electric anti-freeze system.

Posted by mister tee (on vacation) | November 23, 2010 2:35 PM

Grizzley Adams!

The Elmer Fudd hat he was wearing is popular among young boys 3-25 this winter. Interesting choice for a 47 year old man....

Posted by Bart | November 23, 2010 2:58 PM

Hey, that's the Rose City Golf Course coyote!

Posted by umpire | November 23, 2010 3:20 PM

He looked like a boob, which is completely accurate.

Speaking of boobs. I noticed again when watching locals being interviewed on the evening news about the latest winter blast that most of them bob their heads up and down when they talk.

Where did these bobbing heads pick up this weird mannerism or is it a nervous tic, an affliction? But it can’t be that-so many are doing it. Whoops-just answered my own question.

Posted by Geoffrey Duin | November 23, 2010 4:57 PM

Steve, the spendthrift mayor has himself commented upon his failure to be "on top of" issues. Consider, for example, the matter of leaves in the street, beginning with a James Mayer piece from the daily-of-record, November 20, 2008:

"How's this sound, Portlanders? A leaf tax.

Mayor-elect Sam Adams let the idea drop Wednesday after a resident complained to the City Council that he pays to recycle his leaves, while his neighbors take unfair advantage of the city's leaf removal program.

'We're not on top of this issue,' acknowledged Adams, who oversees the Transportation Office."
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/portland_considers_leaf_tax_to.html

After two years of the alleged mayor attempting to get on top of the leaf issue, the O's editorial board concluded:

"So badly botched was the city's imposition of the fee that the mutiny has already -- partially -- succeeded. Mayor Sam Adams recently apologized for the fee. And, as The Oregonian's Brad Schmidt also reported, the mayor also added a wishy-washy opt-out clause to it."
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/since_when_did_leaf-clearing_b.html

The alternative to being on top is, of course....

Posted by Gardiner Menefree | November 23, 2010 6:29 PM

Oh, so he's buying his managerial tools from Acme? Suddenly this explains so much.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | November 24, 2010 10:14 AM

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

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: 29
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