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This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Jack Bog's Blog in the Nostalgia category. They are listed from newest to oldest. Northeast Portland is the previous category. Obituaries is the next category. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

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Monday, January 16, 2012: Happy Martin Luther King Day

Friday, January 13, 2012: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, December 23, 2011: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, December 9, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, November 18, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 14, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, September 16, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 26, 2011: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, August 24, 2011: Solid as a rock

Monday, August 22, 2011: Heaven must have sent you from above

Monday, August 22, 2011: So many eternal words

Friday, August 19, 2011: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, August 16, 2011: Small world

Monday, August 15, 2011: The chance you take, the choice you make

Friday, August 12, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 29, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 8, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, June 10, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, June 3, 2011: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, June 1, 2011: The shoe phone was still a ways off

Sunday, May 29, 2011: "Hang On Sloopy" -- the lost verse

Tuesday, May 24, 2011: Be thankful I don't take it all

Friday, May 20, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, May 6, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 22, 2011: Have a great weekend

Thursday, April 21, 2011: Why we loved Lucy

Friday, April 15, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 1, 2011: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, March 29, 2011: The funky drummer

Friday, March 11, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 4, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, February 25, 2011: Have a great weekend

Saturday, February 19, 2011: Greetings from 1960

Tuesday, February 15, 2011: The hard measles

Friday, February 11, 2011: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, February 9, 2011: London '68

Saturday, February 5, 2011: It's just a click away

Thursday, January 20, 2011: A year in Tunisia

Friday, January 14, 2011: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, January 7, 2011: Have a great weekend

Friday, December 31, 2010: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, December 17, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, December 10, 2010: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, December 8, 2010: The spirit dance was unfolding

Wednesday, December 1, 2010: Another (threatened) roadside attraction

Friday, November 19, 2010: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, November 2, 2010: Rainy night ruminations

Monday, October 11, 2010: God rest my Aunt Margaret

Monday, October 11, 2010: Don't you play with his ding-a-ling

Saturday, October 9, 2010: The Walrus and me

Friday, October 1, 2010: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, September 29, 2010: Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Friday, August 27, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 20, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 6, 2010: Have a great weekend

Saturday, July 31, 2010: The $21 Portland water bill

Friday, July 30, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 23, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 16, 2010: Have a great weekend

Sunday, July 11, 2010: Your attention, please... ladies and gentlemen...

Friday, July 9, 2010: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, July 6, 2010: They bite me

Friday, July 2, 2010: Have a great holiday weekend

Sunday, June 20, 2010: Happy Father's Day

Friday, June 18, 2010: Have a great weekend

Monday, June 14, 2010: Quite the looker

Friday, June 11, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, June 4, 2010: Coming attraction

Friday, May 28, 2010: Have a great holiday weekend

Tuesday, May 25, 2010: Might as well jump

Friday, May 21, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, May 14, 2010: Have a great weekend

Sunday, May 9, 2010: Happy Mother's Day

Friday, April 30, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 23, 2010: Have a great weekend

Sunday, April 18, 2010: They told it like it was

Friday, April 16, 2010: Have a great weekend

Thursday, April 15, 2010: Ghosts of Tax Day Past

Friday, April 9, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 2, 2010: Have a great weekend

Monday, March 29, 2010: Linear equations

Friday, March 19, 2010: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, March 17, 2010: You left the water runnin' now

Friday, March 12, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 12, 2010: If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any puddin'

Monday, March 8, 2010: He went away, and you hung around, and bothered me every night

Monday, February 22, 2010: Be good, be good

Friday, February 19, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, February 12, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, February 5, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 29, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 22, 2010: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 15, 2010: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, January 8, 2010: Have a great weekend

Thursday, December 24, 2009: Sleep tight

Wednesday, December 23, 2009: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, December 11, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, December 4, 2009: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, November 20, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, November 13, 2009: Have a great weekend

Monday, November 9, 2009: Product review

Friday, November 6, 2009: Have a great weekend

Monday, November 2, 2009: History question

Saturday, October 31, 2009: End of an era

Friday, October 30, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 23, 2009: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, October 21, 2009: Altogether ooky

Wednesday, October 14, 2009: Game report: Suns 110, Blazers 104

Wednesday, October 14, 2009: Daddy dear, you know you're still number 1

Tuesday, October 13, 2009: Hangin' our shirts in the dirty breeze

Monday, October 12, 2009: By cracky, it was bad!

