Jack Bog's Blog: Archives

Thursday, May 15, 2008: Another dead guy

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Tough day for Whole Foods

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: The doulas will be on their own

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: A moment of silence

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Old school

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Election porn cup still runneth over

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Trib polls calling dead heats in state races

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Reader poll: Runoff for Portland mayor?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: "Dad, what are you doing on my computer?"

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: I'm not in Grampy's Fave 5

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Dear Michael Dembrow

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: An oversight

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Creative solution to the energy crisis

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: World keep on turnin'

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Since you got to go, oh you better go now

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: You'll appreciate the convenience

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Reader poll: Who will be the next to ride Opie's trike?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Dear Lord, please make it stop

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Heat wave coming

Monday, May 12, 2008: And now, another great moment on Google Maps

Monday, May 12, 2008: The guy who's killing newspapers

Monday, May 12, 2008: That was quick

Monday, May 12, 2008: Made our day, anyway

Monday, May 12, 2008: The golden spike

Monday, May 12, 2008: Come on up for the rising

Monday, May 12, 2008: They ain't talkin' yogurt

Monday, May 12, 2008: Reader poll: Name that runoff

Monday, May 12, 2008: Ouch

Monday, May 12, 2008: Yeah, right

Monday, May 12, 2008: It ain't over

Sunday, May 11, 2008: More bad news on oil and war

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Like the circles that you find

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Go by automobile

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Leaning Tower of Portland?

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Neither rain nor snow...

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Happy Mother's Day

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Get it while it's hot

Saturday, May 10, 2008: Silence!

Saturday, May 10, 2008: Cosi fan tutti

Friday, May 9, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, May 9, 2008: Another reason I'll never get elected to anything

Friday, May 9, 2008: Dysfunction on the diamond

Friday, May 9, 2008: Sho love, less attitude

Thursday, May 8, 2008: Fun and games

Thursday, May 8, 2008: When kitty doesn't show up for supper

Thursday, May 8, 2008: New day

Thursday, May 8, 2008: Who says the City of Portland isn't creating jobs?

Thursday, May 8, 2008: The beat goes on

Thursday, May 8, 2008: It could have been worse

Thursday, May 8, 2008: Out in force

Thursday, May 8, 2008: Everything's negative except the ions

Thursday, May 8, 2008: You're doing a heck of a job, Rusty

Thursday, May 8, 2008: Wayback Machine turns back the FBI

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Danger

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Why I'll never be elected to anything

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Minority group speaks out

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: As if

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Attention Portland journalists

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Mixed signals

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Hillary's last day?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: We were right: New Portland computer system a disaster

Wednesday, May 7, 2008: Sauvie Island Bridge move killed

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Lost wallet guy found

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Do you recognize our country any more?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Some bad press for Mrs. Wyden

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Metro clone: The Interstate Bridge is fine as is

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Trouble on Tabor

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Colwood Golf Course has friends

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: Love lost

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: A Tri-Met fiasco in Milwaukie

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: A great place to get scrod

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of torture

Monday, May 5, 2008: Is this your wallet?

Monday, May 5, 2008: Straight outta Denver (not work safe)

Monday, May 5, 2008: Sehr komisch

Monday, May 5, 2008: What you see is what you get

Monday, May 5, 2008: From the boulevard of broken dreams

Monday, May 5, 2008: Who knew?

Monday, May 5, 2008: A wonder that you still know how to breathe

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Walking the talk

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Portland drivers are nicer than New York drivers

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Stumbled upon

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Ron Saxton for attorney general?

Sunday, May 4, 2008: John Edwards: too nice a guy

Saturday, May 3, 2008: Big McCain rallies planned in Oregon next week

Saturday, May 3, 2008: New Willamette crossing design leaked

Saturday, May 3, 2008: Under the wire

Saturday, May 3, 2008: And they're off

Saturday, May 3, 2008: Eleventh-hour election porn

Saturday, May 3, 2008: Guess who's for "change"

Saturday, May 3, 2008: A different approach

Friday, May 2, 2008: Our picks in the primary

Friday, May 2, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, May 2, 2008: Second thoughts

Friday, May 2, 2008: And he bowled a 39

Friday, May 2, 2008: Sign o' the times

Friday, May 2, 2008: "He was wike a twee"

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Near the village

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Goodbye, Hawthorne

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Unwanted phone books: Is this the way out?

