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Medford Post Office (photo by Uri)
Aug 1st
Mom did the painting and let Dad name the horses: Likely...
Aug 1st
WSJ reviews Oregon Shakespeare Festival's The...
Aug 1st
meredithnyc: webravebees: lonelytourist: boulevardiers:...
Jul 31st

Homb!

Jul 31st
Stuck on the runway in Chicago at sunset. Waiting to go...
Jul 31st
Lego art at PDX
Jul 30th
PDX art
Jul 30th
Paradox Cafe wins the award for most pleasant bathroom in...
Jul 30th
Jul 29th
Crown Point was amazing. The wind was so strong it was...
Jul 29th
Multnomah Falls
Jul 29th
oriolesmagic: Section 86, Row FF, Seat 10 This seat out in...
Jul 29th
It’s 103 degrees outside.
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
While necessary staring will be tolerated, UNnecessary...
Jul 28th
DeNomNomlicious!
Jul 28th
Pioneer Courthouse Square. I think of the square as where...
Jul 28th
One of Portland’s Benson Bubblers.  They’re all...
Jul 28th
apatosaurus: Keeping it Local for Dinner nom nom!
Jul 28th
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. ~Frank Lloyd...”
— (via fuckyeahoutdoors) (via...
Jul 28th
apatosaurus: View from the floor at Powell’s: I am...
Jul 28th
Are Voodoo Doughnut weddings legal? Absolutely, 100% legal,...
Jul 27th
Jul 27th
Late b’fast at Byways Cafe. Sooooooooo good....
Jul 27th

I'M IN POWELL'S!!!!!!

Jul 27th
This timeline is otherwise known as our “entire...
Jul 27th
“Despite the popularity of abstinence-only meal programs in...”
— Study: Abstinence-Only Lunch...
Jul 27th
(via spontaneouslove)
Jul 27th
If you’ve only got ten minutes to spend in Eugene on a...
Jul 27th
Old School Sunday [literally]
Jul 26th
After best dinner ever, about to play the best board game...
Jul 26th
Oh-o the Wells Fargo wagon is a comin’ down the...
Jul 25th

Yay swimming!!!!

Jul 25th
Mom & Dad’s house
Jul 24th
For all your emergency nutritional needs.
Jul 24th
Jul 24th
Roadtrip!!
Jul 23rd
Mt. Hood is about as tall as we are.
Jul 23rd
smartblonde: what if the eclipse had super powers and all...
Jul 23rd
I ♥ Southwest Comfy chairs, power outlets, swanky tabletops...
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
Vroom vroom!
Jul 23rd

It sounds so simple...

Leaving for the airport 4 hours earlier than you usually wake up? Go to bed a few hours early,...
Jul 23rd
bg5000: thedailywhat: RIP: Actor Les Lye, best known for...
Jul 23rd

AMC Action Channel says...

“If you enjoyed Fight Club, stay tuned for Starsky and Hutch!” What kind of sick joke...
Jul 23rd
Laugh Out Louded? shouldn’t it be L’dOL?
Jul 22nd
homb after the rain
Jul 22nd
Warch Watch
I think it’s true that I have never listened to any record more that this one.
Jul 22nd
inothernews: I GOTTA WEAR SHADES Sadhus, Hindu holy men,...
Jul 22nd
frontpages: Metro Discovers Problems in Additional Track...
Jul 22nd
pattista: furryrabbits: itafroma: ...
Jul 22nd

I miss my pumpkin seeds...

Jul 22nd
“Cat: What are you doing? Me: Writing. Cat: Play now? Me:...”
— wilw
Jul 22nd
thedisneyvault: handslikesecrets: lastrolo: “If there is...
Jul 22nd

if i were younger and got to have a...

