My friend Nate is awesome.
Here’s what some other people think.
Go Nate!
June 2nd, 2010A good night for a walk
May 31st, 2010Had fun last night. Despite the rain, Brian and I walked to Bamboo Sushi. He hadn’t been there yet and I thought he’d like it. It’s hardcore on my list to take Michele to while she is here, it has more vegetarian rolls than any sushi place I’ve ever gone. We had two vegetarian rolls (Green Machine, 310) and two rolls with fish (Chasing the Dragon, The Local). Out of all that, I think the Green Machine is still my favorite, and I might try it with tuna sometime. We sat at the sushi bar, which I prefer and drank Bridgeport. Was pretty awesome – rain, sustainable fish, Bridgeport. Made me happy.
On the walk home we stopped in at Beulahland where I had a New Belgium IPA (yuck. There really isn’t a New Belgium beer I like so I need to stop trying) and Brian drank an Old German. We hung out there for a while and then decided to stop in at Spints to check it out. We will definitely be heading there for lunch one of these days – it looks like their lunch menu might have more for me to eat (they have an extremely meat-laden menu).
It’s been pretty cold and rainy here – we broke several all-time records in Portland last week for cold temperatures – so it was really great to get out on a longer walk. And walking through our neighborhood on a Sunday night in the rain is amazing (air is so fresh, and the light filtering through the 80 – 100 year old trees, wow, and streetlights reflecting off the street). I need to start walking more than I have been while I’ve been in school. It’s so good for me, my attitude improves and hopefully it will help me lose the next five pounds.
O life
May 26th, 2010One of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while (a cartoon/story). Not in the least because I’ve been there, repeatedly.
Hat tip to my cousin Shelley who made my day with this!
The Octopus and the Coconut
May 20th, 2010
Old news to a lot of people, I am certain, but as a huge fan of the octopus, I have to post this here so I can find it again.
Food notes
May 18th, 2010First, pesticides are bad for children, who would have thought? I’m glad that Brian and I have been lucky enough to have had organic farmshares for years. And try to buy our off-season veggies at farmers’ market’s, Willy St Co-op and New Seasons. I suspect we will see more and more studies on this.
Secondly, a bit of a scuffle over Oregon pigs and chefs. A bit perplexing.
All good dogs go to heaven.
May 15th, 2010
Mira passed away today. As Gretchen said, she was doing something that made her happy when she passed, and it was quick, and really, what else can any of us hope to have?
She was a good dog. She was very small for a Great Dane, but she was one of the largest dogs I’ve ever been near. I used to dog-sit for her when I still lived in Madison, and she considered me part of her pack, which is quite an honor. Great Danes tend to be pretty protective of their families, and while Mira was a good dog, we watched her closely around other people. I was really touched that she not only remembered me but considered me to be family.
She was a funny dog – her legs were so long and she’d pat you with her paw, gently for her, and it always made me laugh. When they got a tiny kitten (named Purrita), Mira and the kitten would play fiercely with each other. At times, the kitten would entirely disappear in Mira’s mouth, but it was just play and she would emerge unscathed.
I’m glad my niece and nephew grew up with such a good dog. My heart goes out them so much today, and I don’t even know how to answer the sad emails I am getting from them.
Thanks for being my friend, Mira. RIP.
The whole world is just brief breaks between ocean
May 5th, 2010I often think about leaving I.T. for marine biology. If I can ever figure out a way to combine the two, that’s it, I’ll be really deeply happy. Hmmm…I should look into that more.
Anyhow, here’s this:
This one has 60-foot “arms” called siphonophores! (hat tip to Norm who posted this link first and brought it to my attention)
In other jellyfish news, my friend Amanda sent me the most wonderful painting of a jellyfish that she did, and her super awesome father framed for me (he’s an incredible craftsman, both woodworking and blacksmithing. I need to get his website again and link to him here, he’s made some really incredible things for me). I thought I was going to hang it in our Hall of Doors, but it really wanted to be in our bedroom, which is blue, so I can look at everyday. It has inspired me to re-invent our bedroom with an underwater theme which will do great things for me. I need to take a picture of how we hung it to send to her and I’ll see if she minds if I post the picture here.
Neat-o!
Not me! I didn’t do it!
May 4th, 2010I never knew this! Up until around 2000, and starting in the late 60s, if a director wanted to disavow a film or state that they did not approve of it, they’d use the name Alan Smithee in the credits. It was also apparently used to indicate disapproval for “Cut for TV” versions.
Hmmm, perhaps I’ve adjusted
April 29th, 2010Proof I’ve lived here for about half of my life: I didn’t even notice that Portland broke the record for most rainy days in April in history.
I honestly hadn’t noticed, seemed pretty normal to me.
I love stuff like this.
April 27th, 2010Go Oregon, go Marie Equi! Such an awesome story (not the being put in jail part, but the rest of it).
via Portland Mercury who got it from the History Pub at the Kennedy School.
So mad that I have night classes on Mondays – I would have loved to have been at the Kennedy School for this!!