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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Welcome to our cyber-office Christmas party

Great news, people -- Kulongoski just pardoned the whole party!

Posted at 2:39 PM | Permalink

Comments (182)

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:40 PM

Nuts, I hate being the first to arrive...can I help set up?

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 2:41 PM

Thanks. Can you stick some toothpicks in these cocktail weenies?

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:42 PM

You said weenie. Huh-huh, huh-huh. Sure no problem. Do we have enough ice?

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 2:44 PM

I'm on a holiday diet, will there be non-fried foods from a sustainable farm in Happy Valley?

Posted by Z | December 21, 2010 2:47 PM

We're going to have chicken that was allowed to run around a lot.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:48 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:49 PM

Merry Christmas y'all! Everyone can take the rest of the day off.

Posted by Teletype | December 21, 2010 2:49 PM

Try the artichoke dip. Trust me on this one.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:50 PM

Me, I'm bringing Texas family-style barbecue. I'll even grease the pan: it's special grease.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNAHoOKxok

(And yes, it's not even close to being worksafe if your boss doesn't have a warped sense of humor.)

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 2:53 PM

Okay...who brought the Frank Zappa Rock Band set? (I'm not complaining. I legitimately want to know.)

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 2:53 PM

Cool: someone brought in holiday karaoke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGswbRRS5jM

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 2:55 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 2:57 PM

Jack, this is way too easy . . .

Cocktail weenies? I didn't know Sam and his creative entourage were here.

Posted by umpire | December 21, 2010 3:00 PM

Hey, could you please use a cup on that punch bowl? Not a straw? Thanks.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 3:02 PM

I hope you have Tri-Met day passes for all of us to have a sober ride home from the office.

Who brought the green beans that were grown on the city hall eco-roof? They taste funny.

Posted by z | December 21, 2010 3:08 PM

I'm trying to drop ten pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Those tater tots aren't helping.

Posted by Bean | December 21, 2010 3:08 PM

Jack, will there be any celebs or dignitaries at the party this year?

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 3:10 PM

Other than yourself, I mean.

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 3:17 PM

Ah, now this is my kind of party. Not even two hours in, and it looks like Hunter S. Thompson camped out here for a month.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:18 PM

I'm already drunk!

Posted by Teletype | December 21, 2010 3:18 PM

"...so my boss tells him 'THIS IS NOT WAR! THIS IS PEST CON-TROL!' And then the guy says..."

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:19 PM

Hey. What's in those brownies?

Posted by Allan L. | December 21, 2010 3:20 PM

Don't look at me, Allan. I don't do anything other than freebasing Preparation H these days.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:23 PM

Okay, who brought the garden salad?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:27 PM

Don't anyone use the restroom for 15 or 20 min.

Posted by calknick | December 21, 2010 3:32 PM

I brought my grandmother's fruitcake.

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 3:34 PM

The guy on the unicycle is not part of the entertainment. I don't know where he came from.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 3:36 PM

You know the best thing about not being able to drink? It's seeing the expressions on everyone's faces when someone passes out in the clothes hamper. You'd think that people would have learned after last year. In fact, I should have called Johnny Knoxville and used it as an audition.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:37 PM

"What do you get when you put Sam Adams and the corpse of Mao Tse-Tung in a broom closet?" No, it's not a joke. I need to know right now. (Jack, where do you keep your spare coal shovels and flamethrowers? I may be cleaning for a while.)

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:40 PM

Did you hear the one about light rail to Sherwood?

http://bikeportland.org/2010/12/21/metro-wins-2-million-from-fta-to-study-transit-corridor-on-barbur-blvd-44882

Posted by dan | December 21, 2010 3:43 PM

Watches Lucifer saunter in, throw a few large logs on the fire and drop off a bowl of eggnog with a large bottle of Capt. Morgan's spiced rum. Watch out for all that nutmeg in the nog though ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutmeg

Lucifer has a sneaky side.

Let me toss an old 45 on the old hi fi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFj4D11Wmn4

Posted by PDXAdvo | December 21, 2010 3:52 PM

You know that one jerk at every party who goes on and on about how the city he lives in is so much better than any other? It's my turn: "Ha! You guys have an IFC miniseries based on Portland? Well, Dallas has a whole movie!"