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Burnout in the 'burbs

Thursday, May 1, 2008: It does not compute

Thursday, May 1, 2008: The other Portland bridge mystery

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Metro demo shows density goals achieved

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Have you seen your motherboard, baby?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Wanted: hardware geek

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Ring ding, your bell will ring

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Willie Week endorsements

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Not a good sign

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: When the bikes show up on Flanders

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Heeeeeeere's Austin

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Same idea, same outcome

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Granny had it right

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: NBC picking up extra revenue

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Janet Reno Dance Party version 2.0.1

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Portland City Hall's culture of backroom deals

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: New Calvin Klein fragrance named

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Kids, you better look around

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Trib likes Lewis

Monday, April 28, 2008: Why I'm not governor of Oregon

Monday, April 28, 2008: High anxiety

Monday, April 28, 2008: Dave Frohnmayer's retiring

Monday, April 28, 2008: You say it's not easy for you

Monday, April 28, 2008: Ask your doctor about Lady Chatterley

Monday, April 28, 2008: It's coming on

Monday, April 28, 2008: Portland's next fiasco: fiber

Monday, April 28, 2008: Ain't got no home

Monday, April 28, 2008: Whither Oregon Democrats?

Monday, April 28, 2008: Write in Sal Kadri for mayor

Monday, April 28, 2008: Warning: Not smoking can be hazardous

Monday, April 28, 2008: You have the right to an attorney -- and we'll be listening in

Sunday, April 27, 2008: Unfriendly skies

Sunday, April 27, 2008: What's the opposite of a Jail Blazer?

Sunday, April 27, 2008: Coming soon to Portland

Saturday, April 26, 2008: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble

Saturday, April 26, 2008: Some of it is explosive

Saturday, April 26, 2008: Another politician with tax problems

Saturday, April 26, 2008: No sweeter time

Friday, April 25, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 25, 2008: Lonely at the top

Friday, April 25, 2008: The only way Oregon can get rid of Gordon Smith

Friday, April 25, 2008: You read it here first

Friday, April 25, 2008: I don't care if ever get back

Friday, April 25, 2008: Final countdown

Friday, April 25, 2008: Voter-snitched elections

Friday, April 25, 2008: Your dinner hour isn't complete...

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Well, now

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Hawthorne Bridge ramp move: It might be for condos

Thursday, April 24, 2008: To everything, turn turn turn

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Strangely appealing

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Now that Opie's gone

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Two ringy-dingies

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Moonlighting

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Write in Al Gore?

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Sports Corner

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: You can't handle the truth

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: My kind of art

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: P.R. firm pulls a boner

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: The fine print on the Sauvie bridge move

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Blast from the (recent) past

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Some like it hot

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Vera must be proud

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: The other blue Oregon

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Are "sustainability" and capitalism compatible?

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: This one grows on you

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Speaking of recycling...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Cha-ching! $125 million more City of Portland debt this summer

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Now, it's the same old song

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: And they relied on each other, ah-ah

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: A big noise with all the big boys

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: One ringy-dingy

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Hey hey, gonna be a showdown

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Trampolines are dangerous

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Maybe a little meat once in a while would help with the blood sugar

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Bissonnette = Old Maid

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Low grades for the Holy See

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Why issue taxable bonds to build a courthouse?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Don Corleone sent me

Monday, April 21, 2008: Here, have a bone

Monday, April 21, 2008: Perfect timing

Monday, April 21, 2008: Last Branam-Busse payment disappears from ORESTAR

Monday, April 21, 2008: By their web links shall ye know them

Monday, April 21, 2008: The "4 in 1 guy"

Monday, April 21, 2008: Dude

Monday, April 21, 2008: It's worth it for the time that I had

Sunday, April 20, 2008: City issues order -- Branam already violating it

Sunday, April 20, 2008: The Clinton fix is in

Sunday, April 20, 2008: Buy a condo, they'll throw in a hybrid Camry?

Saturday, April 19, 2008: $4.19 Nation

Saturday, April 19, 2008: WTF at the WTC

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Play it again, Uncle Sam

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Interesting footnote

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Memo to the Oregon Lottery

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Don't you dare post Oregon laws on the internet!

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Shortcuts to confusion

Friday, April 18, 2008: Told you so

Friday, April 18, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 18, 2008: Quotation of the Day

Friday, April 18, 2008: Branam's last day?

Friday, April 18, 2008: Death in the family

Thursday, April 17, 2008: If at first a bad idea is voted down...

Thursday, April 17, 2008: Up next for Tri-Met

Thursday, April 17, 2008: Major, major shakeup at PDC?

Thursday, April 17, 2008: No time like the present

Thursday, April 17, 2008: Whose side is he on?

Thursday, April 17, 2008: May it please the court

Thursday, April 17, 2008: Hillary's good pal

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Getting things done at City Hall

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Hipness test

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Rumor greatly exaggerated

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Nostalgia, no extra charge

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Smart move

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: I liked it better when they just did their jobs

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Yuppie shotgun shack

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Sunday morning with Lucky

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: So true

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Breaking up is hard to do

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Read it and weep, cont'd

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: The O on the current "downturn": It's "mild"

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Don't worry, be happy

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Wrong move, wrong time

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Who needs Pittock Mansion?

