But in the history of American cities, Portland is verging on something more original: an urban research, development, and education district that, with all its soaring bridges and moving parts, is as inspiring for a tyke trading ideas with Mom on the MAX to OMSI as it is for a potential Nobel Prize-winning scientist soaring with a colleague on the aerial tram.
Oh so precious, as always.
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What planet was this from? Surely not the one we live on........
Overblown and pretentious, yes, but this New York Times article yesterday about amazing new treatments building on Druker's target the bad T-cells approach (as opposed to using chemo to kill everything and hope you kill more good than bad) makes me feel like giving Druker some fancy toys and bridges is not the stupidest thing a government ever did.
....makes me feel like giving Druker some fancy toys and bridges is not the stupidest thing a government ever did
I'd guess that if you asked the average OHSU researcher if they would rather have spent the $70M on funding more research as opposed to the aerial tram, they would opt for more research.
Well, they just spent $40 million to recruit, relocate and fund two researchers in the new $295 million Life Sciences Building. Is the tram silly and over-priced? Sure. Is it necessary for their work? Of course not. But I'm not sure they get those people or build that building without it.
Well, Randy apparently figures that his gig at the Monthly isn't long for this world, because I haven't seen an editorial so sycophantic of local government, this side of D magazine, in years. Either Randy is trying to snag a position with city government once advertisers realize that advertising in the Monthly is a sucker's game, or he's been freebasing Preparation H again.
When I am pondering my pulitzer-prize-winning notions, I always opt to "soar" on Boon and Doggle - the tram twins to nowhere.
And "tyke?" Who in the world calls kids "tykes" anymore? Trading ideas with Mom? More likely he's asking when they'll get there, if there will be dinosaurs and where is the bathroom because he needs to go NOW.
I'm not sure they get those people or build that building without it [the tram]
So you're arguing that the iconic aerial tram is what is causing further real estate investment and attracting researchers to OHSU? As opposed to siphoning off funds? I don't think the facts are in your favor on that argument; all you have to do is look back in this blog to see how much the tram's cost overruns caused other budgets to suffer significantly at OHSU.
At the risk of being banned by Jack, allow me to present, "verging":
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/verging?s=t
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"Word Origin & History"
verge
"edge, rim," 1459, from M.Fr. verge "rod or wand of office," hence "scope, territory dominated," from L. virga "shoot, rod stick," of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in Eng. is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Modern sense is from the notion of within the verge (1509, also
as Anglo-Fr. dedeinz la verge)
-------------------
I hope that helps.
What is really funny is that Gragg seems to think that having people interact with each other is original. Umm, well Gragg, people have been doing that for about 100,000 years now. Your typical caveman family spent a lot of time interacting with each other. They didn't need a tram or a streetcar either. They used the old campfire as a way to bond and to share ideas. What a moron.
Gragg seems to think that having people interact with each other is original
There's a lot more interaction going on inside the TriMet 8 Jackson Park bus on its 15 minute trip from downtown to OHSU, than in the two minutes the tram goes up the hill.
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Comments (27)
What planet was this from? Surely not the one we live on........
Posted by paul | December 10, 2012 12:11 PM
an urban research, development, and education district
Excuse me while I throw up my lunch...
Posted by Erik H. | December 10, 2012 12:20 PM
Overblown and pretentious, yes, but this New York Times article yesterday about amazing new treatments building on Druker's target the bad T-cells approach (as opposed to using chemo to kill everything and hope you kill more good than bad) makes me feel like giving Druker some fancy toys and bridges is not the stupidest thing a government ever did.
Posted by NotDrucker | December 10, 2012 1:13 PM
The streetcar and tram are going to deliver Nobel Prizes to OHSU and Portland? Yeah, right.
Posted by dg | December 10, 2012 1:30 PM
I especially like the two "soarings" in the same sentence. Maybe a Pulitzer to go with the Nobel.
Posted by Jack Bog | December 10, 2012 1:42 PM
....makes me feel like giving Druker some fancy toys and bridges is not the stupidest thing a government ever did
I'd guess that if you asked the average OHSU researcher if they would rather have spent the $70M on funding more research as opposed to the aerial tram, they would opt for more research.
Posted by John Rettig | December 10, 2012 1:43 PM
Will that educational district still educate writers about meaningless, self-flatulating run-on sentences?
Posted by Tim | December 10, 2012 1:46 PM
Again, diagram that sentence in the form of subject, verb, object.
Posted by ltjd | December 10, 2012 1:46 PM
Gragg me with a spoon.