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 3:54 PM

Is there an app for this?

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 3:57 PM

Did somebody lose a cigar cutter?

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 4:09 PM

TTR - Dallas has a moldy, oldy night time soap opera with the Ewings (JR and Sue Ellen and company), porn with Debbie doing the doing, etc. And Dallas is welcome to that fame.... ;-)

Posted by LucsAdvo | December 21, 2010 4:14 PM

If you would like to make your own Christmas music, here you go:
http://www.bigbossjingler.com/

Posted by anthony | December 21, 2010 4:15 PM

I'm bringing a glass that I swiped from the Arlington Club. That and a dollar will buy me a block in South Waterfront.

Posted by Isaac Laquedem | December 21, 2010 4:28 PM

Lucs, and don't forget that we were the inspiration for both Beavis and Butt-Head AND King of the Hill. "I don't want you goin' to Dallas at all. That place is crawlin' with crackheads and debutantes, and half of 'em play for the Cowboys."

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 4:30 PM

Hey, Jack, do we have any more ice? Oh, and where's the loo?

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 4:41 PM

Fireworks in the garden, in ten minutes!

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 4:47 PM

Hey I almost forgot - I have a case of low tax Crown Royal bought here in Reno! They were selling it for $14.99 on special for a 750 ML bottle a few days after Thanksgiving..Anyone for some drinks?

Posted by Dave A. | December 21, 2010 4:47 PM

Hey guys & gals! Sorry I'm late! I took the dreaded bus and you know how late those ancient beasts can be sometimes. Should have hopped on one of those sparkly "trams" as Portlandia likes to call it.

Posted by Christian | December 21, 2010 4:50 PM

Do you have some room in your fridge for this batch of homemade eggnog?

I used enough bourbon to sterilize surgical equipment, but with a dozen egg yolks in it I'd rather not see it get to room temperature.

Posted by PanchoPDX | December 21, 2010 4:52 PM

There's a long line for the bathroom. How far is it to the nearest publicly subsidized toilet? But wait, do we really want the city to tweet about this party?

Posted by M. Mike | December 21, 2010 4:53 PM

Checking in from rainy southern ca! French dip sandwiches for all!

Posted by Pjb | December 21, 2010 4:54 PM

When is Bill McDonald showing up?
Things should really liven up then.

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 4:56 PM

Mmmmmm... French dip sandwiches...

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 4:57 PM

Bill's out on the fire escape rehearsing "O Holy Night" -- his blue version!

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 4:58 PM

Re: "Me, I'm bringing Texas family-style barbecue. I'll even grease the pan: it's special grease."

TXTR, is it time to sing a TXmas party song yet?:

"By God we're so darn proud to be from Texas -- yahoo!
Even of our pride we're proud and we're proud of that pride, too
Our pride about our home state is the proudest pride indeed,
And we're proud to be Americans, until we can secede"

Posted by Gardiner Menefree | December 21, 2010 4:59 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:05 PM

Did somebody lose a cigar cutter?

I need that back. There's a briss later on across town. Meanwhile, where's that egg nog?

Posted by Mohel Services | December 21, 2010 5:06 PM

Whoa, who is that gal under the mistletoe?

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 5:06 PM

Dave, don't get me started on the OLCC.

I want take you up on the Crown Royal but all I could find are these margarita glasses.

Posted by PanchoPDX | December 21, 2010 5:09 PM

Whoa, who is that gal under the mistletoe?

The glasses make her even hotter.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:09 PM

Merry Christmas everyone!

Is there a band...there should be a band...

Posted by laurelann | December 21, 2010 5:10 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:10 PM

Put a bird on it!!

Posted by laurelann | December 21, 2010 5:11 PM

Not to mention the tat on the back of her neck. Complete Stumptown Hottie!!!

Oh by the way, whoever is driving the Prius, your lights are on.

