We’re currently having an impressive lightning storm here in Bend, one like I haven’t seen around here in a long time. I went out on the porch to watch it for a few minutes; I guess I’m easily impressed when Nature decides to put on a show. 🙂
Author: Jon
Quota Woes
The Deschutes County Sheriff just can’t catch a break. Not only are they dealing with some eyebrow-raising issues dealing with their budget and money, which I blogged about here, but now they’re awash in controversy over the establishment of quotas (“don’t call them quotas”). Jake has already written about this twice, here and here. And… Continue reading Quota Woes
Blue Moon
One for the weekend: tomorrow, July 31, (er, rather, today now I guess) is a blue moon. One definition of it, anyway. Enjoy!
Weekend off
My wife and I are heading up to Portland for the weekend, and will be back Sunday sometime. Needless to say, I’ll be taking the weekend off from blogging (even though I’ll probably be online Sunday night; we’ll see). Have a good weekend!
Silverado
I just got caught up in watching the last hour and a half of Silverado on TV, what a great movie. One of the first westerns I remember seeing that actually felt like what is must have been like in that era. Plus, it’s just a fun movie. With an all-star cast that holds up,… Continue reading Silverado
Interview
I was interviewed today by a reporter writing a story on local bloggers for the Bulletin. Very interesting, kind of cool. I’m not sure what will come of it other than myself sitting there yammering on semi-coherently, but the article will apparently be published next Thursday. I’ll have to pick up the paper to see.… Continue reading Interview
The Da Vinci Code
Jeez, it looks like I’ve taken a blog sabbatical around here. July must be that kind of month. Anyway… So, probably against my better judgement, I read The Da Vinci Code over the last week. (My parents loaned it to me.) It wasn’t nearly as earth-shattering as some people would have you believe (especially since… Continue reading The Da Vinci Code
For Shannon
Told you I’d do this. It’s a bit of a hack job, but oh well:
Bloggers and Quarters
Tonight’s local blogger meetup was a lot of fun, but only 3 of us showed up! (To be fair, Jesse did show up around 8:20, just as we were leaving.) Myself, Shannon and Simone made it to the Bend Brewing Company and had a good time. The funniest part, which I forgot until I got… Continue reading Bloggers and Quarters
Blue Oregon?
I keep seeing references to a new Oregon-related group blog called “BlueOregon,” purporting to reside at the domain name www.blueoregon.com. However, every time I try this domain, I get a “Future home of a domain” page—i.e., the domain name has been registered, but it’s parked on a generic landing page. (Even ORBlogs is showing content… Continue reading Blue Oregon?