I don’t know how I missed this the first time around (December 23rd, probably because I don’t read the New York Times): Where Timber Was King, the Golf Club Replaces the Ax. I don’t really know what to think about this article. I certainly can’t relate to it, it’s aiming for the affluent and reeks… Continue reading NYTimes on Bend (late review)
Category: News
The Dark Side of geocaching
Spotted this article on CNN today: Geocaching puts authorities on edge. It’s about what happens when police find geocaches and think they might be bombs and such. Rounding a corner on his motorcycle to finish rigging his cache, he was greeted by a barricade of police cars and a bomb squad. He struggled to explain… Continue reading The Dark Side of geocaching
High Desert Sun
Something I hadn’t blogged yet but thought I should “break”: I’ve been approached by the new publisher of the High Desert Sun newsletter to write for them. I said yes, of course, and the first article I’m turning in (by tomorrow) is based on my Reynolds Pond blog entry from about a year and a… Continue reading High Desert Sun
First a mouse, now a puppy…
So first a mouse set a man’s house on fire, now a puppy has done the same thing here in Bend: A frisky puppy left in a laundry room apparently sparked a northeast Bend house fire that almost claimed his life. Investigators said Friday the dog caused an aerosol can to discharge vapors that a… Continue reading First a mouse, now a puppy…
Mouse fire!
Okay, this is kind of an awful story… No, scratch that. It’s a story that seems like it should be awful, but I just can’t take it seriously. It just makes me laugh. I can’t help it: Mouse takes down house. On Saturday, a Fort Sumner man’s home fell victim to a mouse fire. Homeowner… Continue reading Mouse fire!
Mugshot
I can’t help it, but this is just so weirdly funny. Bend man robs liquor store: this is not the funny part. The funny part is the guy’s mugshot: This dude looks like the love child of Rodney Dangerfield and Bob Marley or something!
Copying Starbucks
Boing Boing reports than an Astoria, Oregon woman has been ruled to be in violation of Starbucks trademark, when she opened a coffee shop named after herself: Sambucks. Note to Starbucks: get over it. Anyway, this reminded me of a coffee shop we saw when we were in Vancouver, B.C. earlier this year, that was… Continue reading Copying Starbucks
The Brew Site is a source for Topix.net news
This is very cool: The Brew Site is being used as a news source for Topix.net, a news aggregator site that pulls news from sources all over the web—and just added blogs recently as a source. I saw my Stone Age Beer article show up on the Topix.net Beer News page (screen grabbed below). I… Continue reading The Brew Site is a source for Topix.net news
One big reason to never visit Kansas
The Kansas Board of Education has approved new school standards that promote and teach so-called “intelligent design.” Wow; I don’t even have the words, so I’ll quote the article… “This is a sad day. We’re becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that,” said board member Janet… Continue reading One big reason to never visit Kansas
Local Fox news
Today Shannon writes: i’m surprised that other bend bloggers haven’t commented on this but apparently the fox station is going to start a 10 p.m. local newscast at the first of the year according to our local paper who doesn’t have the story online. yea, two news stations! maybe i can stop watching portland and… Continue reading Local Fox news