Here it is a Sunday, and for the first time in 21 weeks, there are no pro football games to think about. To fill the void, it's time to announce the last charity beneficiary of our pro football underdog pool -- the big $500 prize for first place.
Our winner, Gary, has not disappointed. He has asked that we split the top prize as follows:
Checks to all of our charities are going out today:
$400 - St. Peter's Prep
$100 - George W. Bush Foundation
$165 - Clackamas Service Center
$100 - JOIN
$75 - Salvation Army
$50 - Oregon Food Bank
That's the whole enchilada, folks. We'll throw in an extra 1% for the time value of money, rounding up the total pot to $900. 'Dog pickers, hope see ya again late next summer.
Comments (14)
Aw, gee whiz. 100 bucks to a politician's legacy factory? With all of the poor and needy around, and for whom $100 would make a difference, we should have a rule added for next year to place such political 501c3's out of bounds. C'mon.
Next, it'll be the Goldschmidt Golden Gravy Train Foundation or the Sam Adams Home for Wayward Mentors, or the Dave Hunt Commemorative Legislative Kiosk....
As much fun as this is between the Bushie Foundation and the Starvation Army (who will take government contracts but believe they don't need to abide by the laws of the jurisdictions they take the funds from), I will be bowing out next year. Because I can't go for that.
I'd rather my charity donations be of a form that can be itemized anyway.
I see the NFC is a 2.5 point 'dog in the Pro Bowl today, and the Mariners are 125:1 to win the 2011 World Series! Current World Series favorites...the Philadelphia Phillies at 3:1.
Congrats, Gary, from a lifelong liberal. Jack is right--your prerogative. I hope your $100 goes towards the library. I loves me some presidential libraries and museums.
Don't like it, Nick? Write a check to Carter or Clinton's foundations. That's -your- prerogative.
Lighten up losers. Jack has taken a lot of time and his own money to give us some fun and help people. Ultimately everyone wins. With my abysmal team selections... I'm looking forward to the next soccer World Cup.
We have been stopping at Presidential museums along the way across the country. Agree or disagree it is always interesting to see how these men wish to be remembered.
Currently we are in Texas. What else can I say? It sure ain't Oregon!
Congratulations Gary. I was hoping that foot fetish video of yours would surface so you would be disqualified under the strict ethical rules of this contest, but it didn't happen. Thanks Jack for making Sundays exciting all winter!
I too found the Bush Presidential stuff, uh, hilarious - I guess.
I'm not sure he did any of the things he lists to define his presidency - although I don't know about the health insurance for Africa part.
He might have tried, be he never actually "rallied America" in the aftermath of 9/11.
And he never "liberated millions of people around the world from tyranny and oppressive regimes," unless you count the refugees who escaped from places like Iraq.
He certainly didn't "inspire new generations of students to reach for higher educational achievements." That's comical - although darkly so.
Hiw impact on "poverty and crime" was huge, but it was in a positive direction.
In terms of living in denial, this guy is certifiable.
Nick - What are you talking about when you say Salvation Army takes government contracts but doesn't abide by the laws of the jurisdictions they take the funds from?
I agree that's true about the Bush administration, but how is it true for the S.A?
As someone who has put coins, and even bills, in the pots, I want to know!
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
Comments (14)
Aw, gee whiz. 100 bucks to a politician's legacy factory? With all of the poor and needy around, and for whom $100 would make a difference, we should have a rule added for next year to place such political 501c3's out of bounds. C'mon.
Posted by Mojo | January 30, 2011 9:31 AM
As if the wealthy Bush family and friends can't swing their own show, to boot.
Posted by Mojo | January 30, 2011 9:33 AM
Next, it'll be the Goldschmidt Golden Gravy Train Foundation or the Sam Adams Home for Wayward Mentors, or the Dave Hunt Commemorative Legislative Kiosk....
Posted by Mojo | January 30, 2011 9:37 AM
As much fun as this is between the Bushie Foundation and the Starvation Army (who will take government contracts but believe they don't need to abide by the laws of the jurisdictions they take the funds from), I will be bowing out next year. Because I can't go for that.
I'd rather my charity donations be of a form that can be itemized anyway.
Posted by Nick | January 30, 2011 10:09 AM
Don't let the door hit you.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 30, 2011 10:16 AM
I see the NFC is a 2.5 point 'dog in the Pro Bowl today, and the Mariners are 125:1 to win the 2011 World Series! Current World Series favorites...the Philadelphia Phillies at 3:1.
Posted by Rich | January 30, 2011 10:23 AM
Congrats, Gary, from a lifelong liberal. Jack is right--your prerogative. I hope your $100 goes towards the library. I loves me some presidential libraries and museums.
Don't like it, Nick? Write a check to Carter or Clinton's foundations. That's -your- prerogative.
Posted by Paul Hamann | January 30, 2011 11:34 AM
Lighten up losers. Jack has taken a lot of time and his own money to give us some fun and help people. Ultimately everyone wins. With my abysmal team selections... I'm looking forward to the next soccer World Cup.
Posted by Ricardo | January 30, 2011 12:16 PM
We have been stopping at Presidential museums along the way across the country. Agree or disagree it is always interesting to see how these men wish to be remembered.
Currently we are in Texas. What else can I say? It sure ain't Oregon!
Posted by Portland Native on the road | January 30, 2011 2:06 PM
Excellent choice picking the Bush Foundation. Reading the website was the highlight of my otherwise humdrum day. "Results matter", indeed.
Hilarious!
Posted by none | January 30, 2011 4:19 PM
Congratulations Gary. I was hoping that foot fetish video of yours would surface so you would be disqualified under the strict ethical rules of this contest, but it didn't happen. Thanks Jack for making Sundays exciting all winter!
Posted by Biggest Cubs Loser | January 30, 2011 6:20 PM
Paul -
Don't worry, I am generous to charities whose work I believe in. As for presidents... shrug... they have enough beneficiaries.
Nick
Posted by Nick | January 30, 2011 8:06 PM
I too found the Bush Presidential stuff, uh, hilarious - I guess.
I'm not sure he did any of the things he lists to define his presidency - although I don't know about the health insurance for Africa part.
He might have tried, be he never actually "rallied America" in the aftermath of 9/11.
And he never "liberated millions of people around the world from tyranny and oppressive regimes," unless you count the refugees who escaped from places like Iraq.
He certainly didn't "inspire new generations of students to reach for higher educational achievements." That's comical - although darkly so.
Hiw impact on "poverty and crime" was huge, but it was in a positive direction.
In terms of living in denial, this guy is certifiable.
Posted by Pete Buick | January 30, 2011 8:11 PM
Nick - What are you talking about when you say Salvation Army takes government contracts but doesn't abide by the laws of the jurisdictions they take the funds from?
I agree that's true about the Bush administration, but how is it true for the S.A?
As someone who has put coins, and even bills, in the pots, I want to know!
Posted by Pete Buick | January 30, 2011 8:15 PM