http://bojack.org/ by Jack Bogdanski of Portland, Oregon en Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:25:32 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss environmentalist, why have you sent our household no fewer than four glossy mailers -- three in the last four days? I was going to vote for you, but now you are beginning to impress me as a bit of an obnoxious phony-baloney. Our ballots are still waiting to be filled out. Why must you give us such serious second thoughts?
]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/dear_michael_dembrow.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/dear_michael_dembrow.html Environment Northeast Portland Oregon Portland Metro Tue, 13 May 2008 17:25:32 -0800 the statute of limitations has closed on another tax year (at least if you cut fairly square corners with the government in the past). This year, for most of us, 2004 slid into tax irrelevance as of April 15. At our house, it's time to clear out the supporting documentation for the tax return we filed for that year. (But we keep our copies of the returns forever, of course.) Our sense of closure is diminished somewhat by the discovery that we inadvertently forgot to file one of the required return forms for 2007. Oh well, we'll have to file late and see what happens.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/an_oversight.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/an_oversight.html Taxes Tue, 13 May 2008 13:35:48 -0800 Glow-in-the-dark babies.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/creative_solution_to_the_energ.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/creative_solution_to_the_energ.html Health International National Science Tue, 13 May 2008 12:50:26 -0800
Play a little Stevie on his 58th birthday.
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What will be the outcome of the primary election to replace Portland Commissioner Erik Sten?
	Fish wins the seat outright
	Middaugh wins the seat outright
	Fish-Middaugh runoff
	Fish runoff with one of the other three
	Middaugh runoff with one of the other three
	A different outcome
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]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/dear_lord_please_make_it_stop.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/dear_lord_please_make_it_stop.html City of Portland Northeast Portland Oregon Tue, 13 May 2008 05:59:50 -0800 I was riding the train last Friday morning, having left my car at the shop. Along the way, a person whom once upon a time we might have called a "crazy lady" got on. She was friendly, and loud. "A happy Mother's Day to all the mothers," she announced to no one in particular. "It's cold today. But next week, on Friday it's going to be 90." Over the years, I've learned that when a crazy lady tells you what the weather is going to be a week in advance, she's probably right. http://bojack.org/2008/05/heat_wave_coming.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/heat_wave_coming.html Environment Portland Metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:08:32 -0800 Here's an interesting one.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/and_now_another_great_moment_o.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/and_now_another_great_moment_o.html Internet Pictures Mon, 12 May 2008 22:27:33 -0800 Here's an interesting piece in today's Times about Craig of Craigslist. Speaking of which, that site currently has a couple of computer items that you just can't live without. Tell 'em I sent you, for a special discount.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/the_guy_whos_killing_newspaper.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/the_guy_whos_killing_newspaper.html Business Consumer Domestic International Internet National Mon, 12 May 2008 21:47:36 -0800 Not unexpected, however. Word has it that the Rock 'n' Roll Cafe on NE Sandy Boulevard in the Hollywood district is defunct.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/that_was_quick_2.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/that_was_quick_2.html Business Food Music Northeast Portland Nostalgia Mon, 12 May 2008 20:27:28 -0800 spoke right here in Portland. He said that global warming was a real threat to the planet, and that if polar bears can change their ways to deal with it, then humanity needs to, too:
Now, that's a scream. The tighty righties must be going nuts. They really don't have anyone to vote for. All good news for Obama.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/made_our_day_anyway.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/made_our_day_anyway.html Environment International National Science Mon, 12 May 2008 20:11:22 -0800 last of the new rails went into place on the Portland Transit Mall today. $143 million later, we'll see how buses and light rail trains do in the same spaces -- along with more cars than before. My guess: It won't be pretty. I still think the whole mall re-do was a waste of money. It needed some help, but not a grandiose rip-up. It's impossible to get anyone at City Hall not to Think Big, however. Well, at least it will be shiny for a while.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/the_golden_spike.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/the_golden_spike.html City of Portland Portland Metro Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:13 -0800 huge chunk out of my life the last week or so. But some of the hardest (and most expensive) parts of the process have been helped immeasurably by another tech-savvy reader of this blog. Just as Jake at orty.com bailed me out a while back when several web hosts failed me, so too has Joey at Skyline Technology Solutions come to the rescue when the old computer up and died. It will still take a while to recover from the disruption of the changeover -- the blessings of being computer-dependent can quickly turn into curses. But without the help of a guy whom I met through this blog, the agony would have been much worse. Many thanks to him.]]> http://bojack.org/2008/05/come_on_up_for_the_rising.html http://bojack.org/2008/05/come_on_up_for_the_rising.html Domestic Friends Internet Mon, 12 May 2008 16:47:12 -0800