Friday, October 9, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 2, 2009: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, September 29, 2009: My whole building's out on the street

Friday, September 18, 2009: Have a great weekend

Sunday, September 13, 2009: He was for real

Friday, September 11, 2009: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, September 2, 2009: Take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn

Saturday, August 22, 2009: The real deal

Friday, August 14, 2009: Have a great weekend

Saturday, August 8, 2009: Turning point

Friday, August 7, 2009: Have a great weekend

Saturday, August 1, 2009: At the end of the trail

Friday, July 31, 2009: Have a great weekend

Thursday, July 23, 2009: Return of the locusts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009: When Armstrong walked on the moon

Saturday, July 18, 2009: The wimpy brother

Saturday, July 18, 2009: Walter and me

Thursday, July 16, 2009: Still doing it

Thursday, July 16, 2009: Tragedy just up the street

Wednesday, July 15, 2009: Warrior

Friday, July 10, 2009: Have a great weekend

Thursday, July 2, 2009: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, June 19, 2009: Have a great weekend

Monday, June 15, 2009: If they're going to re-do PGE Park yet again...

Saturday, June 13, 2009: I didn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick

Friday, June 5, 2009: Have a great weekend

Thursday, June 4, 2009: You know it's bad

Friday, May 29, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, May 22, 2009: Have a great holiday weekend

Monday, May 11, 2009: Up in smoke

Sunday, May 10, 2009: Happy Mother's Day

Friday, May 8, 2009: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, May 5, 2009: I did not know that

Friday, May 1, 2009: Have a great weekend

Monday, April 27, 2009: Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out

Friday, April 24, 2009: Have a great weekend

Thursday, April 23, 2009: Sacred feast day

Friday, April 17, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 10, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 10, 2009: If we recall Mayor Creepy, cont'd

Wednesday, April 8, 2009: Easter dinner, Down Neck Newark, 2009

Friday, April 3, 2009: Have a great weekend

Monday, March 30, 2009: I missed this one

Friday, March 27, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 20, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 13, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 13, 2009: It's Buckaroo Day

Friday, March 6, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 6, 2009: Among the victims

Friday, February 20, 2009: Have a great weekend

Saturday, February 14, 2009: Something in the air

Friday, February 13, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, February 6, 2009: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, February 3, 2009: Countdown to -30- at the JJ

Friday, January 30, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 23, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 16, 2009: Have a great weekend

Friday, January 9, 2009: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, December 31, 2008: Ring out the old

Sunday, December 28, 2008: Plenty of action down the cellar

Friday, December 12, 2008: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, December 2, 2008: She knew what to do

Friday, November 21, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, November 14, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, November 7, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 31, 2008: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: Go with the chicken

Friday, October 24, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 17, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 10, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 3, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, September 26, 2008: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, September 23, 2008: That was then

Friday, September 19, 2008: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, September 17, 2008: It's Hank Williams's birthday

Monday, September 15, 2008: And after all we're only ordinary men

Friday, September 12, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, September 5, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 29, 2008: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, August 22, 2008: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, August 19, 2008: Drove my Chevy to the levy

Sunday, August 17, 2008: OMG

Friday, August 15, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 8, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, August 8, 2008: Hay-de-hay-de-hay-de-hay

Friday, August 1, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 25, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, July 11, 2008: Have a great weekend

