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Sen. Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his 15-month campaign in Portland Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people, according to Portland Police. – from the Oregonian Wow. So, Obama has a few supporters in town. I heard people were in kayaks out on the river so they could get closer than on land. [...]
Recently, a friend let me know that she had noticed the rusted version of the Enron logo that I did for the New York Times on a campaign flyer. Sure enough, after I dug through our mail, I found a flyer from Jeff Bissonnette’s campaign for Portland City Council. It was pretty clear what had [...]
Temperatures like this are uncivilized. I know this is not that bad for some places, but for Portland it might as well be 200°.
The good news (for scott):My Linux box appears to be working! I had a 6GB drive that windows wouldn’t touch, but Linux installed right onto it! The good news (for steve):The cute little toaster computer is working! I’m not sure if he had to reinstall Win2K, but I’m guessing he didn’t have to, since he [...]
It’s raining outside. I love rain. But more importantly, I love the first rain after summer. There’s just something great about getting sick of the heat, and then opening your window and listening to the sound of the rain. I’ve been feeling the itch lately. About once a year or so, I get an urge [...]
Oh man, I am loving this courier book Scott got me (The Immortal Class) It’s this guy’s memoir of his days as a bike messenger in Chicago. Which is, apparently, twice as cold, five times as violent, and immeasurably gnarlier than Portland. Couriers get into fights with cabbies, menace belligerent drivers with their U-locks, routinely [...]
Once I got to Portland, I decided to allow myself a vacation before I start seriously job hunting. It’s been pretty nice, just goofing off all day. I’ve been staying up until 2 in the morning and getting up at Noon. My days have consisted of nothing but reading comic books I borrowed from my [...]
Ah, it’s good to be back in Portland. It’ll be better once I have a job and an apartment, but it’s still good right now. Things with living at home again are going smoother than I expected. Both my parents and I are falling over each other trying not to step on each other’s toes. [...]
Progress is being made! The path is being paved for my triumphant return to Portland! Wednesday is my last day at ShirtWorks. Last Wednesday was my last day at the radio station. Friday, Annie’s folks show up and we spend the day loading the truck. Today I got us a bunch of boxes. Aw Yeah. [...]
You can tell you’re living in the college section of town when you see a young man who is clearly hung over slowly stagger across the parking lot, blinking in the harsh sunlight, with a mostly empty jug of cheap wine under his arm… at 7:30 on a Thursday morning. Countdown to Portland: 9 days.
All the pieces are falling into place. In a few months, I will be able to kick back with a cigar and proudly announce “I Love It When A Plan Comes Together!” Yes, in just three weeks, I will be back in Portland, kicking ass and taking names (and living with my parents). Annie will [...]
Went home for lunch today. Got a call from a recruiter 15 minutes after I got there. Did I wan to move to Richmond, Virginia, and write PHP for a young, dynamic firm? CITYSEARCH.COM CATEGORIES FOR PORTLAND, OREGON Home Arts Attractions Bars and Nightlife Hotels and Visitors Movies Music Restaurants Shopping Sports & Recreation CITYSEARCH.COM CATEGORIES [...]
We might be moving back to Portland this summer, instead of next summer, as we had originally planned. The situation here is a lot rougher than either of us had thought it would be. The job market is terrible. Annie’s still unemployed, and my boss has cut my hours back so much that we’re barely [...]
Yarr, that’s right, I’ve returned! Christmas was a blast. Annie and I went to Tacoma, and hung out with her family for awhile, then I went to Portland with my family for awhile, and then back to Tacoma for a week of network gaming fun with Annie’s brothers and cousins! Hooray! While in Portland, Steve [...]
The shift from Portland to Ellensburg is pretty radical. Portland’s temperature ranges from 30 to 80, with both of the extremes being fairly rare. The average temperature is probably around 60. Ellensburg on the other hand is around 100 in the summer, and around 10 in the winter. It’s rarely a moderate temperature, we tend [...]
I just remembered a crazy dream I had last night. My brother Sean and I had found a submarine. Not one of the huge nuclear powered ones, but one of the smaller two-person subs, like you see in the movie the Abyss. I was back in NE Portland, and the streets had flooded to about [...]
It’s an interesting (frustrating) feeling to go through your college graduation ceremony, knowing full well that a week later, you’ll be going back to school to complete your last class. The ceremony was kinda cool. We had to sit by major, but I got to sit by two of my friends. The mayor of Portland [...]
say hello to the only person who was affected by the “Y2K bug.” That’s right. The bank ate my paycheck. I deposited my small check on December 30, and when I went back on January 1 to withdraw some cash, it showed the same balance as before I made a deposit. Needless to say, I [...]
Money Magazine’s Best Place to Live 2000
HA HA HA! Steve, our girlfriends have been declared WRONG by the experts! Behold, Money magazine’s #1 Best Place To Live 2000, PORTLAND OREGON! BOO-YAH!
15 Comments. Posted by Scott on Monday, November 20, 2000 at 6:11 pm.
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