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All Units, Be On The Lookout

by PAgent

I have a reputation of being somewhat critical. For example, I often see people on the highway who I think are driving like idiots. In response, I mutter to myself, call them names under my breath, and point them out to my kids as an example of how NOT to drive.
But today I was exposed [...]

PDX Limericks – New Year’s Eve Edition

by PAgent

Although injuries knock their stars flat,
The Blazers will go to the mat.
Though their line-up grows lean
They’ll still field a team:
Three rookies, one coach, and Trail Cat.
When you marry you think it’s forever,
And it’s fine to be sad when it’s over.
But no matter how mad
You might be at their dad,
You DON’T throw your kids in the [...]

12.31.2009 See the rest → 6 comments

Worst. Commute. Ever.

by PAgent

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. I understand that the entire delicate network of our civilization collapses whenever two snowflakes fall within a minute of each other. Heck, I probably only drove in honest-to-goodness snow two or three times the entire time I was in high school.
I, however, had the good fortune to attend [...]

12.30.2009 See the rest → 12 comments

Portland Police: The Problem is Perception

by PAgent

Governer Kulongoski decides to invite several Portland-area police departments to a friendly competition. The Beaverton Police Department, the Gresham Police Department, and the Portland Police Department all take part.
A jackrabbit is marked with blue dye, then released into Forest Park. Each of the Police Departments in turn is given a chance to locate and [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

‘Tis Downtown Portland

by PAgent

Unless you’ve been purposefully avoiding downtown, you should have noticed that the Christmas…er…”holiday” lights have been up for a while already. Just recently some little conifers in wooden planters appeared along the sidewalks, each one outfitted with a string of lights and a HUGE white solar panel to power them (huzzah – festive AND green).
But [...]

11.12.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Sub Rosa

by PAgent

For most Portlanders Dundee, Oregon is just the slow spot on Highway 99. But if you were to pause on your way to the casino, take a deep breath and look around, you might find that Dundee possesses a variety of charms. The surrounding countryside features beautiful rolling hills, dotted with a number of respected [...]

11.09.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Welcome Back

by PAgent

The faithful started gathering shortly after six, standing in the cold rain outside the studio in Pioneer Courthouse Square. As the downpour increased in intensity, some moved down the steps under the shelter of the overhang. A crowd standing around outside a television studio is nothing that unusual — it happens all the time when [...]

11.06.2009 See the rest →

Spotted in PDX

by PAgent

at Pioneer Courthouse Square. That’s a bold fashion statement.

10.27.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Portland Pedal Power

by PAgent

I’m becoming downright fond of the new Green Line. By hopping on a MAX at lunchtime, I can visit entirely new food carts, carts previously unattainable given the state of my ancient and creaking knees and the temporal limits of my lunch hour.
I was on such a mission today, visiting the carts at SW 3rd [...]

10.13.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

“Aggressive Advocates”

by PAgent

That’s what the Oregonian calls them, “aggressive advocates for environmental or humanitarian groups.” They’re one reason the city is trying to craft a new law to replace “sit/lie”, one that would “protect people’s rights to assemble while setting enforceable rules for sidewalk use.”
Here at OurPDX, we call them “chuggers”, short for “charity muggers“.
I tend [...]

09.22.2009 See the rest → 21 comments

Puzzle Hunt Comes to PDX

by PAgent

Some of you are asking yourselves “What the hell is a Puzzle Hunt?”
Good question. A puzzle hunt is an exercise in team puzzle-solving, a contest, and a race. Teams compete against each other in finding and solving puzzles that are hidden in different locations.
The Portland portion of this undertaking is being organized by a [...]

08.20.2009 See the rest → 1 comment