(via spontaneouslove) ♥
Jul 22nd
Discovered in a hanging plant on the porch.  Look closely in...
Jul 21st
Harvard Scholar Henry Louis Gates Arrested
Jul 21st
inothernews: CUTE?  IT’S PANDATORY In this photo released by...
Jul 20th
Listen Listen
inothernews: WORD UP by cameo
Jul 20th
My first thought when I saw this was why did they photoshop...
Jul 20th
“I have no idea why this hasn’t completely overrun...”
— millsbaker TOTALLY.
Jul 20th
inothernews: A THOUSAND WORDS Astronaut Buzz Aldrin,...
Jul 20th
Gay Marriage and the Constitution - WSJ.com
Jul 20th
apatosaurus: City farming becomes a social cause -...
Jul 20th
“They herd us into an assembly that is supposed to be a...”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Jul 20th
Cucumber plants this morning. Here’s what they looked...
Jul 20th
From The Ethicist: Question: My husband and I spent substantial time and money to entice bluebirds...
Jul 19th
Jul 19th
“Visiting friends in hospitals. We’d go in. We’d go in one...”
— Gay and HIV-positive New York...
Jul 19th

Five tumblr names I might have chosen in...

• middle school: megmurryokeefe • early high school: slartibartfast • late high school: drmaqueeeen...
Jul 19th
bunkercomplex: paper tastebuds  » i3 LAB : fairy...
Jul 19th
Warch Watch
thedisneyvault: pajamapajacqueline: maeby: monsterxero: sexysyntax: HAHAHAHA. The greatest...
Jul 19th
mutations: thefilmwatcher: whitenoiseinstereo: (via...
Jul 19th
gauntlet: claudia: Why Can’t There Be More Ads Like This...
Jul 19th
Hungry.
Jul 19th
Listen Listen
inothernews: thepoliticalpartygirl:brooklynmutt: “Piece Of My Heart” - Janis Joplin Reblogged...
Jul 19th
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but...”
— Nelson Mandela (via kari-shma)
Jul 19th
psychotherapy: goharius: oolieoh: I honestly believe that as a result of it, I have felt more...
Jul 19th
Listen Listen
shaneguiter: smashedlee: lickystickypickyme: Survivor - Eye of the tiger HELL YEAH This song...
Jul 19th
Warch Watch
wildephotog: taylorflannie:heydeneen: Alanis Morissette and Alicia Silverstone make fun of indie...
Jul 19th
DoGood
Jul 19th

I have fresh mint in my lemonade.

Jul 18th
Speak & Spell Emulator
Jul 18th
Cucumbers!!!
Jul 18th
gauntlet: notemily: “With all due respect for the...
Jul 18th
inothernews: Wallpaper. :-) phew, that was quick!  :)
Jul 18th

The times, they are a changin'

U: You know what people never talk about anymore?
Me: what?
U: Wallpaper.
U: No one talks about wallpaper anymore.
U: They have all these home improvement type shows but they never wallpaper anything.
Jul 18th
davereed: via fletter: southofthesouth awww…
Jul 18th
lamebot: If a shark fights you, DO NOT fight back.
Jul 18th
So that happened.
Jul 17th
“This is *exactly* why I’ve decided not to buy a...”
— wilw
Jul 17th

Slooooooooowly now...

I have to read 7 novels, 1 graphic novel, 1 book of poetry and 10 picture books for class this week....
Jul 17th
Indoor cat torture.
Jul 17th
marco: (photo from Macworld: App Store rating system) ...
Jul 17th
smartblonde: withoutmelissa: I am madly in love with...
Jul 17th
“They might think they’ve got a pretty jump shot or a pretty...”
— BARACK OBAMA, during a speech...
Jul 17th

Has anybody written/analyzed the use of...

notthatkindagay: Specifically, I’m thinking of twitter, tumblr (and other blogging platforms, I...
Jul 16th

The bike of crime.

That’s fucking awesome writing.  Why didn’t the writer who wrote that line stick around...
Jul 16th
Herbs.
Jul 15th
Ichiro; classy man or classiest man?
Jul 15th
Green spider is green.
Jul 15th
I just spent —literally— three minutes reading and...
Jul 15th
7 Reasons to Keep Your Tyrannosaur off Crack
Jul 15th
vinh: Vintage postcards + aliens = wonderful (See more...
Jul 15th
“I can’t decide whether to tag my boring tweets as...”
— hodgman
Jul 15th

25 Things You Didn't Know About Tech &...

inothernews: lunchfood: AOL began as an on-demand videogame service in 1983 In 1983, the New...
Jul 15th
Warch Watch
Thanks M, you rock!
Jul 15th
ryanselvy: How to make cookies through the heat of your...
Jul 15th
Modern Posters of Classic Films
Jul 15th
notthatkindagay: ...
Jul 15th
oriolesmagic: Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Jul 15th
Don’t worry National League, it’s not all bad.  That Chase Utley guy’s a cutie. ...
Jul 15th

Woot!

