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 (14)
I saw the "1.95" price tag too... I assume there is some complex upsell once they hook you in? I believe this is the same group that George W gave his first speech too after his presidency?
Posted by PJB | February 24, 2011 3:04 PM
Get "motivated" for what?
Posted by none | February 24, 2011 3:14 PM
http://www.citypages.com/2010-05-19/news/get-motivated-speakers-want-to-inspire-you-and-take-your-money/
Posted by RW | February 24, 2011 3:21 PM
Get motivated? Don't they know which city they're in? "Sleep 'til 11."
Posted by MJ | February 24, 2011 3:40 PM
We were overloaded with ads for this about six months ago, where their politics are much more popular than in Portland. The idea is that the $1.95 is just a nominal fee, and out here, they were offering that as a group price. Bring in your officemates for that price, and all get high-pressure sales pitches to buy their individual motivational programs. All of those motivational programs, I might add, are much more expensive than the first hit.
Since we don't have a Scientology Center in downtown Dallas (last time I checked, we had enough of an insane cult with the First Baptist Church of Dallas, and they don't handle competition well), I'll put it this way. You know how the Scientologists offer you that "free IQ test" to get you in? This is the political equivalent.
(On a slight tangent, I'll actually say something good about Laura Bush: she's quite an avid gardener, and I wouldn't be surprised if she was in Portland just to see the roses. She's a regular at my local garden center, and I always figured that any conversation I ever had with her would be like Hunter S. Thompson's famous interview with Richard Nixon. Namely, I could ask her any question I wanted, so long as we stuck solely to horticulture. Nyarlathotep help us all, though, if she asked about my political affiliations.)
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | February 24, 2011 3:49 PM
Bill Cosby is associating himself with people like that? How very sad.
Posted by Bill B. | February 24, 2011 4:09 PM
We saw the billboard adds for this crap all across the southern tier of the US on our cross country trek.
The spousal unit commented, "Who would pay to go hear that bunch?".
Posted by Portland Native on the road | February 24, 2011 5:30 PM
"Colin Powell, for crap's sake, who is personally responsible for launching the Iraq war..."
which is what we want you to believe,
best wishes,
Bush43, Cheney, Rumsfield, etc, etc, etc.
Posted by geoff | February 24, 2011 8:23 PM
I believe this is the most recent offshoot of est and Landmark but I am guessing. And that cabal makes Scientology look lame except for the hit listing.
Posted by LucsAdvo | February 24, 2011 9:36 PM
This is amazing. They are already motivating their critics.
Posted by Ben | February 25, 2011 7:09 AM
This looks just like the event I attended at the Rose Garden sometime in the early '00s. The entry fee was extremely low, and the headliners included Rudy Giuliani and Joe Montana, who threw several prize footballs into the crowd (I seem to recall that Colin Powell was there as well but I didn't see him). There were also numerous lesser-known speakers, most of whom were more intent on pitching evangelical Christianity than anything else. One even predicted the "death of evolutionary theory" within the next ten years (if he was right, it won't be long now). And yes, there were plenty of come-ons for (much) more expensive "motivational" seminars and products.
Posted by Semi-Cynic | February 25, 2011 1:00 PM
Really? Bill Cosby? Not surprised the rest would join in on this "parade of idiots" crap.... but not him! I used to think he was cool. How dumb.
Posted by SKA | February 25, 2011 2:53 PM
Love Bill Cosby. Very disappointing that he's apparently aligned himself with the rest of these folks for this.
Posted by Christian | February 25, 2011 3:31 PM
i am going, and i am taking my kids. Really -- great lessons in marketing, if nothing else.
Posted by concordbridge | February 25, 2011 8:37 PM