Thursday, July 10, 2008: Stand back, stand back

Friday, July 4, 2008: They're missing

Thursday, July 3, 2008: Have a great holiday weekend

Wednesday, July 2, 2008: Centennial

Sunday, June 29, 2008: Back in the day

Friday, June 27, 2008: Have a great weekend

Sunday, June 22, 2008: Good night

Friday, June 20, 2008: Have a great weekend

Thursday, June 19, 2008: In the midnight hour, she cried, "No, no more"

Tuesday, June 17, 2008: Hey hey, my my

Friday, June 13, 2008: Have a great weekend

Thursday, June 12, 2008: If only Maxwell Smart had had these

Friday, June 6, 2008: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, June 4, 2008: Hayes Pool is closed, for now

Saturday, May 31, 2008: The Breakaways

Friday, May 16, 2008: Have a great weekend

Monday, May 12, 2008: That was quick

Monday, May 12, 2008: It ain't over

Friday, May 9, 2008: Have a great weekend

Thursday, May 8, 2008: When kitty doesn't show up for supper

Friday, May 2, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 25, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 18, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, April 11, 2008: Have a great weekend

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Nights at White Mana

Thursday, April 3, 2008: Preoccupied

Friday, March 28, 2008: Have a great weekend

Sunday, March 16, 2008: Bad news from Cortland Street

Friday, March 14, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 7, 2008: Have a great weekend

Thursday, March 6, 2008: Tipping point

Friday, February 29, 2008: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, February 26, 2008: Lament

Friday, February 22, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, February 15, 2008: Have a great weekend

Monday, February 11, 2008: The good Montclair

Saturday, February 9, 2008: At Providence and Read

Friday, February 8, 2008: Have a great weekend

Sunday, February 3, 2008: We trod the same boards

Saturday, February 2, 2008: At last

Sunday, January 27, 2008: Back on Cortland Street

Saturday, January 26, 2008: Across the river to the Jersey side

Friday, January 25, 2008: Have a great weekend

Monday, January 21, 2008: Up from the plains

Saturday, January 19, 2008: Stirring up gridiron ghosts

Friday, January 18, 2008: Have a great weekend

Monday, January 14, 2008: Come along if you dare

Sunday, January 13, 2008: Boys and girls together

Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Just about perfect

Monday, January 7, 2008: The lucky one

Friday, January 4, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, December 28, 2007: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, December 25, 2007: Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 23, 2007: Tree Day

Friday, December 21, 2007: Must have been the French brandy-soaked cherries

Tuesday, December 18, 2007: The new M&F; Santaland

Friday, December 14, 2007: Have a great weekend

Friday, December 14, 2007: It's not funny

Wednesday, December 12, 2007: Geezer's dream

Friday, December 7, 2007: Have a great weekend

Saturday, December 1, 2007: Black Jesus

Friday, November 30, 2007: Have a great weekend

Friday, November 30, 2007: Timeless

Wednesday, November 21, 2007: Have a great holiday weekend

Friday, November 16, 2007: Have a great weekend

Monday, November 12, 2007: Condo weasels strike again

Friday, October 26, 2007: Have a great weekend

Saturday, October 20, 2007: Helpful update

Thursday, October 18, 2007: How far we've come

Thursday, October 18, 2007: A warm, embracing dance away

Wednesday, October 17, 2007: One that got away

Wednesday, October 17, 2007: Nothing new under the sun

Friday, October 12, 2007: Have a great weekend

Friday, October 5, 2007: Have a great weekend

Tuesday, October 2, 2007: Yo

Sunday, September 30, 2007: Zimmerman Messenger Service

Monday, September 24, 2007: Kicks, and scratches

Saturday, September 22, 2007: Over the swamps to Gotham

Friday, September 21, 2007: Have a great weekend

Sunday, September 16, 2007: It's getting colder up north

Friday, September 14, 2007: Ronald Reagan Boulevard?