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 5:12 PM

Jack, it's time to get a new karaoke machine. This one doesn't have a single GWAR song on it. Not ONE.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:12 PM

Seriously, ever notice that the best sign of a good party is when you step outside to catch some fresh air, and you're stunned for the next half-hour by how beautiful the stars are at this hour? Mars and Saturn are up, too, so come on out and take a look.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:14 PM

I started out early and faded for a while, but now I'm back with 25 lbs of stone crab claws.
They are on sale at the local Publix market down on Rt 1. So dig in everyone!
Oooo look at that great lamp shade with the fringe...just my style, don't cha think?
That drink in the martini glass has a kick to it, Jack.

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 5:16 PM

Some Billy Holliday... you choose...

Posted by laurelann | December 21, 2010 5:20 PM

Well, if Bill doesn't sing it, I have a great recording by Michael Crawford, but it's too churchy!

I'll take a Chivas Regal, or maybe a '61 Lynch Bages Cab.

Posted by Starbuck | December 21, 2010 5:22 PM

We might as well enjoy this - might be the last cyber party with net neutrality kicking in!

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 5:24 PM

Hey I heard a great joke the other day...this City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability employee walks into a bar and starts to Twitter about the bike lanes on the road outside when in walks Randy Leonard, who is wearing a DAMN I SPILLED MY DRINK hang on let me clean this up.

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 5:24 PM

I have a batch of Bearnaise Sauce to go with those crab claws.

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 5:25 PM

The band is here:

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:26 PM

Hey, you were busy, Jack, so I got the door ... some guy in a black coat, said he was from the FBI and wanted us to put the suspicious looking package he was carrying under the tree. I said sure and he left. It's the one wrapped in brown paper with the funny-looking writing on it. Hope that was okay.

Somebody in the kitchen was saying they have some friends who are supposed to drop by to scout the location and shoot some interior scenes for the TV show second season script possibilities. Just a heads up. Smile, people, or sing, or whatever normal Portlandia behavior is - Hollywood is in the house

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 5:29 PM

I assume they are playing Tuba Mirum.

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 5:30 PM

"... h-h-h-h-h-hump on your back? Everything else in here was so h-h-h-h-h-high, I thought it was y-y-your a*s!"

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:31 PM

Let's open that champagne Jack showed off earlier too, Lawrence.

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 5:31 PM

"...so I said 'And now, I'm gonna sneak up and jam my thumb up his butthole. That'll really piss him orf!'"

Uh oh. Don't you hate those pauses between songs?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:32 PM

Is she kidding in that outfit?

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:35 PM

Try the artichoke dip.

EWWW! Isn't he the mayor?

Posted by Max | December 21, 2010 5:36 PM

Things might get really rank if Major Dewche
shows up tonight!

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 5:36 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:37 PM

I know real, and those aren't real. One more implant, and she'll be declaring war on the Daleks.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:39 PM

No one invited the mayor. Can't we just send him away?

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 5:39 PM

Hiz honor might drink all the booze.

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 5:41 PM

"...so I was considering a career as a barista or a DJ, but I decided to be true to myself. Copyright law, baby. It's the only way to be real."

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:42 PM

Damn. And I just hosed off the back porch, too. Portland Native, you grab his arms, and I'll take his legs. We can hang him by his feet off the side of the house and tell everyone that he's a Viking pinata.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:43 PM

Suppose Ben hasn't arrived yet, as he was at a tri-met meeting.

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 5:43 PM

Uh oh...

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 5:45 PM

The Bearnaise is going fast!

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 5:45 PM

Where can I recycle this broken Christmas ornament? (sorry about that)

Posted by ER | December 21, 2010 5:50 PM

Merry Christmas Jack. Cutting out of work early to run some more pre-Christmas errands but I wanted to stop in to say Hi, make some personal non-work-related copies, and steal a few pens. Christmas IS the season of giving... but you need some takers to complete the equation.

Jim
Orbusmax

Posted by Jim Walker | December 21, 2010 5:51 PM

Thank you, but no. Any more chocolate, and I'll be like the mouse in Rock 'n Roll High School.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 5:51 PM

Texas Triffid Ranch,
Did you go outside to see the eclipse last night?