Posted by Rob Kremer | December 10, 2012 1:58 PM
"But fertile connections don’t stop with OHSU." That sentence ranks pretty high up there on the giggle scale.
Posted by PDXLifer | December 10, 2012 1:59 PM
Well, they just spent $40 million to recruit, relocate and fund two researchers in the new $295 million Life Sciences Building. Is the tram silly and over-priced? Sure. Is it necessary for their work? Of course not. But I'm not sure they get those people or build that building without it.
Posted by NotDrucker | December 10, 2012 2:00 PM
Do those researchers use the Tram? I'm pretty sure they get to use the few reserved parking spaces up on the hill...
Posted by Erik H. | December 10, 2012 2:11 PM
Well, Randy apparently figures that his gig at the Monthly isn't long for this world, because I haven't seen an editorial so sycophantic of local government, this side of D magazine, in years. Either Randy is trying to snag a position with city government once advertisers realize that advertising in the Monthly is a sucker's game, or he's been freebasing Preparation H again.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | December 10, 2012 2:28 PM
Wow, I shouldn't have read that article while eating lunch. Ugh.
Posted by KLF | December 10, 2012 2:51 PM
What is so "new" about this Randy? Have you ever heard of Cambridge, Massachusetts?
Posted by links | December 10, 2012 3:19 PM
When I am pondering my pulitzer-prize-winning notions, I always opt to "soar" on Boon and Doggle - the tram twins to nowhere.
And "tyke?" Who in the world calls kids "tykes" anymore? Trading ideas with Mom? More likely he's asking when they'll get there, if there will be dinosaurs and where is the bathroom because he needs to go NOW.
Posted by NW Portlander | December 10, 2012 3:28 PM
A Pullet surprise for Randy...rotten eggs.
The stench even Stenchy would avoid. Unfortunately, it wafts from the pages to the reader's nose.
Posted by Starbuck | December 10, 2012 5:37 PM
I'm not sure they get those people or build that building without it [the tram]
So you're arguing that the iconic aerial tram is what is causing further real estate investment and attracting researchers to OHSU? As opposed to siphoning off funds? I don't think the facts are in your favor on that argument; all you have to do is look back in this blog to see how much the tram's cost overruns caused other budgets to suffer significantly at OHSU.
Posted by John Rettig | December 10, 2012 5:39 PM
"The streetcar and tram are going to deliver Nobel Prizes to OHSU and Portland?"
Only if it has a leg that reaches Florida.
Posted by Steve | December 10, 2012 5:45 PM
"Portland is verging on something more original"
WTH? Can someone decode that statement for me?
It's a flippin' piece of wedding cake on the waterfront that we are going to sink every available dollar that isn't going to the CC hotel.
Posted by Steve | December 10, 2012 5:47 PM
Allow me to assist,Steve.
I'm kinda a fan of word etymology.
At the risk of being banned by Jack, allow me to present, "verging":
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/verging?s=t
--------------------
"Word Origin & History"
verge
"edge, rim," 1459, from M.Fr. verge "rod or wand of office," hence "scope, territory dominated," from L. virga "shoot, rod stick," of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in Eng. is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Modern sense is from the notion of within the verge (1509, also
as Anglo-Fr. dedeinz la verge)
-------------------
I hope that helps.
Posted by ltjd | December 10, 2012 7:03 PM
Not so sure this idiot was inhaling while typing. This style of writing seems to be the product of mushrooms rather than weed.
Regardless of the drug, the author is a clueless fool.
Posted by Andy | December 10, 2012 9:18 PM
What is really funny is that Gragg seems to think that having people interact with each other is original. Umm, well Gragg, people have been doing that for about 100,000 years now. Your typical caveman family spent a lot of time interacting with each other. They didn't need a tram or a streetcar either. They used the old campfire as a way to bond and to share ideas. What a moron.
Posted by Andy | December 10, 2012 9:23 PM
What a meaningless word. Put it on the list with "vibrant." People are "interacting" in Syria and Afganistan, too.
Posted by Mojo | December 10, 2012 10:57 PM
My father tells this joke (censored): What the difference between this and a sack of crap?
The sack.
Posted by Jo | December 11, 2012 3:55 AM
Just tell all those bioengineering types to leave their cars where they're at before coming to Portland. They won't need them here.
....riiiiight.
Posted by godfry | December 11, 2012 9:03 AM
Gragg seems to think that having people interact with each other is original
There's a lot more interaction going on inside the TriMet 8 Jackson Park bus on its 15 minute trip from downtown to OHSU, than in the two minutes the tram goes up the hill.
Posted by Erik H. | December 11, 2012 12:40 PM