Thursday, September 6, 2007: Rockefeller's kids

Monday, September 3, 2007: Skipped ahead

Friday, August 31, 2007: Have a great holiday weekend

Thursday, August 30, 2007: Whoa

Saturday, August 25, 2007: New rock 'n' roll cafe: You'll only go once?

Friday, August 24, 2007: Have a great weekend

Saturday, August 18, 2007: And what a time it was

Wednesday, August 15, 2007: Circle game

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: Where I grew up, more hard times

Wednesday, August 1, 2007: To laugh like a brook

Friday, July 20, 2007: End of an era

Saturday, July 14, 2007: Soul brothers vs. the Man

Tuesday, July 10, 2007: The game they invented for him

Saturday, July 7, 2007: Forty years ago today...

Sunday, July 1, 2007: Among the many lost arts

Sunday, June 24, 2007: Before duct tape was even invented

Sunday, June 24, 2007: Turning point

Saturday, June 23, 2007: How music used to be played

Friday, June 15, 2007: Skippin' over the ocean like a stone

Thursday, June 14, 2007: Another one bites the dust

Thursday, June 7, 2007: Pablo's back

Thursday, May 31, 2007: Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom, ba ba bom ba ba bom, ba dangy dang dang, ba dingy dong ding

Wednesday, May 30, 2007: Rubio: A Portland gem

Monday, May 28, 2007: Preserve your memories

Friday, May 25, 2007: And now, your moment of Zen, cont'd

Monday, May 7, 2007: Those stone tablets are copyrighted

Sunday, May 6, 2007: Before there was Woodstock...

Saturday, May 5, 2007: Good cipherin'

Thursday, May 3, 2007: And now, your moment of Zen

Tuesday, April 17, 2007: From quick T's to tee times

Sunday, April 8, 2007: Beyond funny

Sunday, April 8, 2007: Suits from Orchard Street

Saturday, March 17, 2007: They made it possible

Tuesday, March 13, 2007: Congratulations

Monday, March 12, 2007: Ah, college days

Monday, March 5, 2007: Me and the Skyway

Thursday, February 22, 2007: DJ's gone

Monday, February 12, 2007: Face off

Friday, February 9, 2007: Sign of the times

Monday, February 5, 2007: Mateus Night

Saturday, February 3, 2007: Bill's wild years

Tuesday, January 30, 2007: PortlandTube

Tuesday, January 30, 2007: Brain dump

Friday, January 19, 2007: Goodbye, V.C.

Saturday, January 13, 2007: Gotchies

Friday, December 29, 2006: Turn on your funk motor

Wednesday, December 27, 2006: Jerry and me

Monday, December 25, 2006: Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 24, 2006: Red boy

Wednesday, December 13, 2006: A little nutty

Wednesday, December 13, 2006: Boom chuck rock then!

Friday, December 8, 2006: Bright lights, big city

Wednesday, November 22, 2006: Season's greetings

Tuesday, November 14, 2006: Small world

Tuesday, November 7, 2006: Portland's newest export: Velveeta

Thursday, October 19, 2006: For no good reason

Saturday, September 23, 2006: Happy birthday

Tuesday, September 5, 2006: They made their marks

Saturday, September 2, 2006: Hummer bummer ends summer

Wednesday, August 9, 2006: Jersey on my mind

Sunday, August 6, 2006: Sad weekend in L.A.