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 5:53 PM

Rich and Jack,
You better look again, that gal under the mistletoe with glasses looks like Vera!

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 5:56 PM

TTR...we could make mayor pinatas as ornaments.

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 5:57 PM

Clinamen, how could I not? I even lucked out and spotted a Ursid meteor about halfway through the eclipse. (The air in Dallas is unnaturally clear right now, and I can make out the sword of Orion in the middle of the city. Considering our normal haze and the light pollution, that's saying something. Give me a telescope, and I'd look for the Apollo 11 landing site.)

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:02 PM

I can't finish this. May I have a doggie glass?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:03 PM

We saw the eclipse too. Glad to be somewhere with clear skies.

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 6:07 PM

As you may notice, I'm not from around here. Anyone up for singing my ancestor's traditional Christmas song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oPio60mK4

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:10 PM

Hey, Jack, you don't have any place for me to park my bike!!!

Posted by umpire | December 21, 2010 6:12 PM

Does this look infected to you?

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 6:15 PM

Damn, Jack. If you want, I'll amputate it right now.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:17 PM

Hey: Sorry I'm late. Tried to take the street car over the Broadway Bridge, but it never came so I had to walk through 6 ft. snow drifts up Broadway, and was hit by a cyclist without lights while in the crosswalk at 15th. But I had my ObamaCare card so the ambulance gave me a ride right to your door. The ET's also gave me some hormone free steaks to keep the swelling down. Where's the grill?

Posted by Drew G. | December 21, 2010 6:24 PM

Okay. OKAY. I apologize for saying that Portland is "Gary, Indiana with trees." Now will you let me off the roof? It's raining out here.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:24 PM

Is the mayor here?

Posted by Drew G. | December 21, 2010 6:26 PM

Drew, he's already hanging off the corner of the house by his big toes. Go back home and get your cricket bat.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:28 PM

It's almost time to hang the special ornament!

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 6:36 PM

Drew, I'm sorry, I didn't think I hit you that hard. But I couldn't tell without any lights.

Posted by umpire | December 21, 2010 6:37 PM

That guy, the one over there, has a thing about letting the cat out of the bedroom. This time, I replaced the cat with a fully grown crocodile monitor. Let's see if he notices.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:42 PM

Merry Christmas every one. It's getting late here so party on!

Posted by Portland Native...traveling the USA | December 21, 2010 6:43 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 6:44 PM

Spam sushi! Jack, you're from Dallas after all, aren't you?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:45 PM

I got rings on my fingers
Bells on my tows
Elephants to rude to ride,
My wild, wild rose..

C'mon! Sing along!

Posted by Starbuck | December 21, 2010 6:47 PM

Don't encourage my cousin.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 6:49 PM

Um...Jack? That's not mistletoe. If she gets turned on over stinkweed, I worry about her.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:51 PM

How late is Widmer open? The keg is starting to float.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 6:55 PM

You know, today would have been Frank Zappa's 70th birthday. Anyone up for a round robin of "Bobby Brown Is Going Down"?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 6:59 PM

TTF knows about missles, being in Texas.

Do you know if you switch the e with the a in Texas you get...Taxes!

Posted by Starbuck | December 21, 2010 7:01 PM

Tina Rocks!

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 7:03 PM

Well, I'm out of here. Jack, I know you begged me not to use your bathroom, so I didn't. Just don't use your dishwasher for a while, either, okay?

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 21, 2010 7:03 PM

Sorry I can't make it - Bend is all snowed in. Too bad, I made Christmas cookies.

Posted by Molly | December 21, 2010 7:10 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 7:13 PM

If you want, I'll amputate it right now.

I'll handle it. Pass me that cigar cutter.

Posted by Allan L. | December 21, 2010 7:16 PM

Anyone see that new gun I was showing off earlier?

Posted by Bluecollar Libertarian | December 21, 2010 7:18 PM

You mean Vera? Last time I noticed, the mistletoe was on her coattails!

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 7:32 PM

Hello All,

Was that Jeff Cogen I saw at the corner wrestling with a giant Monitor Lizard?