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: I know a [candidate] who's tough but sweet

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Sadly, this story sounds about right

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Boom being lowered

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Must-see "TV"

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: It ain't the angels

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: More on the squelched Portland bond deal

Monday, April 14, 2008: Catching the wave

Monday, April 14, 2008: Jail Blazer vindication

Monday, April 14, 2008: Metro may take over Portland bridges

Monday, April 14, 2008: Election porn: a steady flow

Monday, April 14, 2008: It's official: SoWhat is broke

Monday, April 14, 2008: Poster child

Monday, April 14, 2008: Here we are again

Monday, April 14, 2008: Dear Transportation Sue

Monday, April 14, 2008: City of Portland bond refinancing put off

Sunday, April 13, 2008: What'll they think of next?

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Creepy XVI

Sunday, April 13, 2008: You can go to college, but your mom will die

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Oops

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Sermonette (with a rim shot)

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Why blogs were invented, cont'd

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Way not cool

Saturday, April 12, 2008: He swears it would work

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Keeping things in perspective

Saturday, April 12, 2008: How long's your yellow?

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Remember the Iraq "drawdown"?

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Tick tock, you don't stop

Saturday, April 12, 2008: You think the Olympic protests are bad?

Friday, April 11, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 11, 2008: The Wiz

Friday, April 11, 2008: Ink on paper

Friday, April 11, 2008: Movin' on up

Thursday, April 10, 2008: Candidates Gone Wild = Zimbabwe

Thursday, April 10, 2008: What the new I-5 interstate bridge really needs

Thursday, April 10, 2008: Tales of two developers

Thursday, April 10, 2008: They sign permits, don't they?

Thursday, April 10, 2008: The other guy

Thursday, April 10, 2008: Gitmo show trials delayed

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Always low prices, always Wal-Mart

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Neck and neck and neck and neck

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Good news from the greater Glendive metropolitan area

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Middaugh dissents from Gorge Commission vote

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Local government going bankrupt over sewer bonds

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Nights at White Mana

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Bigger than politics

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: When did Blackmer know about Sten?

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Sho's got more money than Sam the Tram

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Biofuel breakthrough?

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Charles Lewis for Portland City Council

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: Another Hillary tall tale

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: alt.potus

Tuesday, April 8, 2008: No "pirate named Yates" here

Monday, April 7, 2008: Why they lost

Monday, April 7, 2008: Surprise

Monday, April 7, 2008: You wanna be in the show

Monday, April 7, 2008: Sam Adams recall effort under way!

Monday, April 7, 2008: It's official: Portland has lost its collective mind

Monday, April 7, 2008: New "clean money" tax question: Is it income?

Monday, April 7, 2008: Signed off

Monday, April 7, 2008: Come on, Portland, get with it!

Monday, April 7, 2008: Is the IRS getting its share of Portland "clean money"?

Sunday, April 6, 2008: New feature at PDX

Sunday, April 6, 2008: Another Hillary casualty

Sunday, April 6, 2008: Intermission

Sunday, April 6, 2008: Better than the Sunday funnies

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Caution

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Well now, everybody's heard about the bird

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Welcome, Hillary

Friday, April 4, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 4, 2008: The fix was in: Sten gave Middaugh a big head start

Friday, April 4, 2008: Got enemies in the 'Couv?

Friday, April 4, 2008: Hang in there, Hillary

Thursday, April 3, 2008: More Busse-gate

Thursday, April 3, 2008: Sold

Thursday, April 3, 2008: I'm asking you, Sugar, would I lie to you?

Thursday, April 3, 2008: You picked a fine time to fire me, Cecilia

Thursday, April 3, 2008: Preoccupied

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Bruce's lesbians: We were legit

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: In defense of dead trees

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: When it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: He's not there

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Wood products

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Say what you will about the PSU basketball team...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Whole Foods + Gresham = History

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Portland bond sale still behind a curtain

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Perfect day for a joke

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: "Clean money" follies: nonstop nonsense

Monday, March 31, 2008: Warm welcome

Monday, March 31, 2008: Dealing with Hillary?

Monday, March 31, 2008: Read 'em and weep

Monday, March 31, 2008: I can't sleep, like a baby or otherwise

Monday, March 31, 2008: How we look to England

Sunday, March 30, 2008: Big time, I'm on my way I'm making it

Sunday, March 30, 2008: Jail Blazer alumnus in the news

Sunday, March 30, 2008: Back to powder

Sunday, March 30, 2008: Bruce 2008.3

Saturday, March 29, 2008: Bruce 2008.2

Saturday, March 29, 2008: Bruce 2008.1

Friday, March 28, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 28, 2008: Liars, damned liars, and...

Friday, March 28, 2008: Go back to sleep

Friday, March 28, 2008: Wheeler recall just around the corner

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Is one enough?

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Why CBS will not survive much longer

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Make room on the shelf for the Oscars

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Just as I suspected

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Portland cop meanie

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