Bill Gates’ house: Found this on Wikipedia’s Unusual articles page. Pretty amazing stuff; some things that jumped out at me: Assessed values (as of 2002) of $113 million, with over $1 million in annual property tax 66,000 square feet The wood columns from main floor to roof in entry area are over 70 feet tall.… Continue reading Bill Gates’ house
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Trump/Bend on Google
It seems I am the number one search on Google for “Donald Trump Bend Oregon“. That’s awesome. I think I should win something :). Even more amusing is reading the comments I got on that post, with the variations on the rumor people have heard. How about this? Start a weblog called BendRumors.com (the domain… Continue reading Trump/Bend on Google
Hobbit holes in Bend?
Now this is some kind of crazy: The hobbit holes will hold lawn mowers instead of diminutive, barefooted halflings from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, but The Shire aims to bring some Old World styling and a fantasy setting to Bend’s east side. “We call it the place of enchantment, and we… Continue reading Hobbit holes in Bend?
The Donald Trump/Bend urban legend
Note: This post was originally written way back in 2005, when most of the world still considered Trump to be (at best) an orange-skinned clown with questionable tastes and shady dealings. Of course now it’s 2022 as I update this and we all know he’s even more of a racist shitbag who absolutely destroyed our… Continue reading The Donald Trump/Bend urban legend