Wow, the National League really really really really really really really really really really...
Jul 15th

Go Adam!

Adam Jones’ sacrifice fly is the go-ahead RBI! Edited to add: hey inothernews &...
Jul 15th
enjoli: faithandbegorrah: thepoliticalpartygirl: ...
Jul 15th
Reid Supports Amendment Ending DADT
Jul 15th
(via oriolesmagic)
Jul 15th
Listen Listen
—Mickey, Toni Basil
Jul 15th

Fucking baseball.

I’m already crying.  They haven’t thrown out the first pitch yet.
Jul 15th
apatosaurus: Apatosaurus Dictionary of Strong Language ...
Jul 15th
robot-heart: fold — tyrannosaurus rex
Jul 14th
“Watching the confirmation hearings of Sotomayor, it makes me...”
— Samhita at Feministing (via...
Jul 14th
“Attention people who love The Muppets! http://is.gd/1xG3f”
— wilw
Jul 14th
robot-heart: La Dolce Vita: This Week’s Quote
Jul 14th
Listen Listen
lamebot: Cake | The Distance
Jul 13th
Earth's Population in Pixels.
Jul 13th

A long time ago we used to be friends

Jul 12th
“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and...”
— Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990...
Jul 12th
“You will become way less concerned with what other people...”
— David Foster Wallace,...
Jul 12th

Five lessons learned from "Blue Crush"

• “If you want to be the best, you have to take the biggest risk” • When staying in a...
Jul 12th
Warch Watch
And now…Best Picture Oscar Winner of 2002: Blue Crush mmmm…surfers…
Jul 12th
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is...”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (via...
Jul 12th
Warch Watch
BSB—Before Squirrel Baffle
Jul 12th

What if

everyone called you Andrew for a week?
Jul 12th
City.
Jul 12th

What if

everything on Venus smells like cat?
Jul 12th
comicbooks: @JScottCampbell: @NathanFillion Cap’n Hammer...
Jul 12th
(via kari-shma)
Jul 12th
oriolesmagic: Walkoffs. ♥
Jul 12th
Listen Listen
shaneguiter: autumnsayshello: jesuisperdu: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Jul 12th
Today’s adventures at the Inner Harbor
Jul 12th
Today’s [brief] trip to the Walters’ Art Museum
Jul 12th
Words fail…
Jul 11th
Thank you print media.
Jul 11th
Boat butt
Jul 11th
Awesome doors
Jul 11th
Best caterer’s turkey sandwich: Walters’ Art...
Jul 11th
New seats on the light rail!
Jul 11th

That wasn't very sensitive of me

just sayin’
Jul 11th

Pet Peeve

When [old] people say, back when I was a kid it was this and that and the other thing.  It only cost...
Jul 11th
apatosaurus: Apatosaurus Dictionary of Strong Language ...
Jul 11th
curate: everydaykimberly
Jul 11th
“be kind to everyone you meet. they’re fighting a battle you...”
— (via grimzah) (via mareen)
Jul 11th
Listen Listen
moviescore: John Williams “The Return Of The Jedi” Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Jul 11th
Lucy
Jul 11th

Repetitionary Road

What is with the untenable repetition of Kate and Leo’s characters’ names in the movies...
Jul 11th
rand0mflora: rillawafers: soupsoup: (via catbus)
Jul 11th
karenabad: (via superamit: In San Francisco, it is...
Jul 10th

Five things at the top of five dentists'...

