On the radio today, to commemorate Mardi Gras, they were asking the question, “What fatty (get it?) food can you not get enough of?” and taking calls. I thought I’d play along. (Granted, I really don’t each too much junk food these days. Bear with me.) Doritos. Love ’em. The original nacho cheese flavor is… Continue reading Mardi Gras meme
Month: February 2006
Bend tees
This idea seems like a natural: a blog spotlighting funny Bend-related T-shirts. All locally designed and offered via CafePress. I wish I’d thought of it first.
Trivia Bee
Last night we did something different (and fun): we went out to the Tower Theatre and I participated in The Education Foundation‘s Trivia Bee. Sadly, our team didn’t make the best showing; of the 12 questions we had (there were 12 questions per round, and six rounds, with seven different three-person teams per round), we… Continue reading Trivia Bee
Anagram map of Downtown Bend
Inspired of late by Boing Boing’s pointers to subway maps that have been remixed to used anagrammed names, I thought it would be fun to do the same with Bend. Only, Bend doesn’t have a subway (or any mass transit, grrr), so I did the next best thing: remixed the map of downtown. The only… Continue reading Anagram map of Downtown Bend
Einstein knows Scooby’s at the front door
The 10 best sci-fi films that never existed
I just had to point to this: The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed. You gotta love it when he opens the Star Wars section with: Everyone remembers the exact moment when they realized that their Phanom Menace sandwich was filled with shit. For me, it was the scene on Tatooine where Qui-Gon is… Continue reading The 10 best sci-fi films that never existed
Population 70,238
That’s the current population of Bend, Oregon. It’s up, what, 40% from the year 2000 census population of 52,029. My question is, have that many people moved into the city (18,209 of them) in that time, or have the powers that be mostly been creative with the city limits (which is what got us to… Continue reading Population 70,238
Whirlwind weekend
It feels like a Sunday, not like we had a three-day weekend, that’s how busy everything’s been. Saturday we were up and out the door by 7:30am on our way to McMinnville. We had a first birthday party to attend: close friends of ours who had asked us to be their son’s guardians (should the… Continue reading Whirlwind weekend
Snow drifts!
Not only was it about six degrees this morning in Bend, but we woke up to blowing snow and snow drifts in our backyard and cul-de-sac. Fun! You can see the ground in some spots, others are buried in drifts up to six inches deep. On the radio they claimed it was an Arctic front… Continue reading Snow drifts!
10 ways Dick Cheney can kill you
Okay, in light of all the Dick Cheney hijinks, I saw this on Boing Boing the other day and I finally succumbed. What can I say? This makes me want to laugh out loud every time I see it: For the record, my favorites are “Telekinesis,” “Raining blows down upon you,” and “With his bare… Continue reading 10 ways Dick Cheney can kill you