Posted by Cynthia | December 21, 2010 7:34 PM

Can you talk to them for a while? I'm going out on the back porch for a couple of minutes.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 7:36 PM

Got somthin' strong to drink? It'd for Rudolph, his nose ain't to bright!

(Some people think I ain't eithrt!)

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 7:38 PM

Barbecued ribs at midnight!

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 7:40 PM

Thanks for bringing in the band! Hope you don't mind...a few of my friends came by to join us...they brought beer!!

Posted by laurelann | December 21, 2010 7:42 PM

Jack, I am here wondering where your permits are. I mean you cannot be having a food cart party inside your house without going through my permitting process. I am afraid my goon squad will be by later to shut this illegal business down. Unless of course you have 10 spare g-notes for my re-election as mayor

Posted by Randy Leonard | December 21, 2010 7:42 PM

Rudolph don' need no barbecue ribs! Rudolph needs drink!

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 7:43 PM

TTR - How can you say such awful things (funny though) about South America's favorite American football team. At least in Portland, the city made sure you Americans are getting treated to real football.

Jack, is that bud leaf I see in your wreath. Lady Ganja might be flyin' in from NY now to partake of your partay

Posted by Bud Marley | December 21, 2010 7:47 PM

Is that what that is?

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 7:49 PM

Sorry Randy! Jack's here at the NP with me tonight.

You don' have jurydiction up here do you?

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 7:49 PM

Texas Triffid Ranch,
Before you leave, you might want to give the Mayor who has been hanging around the party outside a ride to Cars R Us.

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 7:53 PM

The party's over ????

Posted by Starbuck | December 21, 2010 8:02 PM

Listen St Nick don't make me call in the joint terrorism task force over your unauthorized flights over US airspace. If you know what is good for you and how powerful I am you will stay out of my dealing with the Bog. Besides permits, I think Bogs are under the jurisdiction of the Water Bureau

Posted by Randy Leonard | December 21, 2010 8:04 PM

My bike's gone missing. Where's the nearest Zip Car?

Posted by Allan L. | December 21, 2010 8:07 PM

Ha! You can't find me, evah!

Would you like some of my cookies and milk before you leave?

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 8:07 PM

I ran into Santa on the MAX on my way over, but he wasn't looking too good.

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 8:09 PM

What did you hit me with, a MAX truck?

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 8:11 PM

Is it midnight yet? I changed my mind about dem ribs. Rudolph can go fly a kite!

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 8:14 PM

Sorry I missed the party. I got fired at Noon while everyone was at lunch, virtually and unvirtuously escorted out by two "offduty" cops who reeked of cheap cologne and wintergreen snus. The HR eunuch said it was something about my IP address, but I think it was my sh*tfacedbook post about the side action on that office "charity" football pool. No hard feelings. I've retained a Kafoury.

Posted by Mojo | December 21, 2010 8:14 PM

I did bring along one of his little helpers though.

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 8:14 PM

Nah! I fired her last year!

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 8:17 PM

She can stay at the party, though, right?

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 8:19 PM

She's ok to help Randy out with his milk and cookies....

Posted by St Nick | December 21, 2010 8:20 PM

Wow! Now that Randy Leonard has come to the party, I'll stick around awhile.

Posted by tsetse fly | December 21, 2010 8:21 PM

People confuse me for Randy all the time. Sorry to dissapoint. Where's the food?

Posted by Gibby | December 21, 2010 8:34 PM

The party's only 6 hours long. Where did everybody go?

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 8:34 PM

Ah, Gibby! Fresh blood! Just got back from dinner myself.

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 8:36 PM

Could you turn down the hi-fi a little? I think the guy next door is calling the PoPo.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 8:37 PM

That's on the Limpopo River, Jack. Gotta shout a little louder!

Posted by Lawrence | December 21, 2010 8:39 PM

Everybody is in the backyard passing around some of the "Christmas wreath" Jack brought out at 5:37.

Posted by none | December 21, 2010 8:40 PM

Take a doggie bag. We can't eat all this.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 9:16 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 9:20 PM

Don't you have a doggie bag app around here somewhere Jack?