Saturday, August 5, 2006: Yo, let's go crabbin'

Wednesday, August 2, 2006: Revival of a golden oldie

Sunday, July 30, 2006: Follow-up on Mateus

Monday, July 17, 2006: The pink stuff

Friday, July 14, 2006: Death of a landmark

Wednesday, July 5, 2006: Days of the old schoolyard

Tuesday, July 4, 2006: Irvington clay

Monday, June 26, 2006: I think you'll understand

Monday, June 19, 2006: I haven't lived there in 31 years

Wednesday, June 7, 2006: He promised to exalt us, but low is the way

Saturday, June 3, 2006: "We'll miss you Whac-A-Mole"

Tuesday, May 30, 2006: I remember

Sunday, May 21, 2006: The shell game

Sunday, April 30, 2006: It's the same old songs

Monday, February 20, 2006: Bayside Park, Jersey City, circa 1960

Saturday, February 11, 2006: Ding dong

Friday, January 27, 2006: Reunion

Friday, January 27, 2006: My wavelength

Friday, January 20, 2006: Dim the lights on funky Broadway

Tuesday, January 10, 2006: Ten I admire

Sunday, January 8, 2006: Ghost

Sunday, January 8, 2006: Goin' back

Friday, January 6, 2006: The smells of North Jersey

Thursday, January 5, 2006: Question for history buffs

Monday, January 2, 2006: Auld acquaintance

Sunday, December 25, 2005: Two of everything

Sunday, December 25, 2005: Merry Christmas

Saturday, December 24, 2005: Torchbearer

Friday, December 23, 2005: Wall of sound

Wednesday, December 21, 2005: Ghost of Christmas Past

Saturday, December 10, 2005: Laughed 'til we cried

Thursday, December 8, 2005: How to listen to the CCA

Wednesday, December 7, 2005: Boom chuck rocker ain't no flash in the pan

Friday, November 25, 2005: Bruce and me, cont'd

Thursday, November 24, 2005: "You know you love it"

Wednesday, November 23, 2005: The accident

Friday, November 18, 2005: You're not welcome

Wednesday, November 16, 2005: Where we swore, "Forever friends"

Sunday, November 13, 2005: Tough love

Sunday, November 6, 2005: Referrer spam attack! Or is it?

Sunday, October 30, 2005: Traffic advisory

Tuesday, October 25, 2005: It's happened before

Wednesday, October 19, 2005: Gwumpkies

Tuesday, October 18, 2005: Re-entry

Tuesday, September 27, 2005: Not Craw -- Craw!

Saturday, August 27, 2005: H-O-L-M-E

Saturday, August 20, 2005: Goose bump music

Friday, August 19, 2005: The Lonely Doll

Wednesday, August 17, 2005: What I could go for right now

Thursday, August 11, 2005: Portland and Jersey City

Tuesday, July 26, 2005: "Joey's here!"

