So tomorrow we get funded and close on our new house, and take possession. Then comes the Move; we’ll start hauling a load or two over tomorrow evening, and then Saturday is the big day. Fortunately, this time we’ve hired movers to do all the heavy lifting. I don’t expect to be online much or… Continue reading The Move
Month: June 2004
Wikipedia’s New Look
Just a quick note here… I saw Wikipedia‘s new look this evening and I have to say, I like it.
Alton Brown
My favorite show on Food Network is Good Eats—it’s entertaining, informative, and quirky, all due to its host/creator, Alton Brown. So after reading the story on Alton Brown in this month’s Wired, I figured it was high time to blog some links. So, in addition to his site, which I linked to above, it’s interesting… Continue reading Alton Brown
Thongs
When I was growing up, thongs were the semi-sandals that you wore on your feet, pictured to the right. Nowadays, they’re called “flipflops” and if you call them “thongs” in public, you get sharp looks and people think you’re having a stroke when you try to explain what you were talking about. Sigh. The times,… Continue reading Thongs
Bend Brew Fest
The Bend Brew Fest is kicking off this year at the Les Schwab Amphitheater, on Saturday, August 21. Excellent! Not quite a contender with the awesome Oregon Brewers Festival, but very cool nonetheless. From the Les Schwab Amphitheater Events page: On Saturday, August 21st over 20 Pacific Northwest brewers will present over 40 craft beers… Continue reading Bend Brew Fest
McMenamins Finally!
Finally! McMenamins is on track to open the Old St. Francis School here, on November 15, 2004. Seems like we’ve been hearing about this for years, but this time it’s the real deal. (I hope.) Bend.com has an article on the opening. This paragraph is noteworthy: Gathering of stories, photos and memorabilia is currently under… Continue reading McMenamins Finally!
Sony Bend… Again!
I saw this yesterday (actually, my wife saw it and sent me the link) and forgot to blog it: “Bend firm gets paid to play,” about the mysterious Sony Bend and the release of their third Syphon Filter game. As usual, Jake beat me to the punch on blogging this and gives me entirely too… Continue reading Sony Bend… Again!
Mt. Hood and the Moon
Tim Bray has posted an amazing photo of Mount Hood that he took from a plane—his description is “Mount Hood paying its respects to the moon” and I think that’s entirely appropriate. Worth a look.
Stumps
The previous post got me thinking for some reason about the 2000 year-old tree stumps found just off the Oregon coast, in Neskowin. You haven’t heard about them? Judging by the amount of time searching to find any pointers or references to them, most of the Web hasn’t either. This is from KXL.com’s Coastal Tour… Continue reading Stumps
Great Salt Lake life forms
Is this for real? Scientists Finding Strange Life Forms in Great Salt Lake With levels now at a 30-year low, the salt in portions of the shrinking lake has reached saturation levels ten times the salinity of seawater. Westminster, the University of Maryland and George Mason University are not only finding life where life… Continue reading Great Salt Lake life forms