The sun has set and I didn't lock my keys in the car!

Time to pack.....Off to the Bay Area in the morning.

My goal for today is to NOT lock my keys in my car ( Read more... )

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A while back I submitted a little paragraph about a girl from Oregon who won the High School National Championship for racquetball.

The weeks went by and I didn't hear anything back so I gave up on it.

Then I open up the current issue and see this:


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Up in Portland over the weekend for a racquetball tournament. Was playing pretty good, but then ripped open a blister right where I hold the racquet. Ended up losing to the top seed in one division and making it to the quarterfinals in the other ( Read more... )

Congress may extend daylight-saving timeWASHINGTON (AP) -- If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time ( Read more... )

I saw a "Kerry/Edwards" lawn sign still in someone's lawn this morning. Either they are real lazy, or still hanging on for some hope ( Read more... )

After all my grand calculations, I'm getting a $3 refund from the state.

But, then I read the fine print that says "The State of Oregon cannot issue refund checks for less than $5."

Bastards!

If you give the $3, I swear I'll only spend it in a video poker machine.

I think the Blazers are still paying this guy like $15 million.

Police find Shawn Kemp with cocaine, marijuana and gun.

In other news, Willamette Week won a Pulitzer Prize this morning. That should piss off the Oregonian a bit :)

I regularly read the blog and columns of John Canzano, a sports columnist for The Oregonian.

He had a blog entry earlier this week about the budget cuts in the Portland schools, and how they would wipe out sports like golf. His solution was a sales tax.

Three years ago I proposed the exact same thing in one of my columns for the Daily Emerald ( Read more... )