• Trident • Trident • Trident • Nicorette • Trident
Jul 10th
(via proudpbskid) 13 days!
Jul 10th
Warch Watch
pattista: waterfront invasion much?
Jul 10th
kari-shma: [Clark Little] I miss the water.
Jul 10th
inothernews: Blecccch. Few things are more disgusting.
Jul 10th

What if

you could make your fingernails light up like halogen flashlights?
Jul 10th
davereed: Crater Lake auto-reblog [Photographer: Paulo...
Jul 10th
davereed: “Miranda…..” [obligatory Firefly reblog] via...
Jul 10th
filmquotes: yourfavoriteredhead: Seth: I just wanna go to...
Jul 10th
migueld: (via iamachilles)
Jul 10th
Warch Watch
urg: Hey Hipsters, come to Oakland! (via) Hey, I lived in Oakland before it was cool.
Jul 10th
I teared up when I saw this.  Immediately.  The way your...
Jul 10th

Every time I'm forced to use the urban...

spontaneouslove: (via subjecttomeg) for me, it’s every day smm comes up with a new word. i throw...
Jul 10th
Sights on my way to work today.  Bolton Hill and Mt. Vernon...
Jul 10th

What if

you ate only foods that started with the letter “H”?
Jul 9th
Local News
Jul 9th
City.
Jul 9th
City.
Jul 9th
Good morning!
Jul 9th

What if

God stole your kneecaps and used them to create a race of miniature dolphins that live in Lake Erie?
Jul 9th
14 days! (photo from here)
Jul 9th

What if

you lost hearing in your left ear every Tuesday at 2:17 pm?
Jul 9th
City.
Jul 9th

What if

you got superpowers for 24 hours after every dentist visit?
Jul 9th
Accessibility Fail
Jul 9th
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure...”
— Bertrand Russell one of my...
Jul 9th
Made Broccoli Cornbread for dinner.  It was nomnomlicious
Jul 9th

Why cookies are superior.

inothernews: rosasparks: 1. They are portable. 2. The amount of time and ingredients it takes...
Jul 9th

That's one for the WIN column!

Jul 8th
Mass. sues feds over definition of marriage
Jul 8th
I just bought groceries, rented a movie and shared this news with the world without speaking to...
Jul 8th

1115

Number of email messages I have that show up when I search for “corn” WTF?
Jul 8th

For the record

The weather is fucking amazing today.
Jul 8th
Five things that make me break out in hives of anxiety,...
Jul 8th
Listen Listen
—Poison Ivy, m’shell ndegeocello
Jul 8th

Five things causing me to procrastinate...

• not having one of those squishy gardening mats for my elderly knees • general laziness • concern...
Jul 8th
Listen Listen
inothernews: “A Little Respect” by Erasure Oh, baby, please…
Jul 8th
pattista: furryrabbits: This little bundle of joy is the...
Jul 8th
smalltowngayblog: fuckyeahlgbt: CAMBRIDGE — Two students...
Jul 8th
Then [O’s manager, Dave Trembley] lost it and I said,...
Jul 8th
Ok hip New Yorker types, check out this piece of kick-ass...
Jul 8th
apatosaurus: My brother and sister-in-law make these...
Jul 8th

More on the Unattainable Goal

I’ve been thinking more about this this morning.  The study here suggests that just as minor...
Jul 7th
devincastro: Life in balance. (via .Bradi)
Jul 7th
It boggles* my mind that the App store has only been around...
Jul 7th

What if

I tried too hard and ended up doing something so astonishingly well that someone from the local news...
Jul 7th
B'More Green: Where is the veggie food at...
Jul 7th
tylercoates: This is what I’ve learned from the Internet:...
Jul 7th
enjoli: hikergirl: minou: kelsium: ...
Jul 7th
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at...”
— Ernest Hemingway (via...
Jul 7th
“Don’t feed the trolls, dude. Did we learn nothing from...”
— apatosaurus, in reference to...
Jul 7th
Listen Listen
It works! I wish I could play like this. My piano playing sounds more like this.
Jul 6th
Listen Listen
lamebot: The Kinks | A Well Respected Man
Jul 6th

Aaahhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrgggggg! IT'S NEW ALL...

