Sportbucketry

I Really Want One of These Houses.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:47:36 -0700

I Really Want One of These Houses.

Wow. Just wow.

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:39:50 -0700

Wow. Just wow.

Video

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:35:59 -0700

"That’s been our history,” Norma Trimble, who is Native American, said during the question-and-answer..."

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:03:00 -0700

““That’s been our history,” Norma Trimble, who is Native American, said during the question-and-answer session this month. “They take all you’ve got. They take your land. Now they want your stories.””

- As Portland Changes, Blacks and Whites Talk It Over

Reasons I'm Entertaining Yet Another Expensive Photography Purchase

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:15:12 -0700

Or, shortcomings of the Nikon D40:

No auto-bracketing
Limited to 3 frames in burst mode
Only 3 autofocus anchors

It took a 3000+ frame vacation to Hawaii to even notice some of these things, but now that I’m aware of them, they’re bugging me.

Just spotted Sayid at a crosswalk in Honolulu. He smokes Marlboro reds.

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:09:29 -0700

Just spotted Sayid at a crosswalk in Honolulu. He smokes Marlboro reds.

"Wil Shipley, a Seattle software developer, uses his iPhone at the Whole Foods fish counter to check..."

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:54:15 -0700

“Wil Shipley, a Seattle software developer, uses his iPhone at the Whole Foods fish counter to check websites for updates on which seafood is the most environmentally correct to purchase. He quizzes the staff on where and how a fish was caught. Because he carries the Internet with him, “I can be super-picky,” he said.”

- Wil Shipley is the whitest, nerdiest person alive (okay, that’s not actually the title of the article, but it probably should be)

Some Things I've Been Enjoying Recently

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:48:09 -0700

"These accusations are pure, slanderous rubbish,” said Lord Nathan Dunkirk III, the owner of a..."

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:27:00 -0700

““These accusations are pure, slanderous rubbish,” said Lord Nathan Dunkirk III, the owner of a prodigious manor house that, along with its steeplechase course and topiary garden, sits on what was once the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. “If anything, the layabouts and wastrels have been afforded a veritable glut of new and felicitous opportunities as bootblacks and scullery maids.””

- Nation’s Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened by Aristocratization, The Onion

The Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill was the first tape I ever owned. An older neighbor kid let...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:56:00 -0700

The Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill was the first tape I ever owned. An older neighbor kid let me record his copy. I remember putting two tape decks on the floor of my bedroom, pressing “play” on one and “record” on the other, then closing the door and leaving them alone until Side A was done. I was 5. Mom wouldn’t let me bring it to preschool.

Charlie Rose interviews Charlie Rose

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:29:28 -0700

Charlie Rose interviews Charlie Rose

The Beauty - Abbi Back in middle school I discovered a weird...

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:36:00 -0700

The Beauty - Abbi

Back in middle school I discovered a weird little local proto-indie rock scene (that’s a lot of adjectives) by way of a concert some folks put on for my church’s youth group. A bunch of tattooed 20-something musician types showed up smoking cigarettes, and after an awkward game of volleyball — “fellowshipping” — they set up some huge amplifiers and produced what my 13-year-old mind recalls as the single greatest moment in music history.

Some of the folks who played that day have gone on to do some pretty great things for the music community in Portland, notably Mikee (of TomFest) and Todd Fadel (former proprietor of Portland’s semi-legendary/now-closed/all-ages venue Meow Meow).

In addition to fronting the band Sappo (which played second that day, if I recall correctly) and being part of the hilarious and brilliant Star Wars tribute band Twin Sister, Fadel’s had a number of charmingly ramshackle side projects over the years. The Beauty is one such project. This particular track, Abbi, is a tribute to the Fadel family’s babysitter, and was selected by Rolling Stone as part of their 25 Best Bands on MySpace. It’s full of beeps and blips and skits and soul. It’s one of the weirdest little tunes I’ve heard in a long while, and — perhaps thus — it’s beautiful.

Blur - Good Song

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:54:00 -0700

Blur - Good Song

Joke Comment

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:37:00 -0700

Leah: You made a joke comment!
Tim: No, I didn't.
Tim: What would make you say that?
Leah: "Fake Name For Making Joke Comments"
Tim: That's just a formality.

Gaza Strip Mall - Bouncy Baby (working title)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:54:00 -0700

Gaza Strip Mall - Bouncy Baby (working title)

What I like about allergy season is how it’s a culturally acceptable time to be high on OTC...

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:26:24 -0700

What I like about allergy season is how it’s a culturally acceptable time to be high on OTC drugs for weeks at a time.

Anybody know where I can score some butthash? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkem

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:58:45 -0700

Anybody know where I can score some butthash? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkem

Free screening of King Corn tonight at 8 at St Johns Theater....

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:51:20 -0700

Free screening of King Corn tonight at 8 at St Johns Theater. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/kingcorn/trailer

Save Okra! We need to find a third roommate so we don’t...

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Save Okra! We need to find a third roommate so we don’t have to split up and send Okra back to live in North Carolina with her grandmother.

Billed for another six months of auto insurance: boo. Premiums magically went down 20% since the...

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:08:14 -0800

Billed for another six months of auto insurance: boo. Premiums magically went down 20% since the last bill: yay!