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Monday, December 5, 2011

Include the fruitcake!

Stenchy, the Portland food slop rat, gets into the holiday spirit.

Posted at 8:48 AM | Permalink

Comments (16)

I didn't know Sam Adams could fit in the green bin.

Posted by Garage Wine | December 5, 2011 9:09 AM

Well the mayor has trimmed down a bit. I just noticed that Stenchy is not a rat.

Posted by Tom | December 5, 2011 9:22 AM

I can harly wait till Easter....so many possibilities!

Posted by Portland Native | December 5, 2011 9:56 AM

Oops should be "hardly wait".

Posted by Portland Native | December 5, 2011 9:56 AM

For those outside Porland city limits, but still subject to once every two weeks garbage pick-up:

Garbage regulation without representation!

Posted by Jimbo | December 5, 2011 10:18 AM

Just a thought...paint Stenchy's nose red.

Posted by Portland Native | December 5, 2011 10:19 AM

Stenchy for MaYor, bet he'd not let the losers take over his stomping grounds, his parks....

Posted by vperl | December 5, 2011 10:32 AM

Will Stenchy be at the office holiday party?

Posted by Tim | December 5, 2011 11:29 AM

Stenchy and that image remind me of the state of affairs in the world, our nation and our local political scene.

Since we are so into recycling, we need to recycle our political system...and that is what might save our planet.

Regarding the politicians that have been purchased to do the bidding for corporations and others who purchase them for their benefit, the people of our community and country need to be very engaged to see that those types not working for the public interest are clearly outed so as the people understand and then have them ousted at the next election.

If in some cases those in office can still do a tremendous amount of damage and we cannot wait until elections, then a broad recall may be needed.

Posted by clinamen | December 5, 2011 11:51 AM

A rodent with canine teeth? Stenchy must be some kind of genetically modified super-duper rat. No run-of-the-mill buck-toothed garbage munchers for Portland. No sir, only the best!

Posted by IT Guy | December 5, 2011 12:10 PM

Stenchy with implants ready to go for good munching in Portland.
Make no bones about it.

Posted by Starbuck | December 5, 2011 12:18 PM

But there's frost on them-there green food/compost roll carts - Stenchy needs a scarf - and a coat!

And he better have LED lights on his tree.

Posted by umpire | December 5, 2011 12:58 PM

Clinamen, we do precisely that, locally anyhow. All the declared candidates for nearly every single office are all cut from the same cloth, it's just a matter of degrees. I agree with you on what you posted except I believe that to save our planet, recycling in this case isn't the answer.

I would argue that we need to add a "none of the above" vote to our ballots, and those candidates who lose would be barred from the resulting election.

Recycling cans is ok with me. But the current crop of politicos of all stripes should be discarded. We need some new faces and new ideas are really what is what I'd like to see. I think we have gradually lost control of the political process, and while I vote every election, it's often a cynical excercise. Nothing will change until we as a big enough group bring some of the blowhards and self-serving gas bags to heel.

Posted by Roy | December 5, 2011 1:13 PM

Roy,
See where you are going with this.
I did not mean to recycle the political ones, I meant to recycle the political SYSTEM, and by doing that, would be more beneficial for the planet than our recycling program. By that I meant discard and cut the rot out of that system and get new ideas, people etc, so think we are on the same path here.

I agree that we must stop this "cut from the same cloth business." I often refer to this as "insiders" making candidate choices to keep their agenda going...
to the point of where we feel we don't really have a choice, the time is right for "none of the above."

Posted by clinamen | December 5, 2011 5:21 PM

"None of the above" is a great idea, especially with no re-run for the losers!

Posted by pdxmick | December 6, 2011 9:06 AM

Has anyone noticed how many garbage cans are filled so full that the lids can't be closed now? Every other week just isn't cutting it...

I think having weekly yard-debris pickup is good, and I might even be willing to pay more for it, but not until weekly garbage pickup is returned.

For now, in protest, I put nothing in the yard debris as I won't pay to send stuff to a private company for them to turn-around and sell it for a profit. So it is either in my on-site compost pile, the trash, or goes down the garbage disposal.

Posted by Michael | December 6, 2011 11:49 AM

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

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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