Jul 6th
dyfl: takethecityandrun: ericmortensen: ...
Jul 6th
Piano is fixed!
Jul 6th

Ladies and Gentlemen

mrgan: You may have seen the YouTube video of President Obama recording the audio for his...
Jul 6th
“Just labeled a big mess of paperwork “Crap I have to...”
— ginatrapani
Jul 6th
The evolutionary origin of depression: Mild...
Jul 6th
Reuters: Remaining parts of oldest Christian...
Jul 6th
Reuters: Remaining parts of oldest Christian...
Jul 6th
USA Today: 2010 Census will report number of...
Jul 6th
migueld: and then there was further talking with ira and i...
Jul 6th
Warch Watch
Please consider this a sincere plea to read Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s...
Jul 6th
NY Times: Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary...
Jul 6th

Five lighter things

• board games • romantic comedies • cupcakes • coloring books • lemonade
Jul 6th
Once it was just like a dream, everything in its right...
Jul 6th

Wreck

Seems like everything starts with wanting, something craved, intangible, fading— a lonely hollow...
Jul 5th
photophobia: Fireworks in Baton Rouge / Selected Sea...
Jul 5th
inothernews: The New York Times has a great story today on...
Jul 5th

I just spent almost an hour starting a...

Who the hell is this person I’ve turned into?
Jul 5th

Have you ever wondered what happened...

motionsensorsoundtrack: Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before...
Jul 5th
Listen Listen
inothernews: natface: Born in the USA — Bruce Springsteen Born down in a dead man’s town...
Jul 4th
apatosaurus: Apatosaurus Dictionary of Strong Language ...
Jul 4th
Cat.
Jul 3rd

Five tv shows that started out being...

• The X-Files • The Sopranos • Weeds • Battlestar Galactica • Twin Peaks
Jul 3rd
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when...”
— Ernest Hemingway (via...
Jul 3rd
shorterexcerpts: discodazzler: In case you were...
Jul 3rd
Enormous Things
Jul 3rd
Listen Listen
— Torn, Toad the Wet Sprocket More music I shouldn’t be listening to right now
Jul 3rd
Jul 3rd

Five things I love in the summer here

• Camden Yards • Rehoboth Beach • Rita’s • fireflies • staying inside a lot
Jul 3rd
inothernews: Godtfred Kirk Christiansen’s drawings on his...
Jul 3rd
“A photo says, “You were happy, and I wanted to catch that.”...”
— My Sister’s Keeper (via...
Jul 3rd
Warch Watch
karenabad: Sia - Breathe Me (KCRW 2007) Starts at 0:41 seconds in. This song still makes me get...
Jul 3rd
Warch Watch
karenabad: Fireworks by Pes Happy long weekend!
Jul 3rd
tylercoates: This is why we can’t have nice things - like...
Jul 3rd
kari-shma: Quotes (via juju_bug)
Jul 3rd

Sure it always gets better

But then it just gets worse again.
Jul 2nd
An amazing look at skyscrapers through...
Jul 2nd
Okla. Lawmaker: Gays Caused Recession
Jul 2nd
(via thedisneyvault)
Jul 2nd
mercurypdx: dieauslanderin19: via...
Jul 2nd
Via USA Today: panoramic views from and...
Jul 2nd
marcusallenthecat: siddman: ursofuckinspecial:...
Jul 2nd
Listen Listen
marcusallenthecat: 5hane: kari-shma: Salt N Pepa | Shoop How you doin, baby? … No, not you …...
Jul 2nd
lonelysandwich: The Taco Bell of Tiny Broken Dreams I...
Jul 2nd

Wait Wait! That Jenny Sanford quote was...

notthatkindagay: I’m sorry, I thought it came off as such. But reading it again, I guess I could...
Jul 1st
Jenny Sanford: “Gay marriage wrecked my...
Jul 1st
“The prevalence of so many strapped borrowers is why I...”
— What Is a Master’s Degree...
Jul 1st
Interesting map displays job supply/demand
Jul 1st
One of only 27 photos from Germany and London.
Jul 1st
Trying not to make tumblr all about baseball like yesterday,...
Jul 1st

Wow. Reimold, Pedroia and Varitek ought...

I feel so dumb and naive.  I’m new to baseball and honestly didn’t realize...
Jul 1st
photophobia: London. Beautiful. When I was twenty I spent...
Jul 1st
apatosaurus: Apatosaurus Dictionary of Strong Language ...
Jul 1st
ACKB: I HOPE YOU WERE WATCHING YOUR ORIOLES...
Jul 1st
thumbwrestlinginbaltimore: Two of my best friends just got...
Jul 1st
mills: GPOYW. It emerges that it is not, in fact, an...
Jul 1st
Good news. There are so many fuckyeah tumblrs that you can...
Jul 1st