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Entries from October 2007

Happy Halloween

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The Boss does it in style. (QuickTime required)
Personally I think I’d be a little creeped out if I awoke to find Silvio Dante standing above my casket.  But that’s just me.

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Tags: Music

It Might Be Peyton’s Only Hope

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Sports

Robert Goulet, 1933-2007

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Music · Sports

How Sustainable Is The Streetcar?

October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Aaron Hockley points out the obvious.  I wonder the same thing every time I see windmill parts being offloaded at the Port of Vancouver for shipment to Eastern Oregon.

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Tags: Regional · Technology

My Tivo Is Gonna Be Lonely

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Goodbye Keith Olbermann.  It’s been nice knowing you.  I could break down and get the Comcast DVR, but I ain’t giving up my Tivo for nothing.  So I guess I’ll just have to get my news from Stewart and Colbert like everyone else.

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Tags: Politics · Regional

Shut-In

October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Secretly I knew something was wrong.  Trips to the gas station were becoming a little too frequent for a 2001 Honda.  I chalked it up to it needing just routine maintenance.  The car had 180,000 miles on it.  With proper care and feeding, it should go another 180,000 EASY.  Turns out the whine I heard […]

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Tags: My American Life

What Happened To The Fort Vancouver Pioneers?

October 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Columbian says they’re out of business.  At least for now.  Huh.

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Tags: Sports

The Trading Block

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I asked John G. last night whether he believed Frazer McLaren would still be a Winter Hawk on Christmas Day.  He surmised, correctly imho, that McLaren would probably welcome such a move, especially if it meant going to a contender.  I think it would also be a boost for his career down the line to […]

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Tags: Winter Hawks

The Irony

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I missed the memo that Matt Drudge had ditched his radio gig.  I used to enjoy listening to his show.  He very sloppily walked the line between old man shaking his fist at the sea and new media sage.  He simultaneously champions the new media and begs the powers-that-be to leave the Internet alone while […]

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Tags: Politics

Judgment Lapse At The Coliseum

October 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Sitting in a quiet corner before the Winter Hawks game last night, I watched two of the Rose Quarter’s finest relieve a grade schooler of his toy Star Wars gun.  It was costume night at the Coliseum and the kid was dressed as a Storm Trooper.
His dad protested mightily.  Mascot Night was just a week […]

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Tags: Regional · Sports