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 9:26 PM

Thanks Jack for the party.
Best wishes to all for the season,
yawn . .
was up till 2:00am last night for the eclipse and solstice event.

Posted by clinamen | December 21, 2010 9:36 PM

Hey Guys, sorry I am late...I did bring a appetizer, don't worry pig out on it, the city of Portland paid for it (what a bunch of suckers). The paid 8 times what I told them it would and it is 50% pork fat!!! Cheers....

Posted by Homer Williams | December 21, 2010 9:37 PM

Oh, I am sorry, I must have the wrong address. I am looking for the high school choir Christmas party. Do you know where it is?

Posted by Sam Adams | December 21, 2010 9:41 PM

Wha -- huh? I was not passed out. I was just resting my eyes.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 9:48 PM

Has anybody seen my pet scapegoat? I had her tied to the clothes dryer vent in the laundry room. I gotta get her back to a nativity scene over on 39th street before midnight.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 9:58 PM

Hey everybody, if you parked out on the street: THEY'RE TOWING all the cars.

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 10:03 PM

ohmygawd! what have I started ...

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 10:05 PM

Tenskwatawa, d'you mean the scene on 39th AVE?

Posted by Gardiner Menefree | December 21, 2010 10:10 PM

Hey, Jack, there's a scene in the bedroom
... might be a liability risk

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 10:15 PM

39th street, Gardiner. in the 'couv

Posted by Tenskwatawa | December 21, 2010 10:17 PM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 10:54 PM

Mmmm, are those Schweddy Balls, Jack?

Posted by Rich | December 21, 2010 11:09 PM

It's time, people -- time for the annual hanging of our special ornament:

Posted by Jack Bog | December 21, 2010 11:19 PM

Mmmmmm. Ribs.

Posted by PanchoPDX | December 22, 2010 12:00 AM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 22, 2010 12:23 AM

Just found Mayor Creepy (naked) wrestling with a coyote over some ribs in the bushes out front...think im going to have to call OSP Fish & Wildlife to put them both down.

Merry Christmas! My cab is here...

Posted by NoPo Guy | December 22, 2010 12:32 AM

Drinking the backwash out of the glasses strewn amongst the unmentionables on the floor. Had to. Saw Creepy petting the coyote...

Thanks for the party, Jack!

Posted by damn-my-eyes | December 22, 2010 12:48 AM

Posted by Jack Bog | December 22, 2010 12:52 AM

Seeing as I showed up late. Does that mean I have to help with the clean up? cuz I'm not touching the mess Sam left out front with that coyote..

Posted by Lc Scott | December 22, 2010 1:05 AM

What happens at the cyber-office Christmas party stays at the cyber-office Christmas party.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 22, 2010 2:48 AM

Time for early-morning Christmas carols. Come on, everybody: "Mister Hanky, the Christmas Poo..."

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 22, 2010 5:57 AM

Ummm... I still can't find my car keys.

Posted by Rainfollower | December 22, 2010 7:43 AM

I can't find my car.....cellphones dead, oh my aching head!

Posted by Starbuck | December 22, 2010 8:02 AM

Mmmphh - snork - hack!

Oh, man. I didn't mean to spend the night. I don't think sleeping in the loveseat was good for my back.

Where's coffee and breakfast?

Posted by none | December 22, 2010 9:04 AM

How is everyone feeling this morning?

No aching head for me,thanks to staying up late the night before for the solstice eclipse, I had to leave the party early.

Posted by clinamen | December 22, 2010 9:11 AM

Sorry I missed it. I had to go to an actual gathering where people didn't even interact with computers. How primitive is that?

Posted by Bill McDonald | December 22, 2010 9:14 AM

That was fun...thanks again for hosting, Jack!

Posted by Rich | December 22, 2010 11:10 AM

Hey everyone! I brought a whole case of the expensive stuff and some friends of mine who are dancers down at the... Uhhhh, where is everyone? Isn't the party tonight?

Posted by PDXLifer | December 22, 2010 7:08 PM

In Vino Veritas

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

The Occasional Book

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: 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