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OurPDX Shared Links for 1/15 – Local Efforts to Support Haiti Relief

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for January 15th:

Local Portland shops help you help Haiti : The Neat Sheet
Karen Vitt's The Neat Sheet has a nice roundup of local businesses donating a portion of their sales to help the relief effort in Haiti. Supporting local merchants [...]

Old Growth Timber?

by zanger

$65.
That’s what it’s costing for me to participate in the Portland Timbers open tryout at the end of the month. I love soccer and can’t wait to get out there with everyone to see how I fare. There is one small thing to consider, though.
I’m 40 years old.
Yeah, yeah. I know. But I kind of [...]

01.15.2010 See the rest → 1 comment

There Were Disco Balls and Legwarmers of Power

by CamiKaos

Hi there, OurPDX readers and fellow Fanadus! This is morganpdx! CamiKaos and I are back again, fresh from the Broadway production of Xanadu. Remember our last blog post, where we announced the winner of our little Xanadu ticket giveaway? Yeah, we’re gonna do it like that again. Two OurPDX bloggers. One blog post. More fun [...]

01.13.2010 See the rest → 3 comments

The Writing Was on the Wall

by jgx

I’m going to follow the lead of my (soon to be) great new friend Zanger!
On January 6th, I woke up and had a stark realization.
I’ve been unemployed for 16 months?
Then I went to lunch with a former colleague. Now I am employed! I’m going to step back a bit and [...]

01.13.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

Another Bet Lost: Nuts

by zanger

Being half Italian, I seem to have this gene that precludes me from not making wagers.
Seahawks in the Super Bowl this year? Sure, I’ll take that.
Partly cloudy and 43 degrees? Yeah, I’ll take that one too.
As you can guess, I don’t win very much. But, when I do make these little forays into competitive guessing, [...]

01.12.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

OurPDX Shared Links for 1/11/09

by Betsy Richter

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for January 11th:

Darn it all to heck: Daria told to watch her mouth on Afternoon Buzz | Oregon Media Central
What was he thinking? The Buzz’s Program Director thought he’d delivered a ‘no swearing’ ultimatum, according to OMC’s Mitch Nolen. [...]

01.11.2010 See the rest → 0 comments

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 [...]

01.11.2010 See the rest → 7 comments

PDX Metro Region Grows Food for the State

by Betsy Richter

Did you know that Portland Metro area contributes 1/5th of the total share of agriculture production value for the entire state? I certainly didn’t. So it stands to reason that any adjustments to the urban growth boundary not only has an impact on our region’s livability, but the entire state’s diet, no? [...]

01.11.2010 See the rest → 0 comments

A Statement Left Out of the Voter’s Pamphlet…???

by Gil Johnson

Yes, it’s time for another election — this time, the January 26th Special Election. Registered voters have already received their Voters Guide, with ballots due any day now. But we’ve uncovered a statement from a concerned citizen that inexplicably didn’t make it in the Voters Guide. We’re republishing it here in its entirety, [...]

01.10.2010 See the rest → 11 comments

Xanadu: And The Winner Is…

by morganpdx

STOP! Before you read any further you should know that this particular post? Is not written by only one OurPDX author… but 2. That’s right, TWO of us. You can see that morganpdx is the one posting this… but did you know that I, CamiKaos, am actually typing this intro? (m: This is so cool!! [...]

01.09.2010 See the rest → 4 comments

The Button Man

by Cosmic Charlie

CAUTION: I’m about to press the nostalgia button.
Portlanders ‘of a certain age’ grew up with an early morning institution, The Ramblin Rod Show. Weekday mornings from 7:30-8:30 were set aside for the most important thing in life, cartoons!
This was not just any cartoon show. Rod would have a passel of local kids come into the [...]

01.08.2010 See the rest → 1 comment