Public service announcement: The Bend/Central Oregon bloggers are getting together tomorrow (Wednesday, July 21) at six o’clock at the Bend Brewing Company. I’ll be there, and I know a few more of us will be, too. See you there!
Author: Jon
Spending the weekend with noxious chemicals
Since moving into the new house, it seems like there’s a never-ending list of things to do. This weekend it was staining the new fence. That took a big chunk of time. The way to go when doing something like staining a fence (or a deck) is to get a compression sprayer—a plastic tank that… Continue reading Spending the weekend with noxious chemicals
Iron Chef
Every now and again I catch the beginning of Iron Chef on Food Network, and man, that is one weird show. The original Japanese version, anyway; I haven’t seen Iron Chef America.
Sheriff Money
Isn’t it interesting that after the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office pushed so hard to get a levy passed for more money, with all the hand-wringing and guilt trips about people losing jobs and criminals being let out of jail, now all of a sudden they have extra cash? Aware of the likely criticism, Stiles insisted… Continue reading Sheriff Money
Spider-Man 2
Saw Spider-Man 2 on Friday night. Very good. Better in many ways than the first one, and the first one was very good, too. Herewith some additional thoughts, but they might be spoilerish, so only read on if you’ve seen the movie (or are willing to risk it).
Farking Irritating
Going through the chuggnutt.com logfiles for the 6th, I noticed that there were suddenly a bunch of hits to the Oobi image I’d posted here a while back from TotalFark. Basically, someone’s linked directly to the image on this server from a high-traffic site. Now on the one hand, that’s kind of cool—but on the… Continue reading Farking Irritating
Amazing accident
My wife found this somewhere: the most amazing car accident ever. Damn. I’m just speechless.
4th of July Recap
We had a good 4th of July here, the weather was beautiful, the fireworks were grand and it was fun in general. I took the kids to the Pet Parade, while my wife and mother visited the gem show in Sisters. Afterwards we drank beer, barbecued hamburgers and set off fireworks for the kids in… Continue reading 4th of July Recap
This 4th
I kind of doubt I’ll be online posting much tomorrow, so a pre-emptive note for everyone to have a fun, safe July 4th. We’ll be shooting from the hip as far as plans go tomorrow; I’m taking the kids to the Pet Parade downtown at 10 for sure. Should be a good day. And we… Continue reading This 4th
Sod
Ever think about sod before? Yeah, me neither, until recently. Always seemed like such a boring topic—yah, grass, lawns, yawn. But I’ve been thinking a lot about sod lately, since we moved into our new house and had landscaping done. It turns out sod is quite a bit more interesting than I initially thought. Watching… Continue reading Sod