My wife finished packing up nearly all the books today, in preparation for the move next month. I only kept a few out, on-hand; in the spirit of useless lists, here’s what’s left on my shelf: Frontier Doctor The Illuminatus! Trilogy The Cluetrain Manifesto Thunder Over the Ochoco: The Gathering Storm How the Mind Works… Continue reading Books
Month: May 2004
Beer for Dummies
Amusingly, at the library today I picked up Beer for Dummies. Not because I need to learn more about beer (well, not entirely; beer is one of the few topics I have some in-depth knowledge on), but because I like the “Dummies” books and want to see how well the topic of beer is treated.… Continue reading Beer for Dummies
Oddly enough…
Since I subscribed to Reuter’s Oddly Enough RSS feed the other day, I’ve noticed that about a sixth of the odd news involved biting in some way. Weird? Yeah. Creepy weird.
Balance
I found this passage from Frontier Doctor to be particularly interesting: When I came to eastern Oregon in 1905, all of the beautiful pine timber was an open park-like forest, without any underbrush, where game could be seen for a long distance. Each summer there were many forest fires, the vast majority of which were… Continue reading Balance
Van Helsing
For a while now I’d been watching the previews for “Van Helsing” and wondering just why that movie had been made. Sure, sure, summer blockbuster and all that, but I mean what’s the point? Taking characters out of classic literature, going all League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on them, and making a movie that really has… Continue reading Van Helsing
Latitude and longitude
Here’s an interesting site I stumbled upon today: The Degree Confluence Project. From their homepage: The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. Sort of like a… Continue reading Latitude and longitude
Bend blogger meeting, done deal
Well, it’s official, there’s gonna be a Bend blogger meetup on Wednesday, May 12, at 7:30pm at the Bend Brewing Company. Jake blogged it here, and there’s even a Bend.com press release on it here. All are welcome, the more the merrier. The funny thing about this is, my wife saw the press release on… Continue reading Bend blogger meeting, done deal
Oregon blogging mention
Notable: Weblogs mentioned in the Oregon Voter’s Pamphlet. Definitely milestone-worthy. The interesting thing to note is not that “blogging” is referred to in print, but that it is mailed to every home in Oregon. That’s impact.
Flowers
Here are some pictures of various flowers in my yard that I took today at lunchtime. No particular reason, other than I like them and since we’re moving soon, I figure I’d better get pictures while I can. They’re not the best quality pictures out there; it was awfully bright when I was taking them,… Continue reading Flowers
May Day
It was a stunningly beautiful day here in Bend, this first day of May. The first part of the morning was spent taking pictures down from the walls, part of our gradual effort to get ready for the move coming up in June, and not long after we’d finished boxing up a bunch of paintings… Continue reading May Day