Month: January 2006

The snow started

For anyone keeping track of these things, the snow they keep warning us about (last I heard, the advisory was from 3pm today until something like 5am tomorrow morning) has started in earnest at about 1:30pm, here in Downtown Bend.

Sucky week

I would’ve blogged this week… but work beat it out of me. (I did manage to keep blogging over on The Brew Site, barely…) Not just “regular” work, I’ve also been working on a website in my spare time as well. As part of my other, semi-freelancing gig. That’s taking up a lot of my… Continue reading Sucky week

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A new car! (In my best Price is Right voice)

Yep, that’s what we did over the weekend: bought a new (used) car. The time had finally come to retire the pickup. We got a 2004 Hyundai Sonata, very good condition with low miles. It’s pretty nice. I’m now cruising around Central Oregon in style.

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Resonate

I think Jennifer almost always has insightful things to say about Bend (and is a fine writer to boot), but last night’s post was really remarkable, I think. She points to the Bend 2030 website (the project of which I was only really tangentially aware of until the past few days), and drops the bomb… Continue reading Resonate

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NYTimes on Bend (late review)

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)

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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

Open astronomy book

An idea, and a question (or the other way around). I’ve always liked astronomy; growing up I had several astronomy books and a small telescope, I eagerly consumed news and information about space (I had a newspaper photo clipping of Saturn as taken from Voyager taped to my wall), and I took Astronomy for my… Continue reading Open astronomy book

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