Archive for August, 2007

Park Culture

Posted in August 31st, 2007
by PAgent in Pets, Portland

In an effort to keep him from exploding from pent-up enthusiasm, we try to get Gus to a dog park just as often as we can. It does him a world of good to do some running around, and wrestling with other dogs. We’ve been going to three parks lately, and it’s really struck me [...]

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Last Call

Posted in August 31st, 2007
by PAgent in Current Events, FYI, Food and Drink

It is with shock and sadness that I note the recent death of Michael Jackson.
No, not that freakshow and alleged pedophile with the Bondo body parts.
The REAL Michael Jackson. The one that loved, and wrote about, good beer.

Like many beer aficionados, I became aware of Michael due to his extraordinarily entertaining series “The Beer Hunter”, [...]

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It’s a crop

Posted in August 29th, 2007
by PAgent in Current Events

A new Christmas Tree Grower’s Certification program has been created, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The program addresses issues like the use of herbicides, protecting riparian zones, and returning rejected trees to the soil as mulch. The basic idea behind certification is that if you buy a Christmas tree that’s been certified [...]

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Non compos mentis

Posted in August 28th, 2007
by PAgent in Marriage, Parenting

At some point in the last 42 years, I became an idiot.
I wasn’t always an idiot. I scored 1420 on my SATs. I was a finalist for National Merit Scholar. I attended a fairly prestigious college, and earned two Certificates of Merit based on my grades.
I think I started losing my mind when I decided [...]

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Survivorman Outtakes

Posted in August 27th, 2007
by PAgent in Flotsam, Video

I loves me some “Survivorman”. Survivorman chronicles the adventures of survival specialist Les Stroud as he is dropped into various inhospitable environments, where he has to survive for seven days with only what he is carrying. To make it even more arduous, Les has to carry all his own camera gear, do his own cinematography, [...]

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Shelfari — A Poor Start

Posted in August 26th, 2007
by PAgent in Blogs and Bloggers, FYI

I received a couple of invitations to Shelfari, yet another social networking site, this one aimed at book lovers. Since I am, at least by my own standards, a book lover, I decided to give it a try.
I created a Shelfari account and, as part of the registration process, was asked if I wanted to [...]

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