Sunday, July 24, 2005: Buy something red if you're blue

Monday, July 11, 2005: It takes two

Saturday, July 2, 2005: Brushes with greatness

Saturday, June 25, 2005: Reunion

Tuesday, June 21, 2005: Another guy I used to know

Tuesday, June 14, 2005: Look out, 'net, here it comes

Wednesday, June 8, 2005: All night long

Wednesday, June 8, 2005: Jack squat

Thursday, June 2, 2005: A guy I used to know

Tuesday, May 24, 2005: Where it started

Thursday, May 12, 2005: 'Net gain

Monday, May 9, 2005: Ground Zero, version 2.0

Thursday, May 5, 2005: Oh, how I miss the No. 2 on rye

Saturday, April 30, 2005: Cover My World

Tuesday, April 26, 2005: Happy Statute of Limitations Week

Thursday, April 21, 2005: KISN FM goodbye

Monday, March 21, 2005: No more Baloney

Friday, March 18, 2005: If the shoe fits

Thursday, March 17, 2005: Erin Go Bragh

Wednesday, February 2, 2005: Once a Blazer, always a Blazer

Sunday, January 23, 2005: One of a kind

Saturday, December 25, 2004: God rest ye merry

Tuesday, November 30, 2004: An old friend's passing away

Sunday, October 24, 2004: Shuffling the decades

Saturday, September 4, 2004: Jersey Shore vacation, Part III

Monday, August 23, 2004: Jersey Shore vacation, Part II

Friday, August 20, 2004: Life's amazing coincidences

Wednesday, August 18, 2004: Jersey Shore vacation, Part I

Sunday, June 6, 2004: The Gipper and me

Sunday, May 30, 2004: You read it here first

Saturday, May 22, 2004: Visit with an old friend

Tuesday, May 18, 2004: Too close for comfort

Sunday, March 28, 2004: Memorial Coliseum

Monday, March 22, 2004: Cardio killed the video star

Monday, March 22, 2004: Being for the benefit of Mr. Kerry

Friday, February 6, 2004: Forty years ago this weekend

Friday, January 23, 2004: We'll miss them both

Sunday, December 28, 2003: Are you ready, boots?

Wednesday, December 24, 2003: Follow the bouncing ball

Thursday, December 11, 2003: The hippest nun

Wednesday, December 10, 2003: The three cousins

Thursday, December 4, 2003: Just a stronger child than me

Saturday, November 22, 2003: Last ride

Thursday, November 20, 2003: Crothers Hall days

Tuesday, November 11, 2003: Happy Veterans Day

Thursday, October 30, 2003: Mischief Night

Sunday, October 26, 2003: Bah - ROOH - uhl

Tuesday, September 30, 2003: A major oversight

Sunday, September 21, 2003: All to myself

Sunday, September 21, 2003: Say, "Yeah!"

Monday, September 8, 2003: Peter Weiss

Friday, September 5, 2003: Our master's voice

Tuesday, August 26, 2003: Silver anniversary

Tuesday, August 26, 2003: Brushes with greatness

Saturday, August 16, 2003: Paradise by the dashboard light

Thursday, August 14, 2003: Spooky night

Tuesday, August 5, 2003: "Here's one you can hit, Jackie"

Thursday, July 31, 2003: Lonesome day

Wednesday, July 16, 2003: Oldies but goodies

Thursday, July 10, 2003: More good news

Wednesday, June 18, 2003: Greetings from Exit 15W

Wednesday, June 4, 2003: Lost art

Sunday, June 1, 2003: Hit me

Friday, May 23, 2003: Mile 100

Sunday, May 18, 2003: It's alright, Ma, I'm only aging

Friday, April 18, 2003: Fire and brimstone

Thursday, April 3, 2003: Why I'm rooting for Marquette

Wednesday, April 2, 2003: Unhappy coincidence

Monday, March 31, 2003: Balm for the soul

Monday, March 24, 2003: "War," as in the song

Monday, March 24, 2003: Good God, y'all

Saturday, March 8, 2003: Chameleon

Saturday, March 8, 2003: A great groove

Tuesday, March 4, 2003: Goes with gumbo

Monday, March 3, 2003: Long time gone

Sunday, February 2, 2003: Call me crazy

Friday, January 24, 2003: This won't hurt a bit

Tuesday, January 7, 2003: More Portland links

Friday, December 27, 2002: Clonaid Said to Claim Creation of First Human Clone-- News story

Wednesday, December 18, 2002: Chief gorglist

Friday, December 13, 2002: In with the ornaments

Wednesday, December 11, 2002: The CCA

Friday, December 6, 2002: A rare night at the flicks

Friday, December 6, 2002: The Funk Brothers

Wednesday, December 4, 2002: Billy, it was so rude of you to leave

Tuesday, December 3, 2002: Now the jingle hop has begun

Saturday, November 30, 2002: Uh oh

Saturday, November 30, 2002: Nice day to start again

Monday, November 25, 2002: New kids in town

Friday, November 22, 2002: We interrupt this program

Sunday, November 17, 2002: Still Coastin'

Friday, November 15, 2002: Take out the papers and the trash!

Thursday, November 7, 2002: Best wishes to the Big Man

Friday, August 16, 2002: Long live the Pioneer Post Office

Monday, July 15, 2002: Goose bump music

Thursday, July 11, 2002: Blimp bliss

Saturday, July 6, 2002: R.I.P.

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 15
At this date last year: 6
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269