This is Portland, we do what we like. This is Portland, we do what we like.

I did, suprisingly. Damn my nick at nite-centric youth.

I imbibed Car 54 from the pure source - as a network series -- wa-a-a-y back when it was still possible for Khruschev to land at Idlewyld (soon to be renamed JFK). Likewise, I was present when Dobie Gillis first hobnobbed with Maynard G. Krebs. Behold my hoary locks and kowtow lowly to my elderwit!

We're heading to the Pug Crawl today. Hopefully the break in the weather will stay.

And it didn't. Much rainy pug action, tho. Photos to come.

http://flickr.com/photos/13803131@N00/sets/72157600237591825/

Pug faces ahoy

Well, whaddayaknow, it seems that our esteemed Republican senator and Senate Majority Leader is in portland today, and hidden Bothan spies found out the where & when:

Just wanted to give you a quick heads-up. In just a few hours, there's a group of Oregon Democrats and folks from Veterans in Action that are gathering to "welcome" Senator Gordon Smith and Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) when they arrive at a fancy-pants $1000 fundraiser.

Here's the best part. The fundraiser is on a boat in the Willamette -- and we've figured out what time they're departing.

It'd be fabulous if you could join the crew. Here's the story: At 4:30 p.m., folks are gathering at the corner of SE Water and SE Caruthers. Here's a map. From there, the group will walk one block to the boat dock.

We're expecting press. Should be fun.

i really want to go to school in portland :-/

I will be there tonight and am excited. Not sure about this 50 degree weather in June though.

a contact number for the event, if need be

river wolf what schools are you looking at? ohsu?

today i went and got 5 gallons of paint for the price of 2 at metro paint (all recycled/ city-run non-profit paint that goes on real thick) and also scored some amazing stuff from vinyl resting place, including all 3 volumes of the harry smith anthology in real nice shape (and they're the 1952 originals, even) at half what they'd be anywhere else.

so it's fair to say i'm in super consumer love with pdx today. yay.

that protest sounds awesome -- hope it goes well -- i have to go hang with my pops now, though.

Today was the Portland Adult Soapbox Derby.

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More to come.

Gallery also at http://soapboxracer.com/

argh

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The Portland Beavers are considering changing their name to the Green Sox or Wet Sox (not a joke)

Bucky Wet Sox will not be as nice a mascot.

thankx pdx for Pok Pok

Today's parade/artcar thing up on Alberta(w/ pugs).

Photos from the Adult Soap Box Derby back in august(none of mine are on here, unfortunately).

and I'm employed again. Hooray.

anyone going to the Animal Collective show at teh Roseland? I'll be there in an old leather jacket.

watching Wizard Prison (openers)

Oh I wanted to go to that, but I've been splitting wood all day so, eh.

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H.P. Lovecraft film fest this weekend at the Hollywood! I'm be there volunteering and fixing shit and being head of general security, i guess.

The main event this year is a screening of John Carpenter's They Live.

Hope everybody survived the deluge without too much property loss or general bitching!

Had horizontal rain yesterday. Basement is leaking. Got to wander around today in the rain while doing a service call at some shithole outdoor mall.

Weather report for today was for an ice storm. It is pouring rain and 60 degrees.

God I love this place.

I have been giving daily thanks for our relative lack of leakage. There is one south facing window that I need to work on but right now all I can do is cover it in plastic until it dries out a bit.

I chuckled at the NPR story on the van Gogh at the Art Museum that referred to PDX's 500,000 "moist inhabitants." (this was before the flooding.)

Holy crap today is a beautiful day so far. So many pretty shades of grey!

For eleven years running, my doom metal band has found inspiration simply by looking up at the roiling black clouds in the sky.

jesus, the rain wasnt that bad in portland. fucking foreigners.

Supertrash film fest is going at the Bagdad this weekend. Saw Petter Lorre's "Mad Love" and "Big Trouble in Little China" tonight.

Excellent.

Return of the Dragon is on saturday.

Hi Portland. I'm back in you. Brr.

PORTLAND I MISS U SO MUCH RIGHT NOW

This is a difficult time of year to imagine someone missing Portland, even though it is technically not that bad out.

THIRTEEN INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY IN WISCONSIN

Urban Iditarod is today!

11:30am sharp!

anybody going to see Michael Hurley in Astoria tonight? He's playing at the Voodoo Lounge. I'm driving up from Eugene and should be there around 4 or 5.

Senator Obama Coming to Oregon

Chicago, IL – The Obama campaign announced today that Senator Obama will visit Oregon on Friday,

March 21 and Saturday, March 22.

Senator Obama will hold Stand for Change Rallies in Portland and Eugene. Further details will be

announced as they become available.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21

Portland, Oregon

STAND FOR CHANGE RALLY WITH BARACK OBAMA

Memorial Coliseum
500 North Winning Way
Portland, OR 97227
Doors Open: 7:30 AM
Program Begins: 9:30 AM

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For your free ticket, please visit

http://or.barackobama.com/portland or visit our Portland headquarters:

Obama for America Portland HQ
3016 Division Street
Portland, OR 97202
Wednesday 2:00pm to 8:00pm
Thursday 10:00am to 8:00pm

***For security reasons, no bags are allowed. Please limit personal belongings. No sign or banners

permitted. Admission is on a first-come first-served basis. Parking is limited. Please use public

transportation.***

Sue Hagmeier
Communications Secretary
communicati✧✧✧@multd✧✧✧.org Senator Obama Coming to Oregon

― kingfish, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 08:14 (sixteen years ago) link

any PDX-ers going to see the BOREDOMS tonight at Crystal Ballroom? I will be there in an old leather jacket and a Dog Faced Hermans t-shirt.

Bob Mould + band tonight at Doug Fir

X tomorrow at Crystall Ballroom

wheeeeee

portland i was in u yesterday. thanx ur great like alwayz

I'll be at the Obama campaign volunteer orientation tomorrow, anybody else going?

I was at Boredoms. Pushed my way passed all the lazy hippies and stood right underneath Eye's swinging locks. It was glorious. But they were better when I saw them at Crystal back in '98.

Did any of you come to my March Into Darkness festival last weekend?

I wanted to.

I'll also be at the Obama thing tomorrow, at least the first bit at 10.

Bob Mould show tonight was great.

Weather is fuckt: snow, rain, hail, snow, rain, snow.

Yay Portland, with the infinitely better strip bars than Seattle.

The Lucky Lady peep show in Seattle had a fantastic slogan on its marquee one March: IN LIKE A LION...OUT LIKE A LAMB

I sometimes forget there are strip clubs aside from Magic Gardens here.

And what the fuck was up today -- went from snow to sun to hail to sun to rain to just plain cold.

I fully expect raining frogs tomorrow.

That is equinoctial weather around here.

Hail is a common feature in March. Also rainbows. We get these cold fronts from the Gulf of Alaska. After the cold rain comes through, the aftermath is all this freaky unsettled sun-hail-rain stuff. The snow was a little unusual, I must say.

Portland I was in you yesterday as well in an attempt to get onto Jeopardy!. You are still my favorite town even when you snow at times, which is not pleasant.