tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60616242012-01-21T23:26:23.466-08:00Nothing lasts, so I'll leave a description up to your discretion.Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07391020329830520336noreply@blogger.comBlogger13761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061624.post-1912991382892280722009-11-01T11:25:00.000-08:002009-11-01T11:25:00.810-08:00

I won't delete this blog, and I won't forget about it. However, I have decided to move on and make a fresh blogging start. Hence, Jimspeak 2.0 which you can find here: http://fuzzyhorizons.blogspot.com/

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Coming soon, to this blog.Tales from South America!Sun, heat, food and beer, locals and other travelers, bus rides and much more!

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Here it is day 4 of the conference and I've not posted since day 2 when I was working! It's been a great few days, though exhausting. I've met a lot of wonderful people, seem a lot of great presentations, and don't feel totally hopeless about the state of the world (not completely...). The best part about some of what I've heard is that I think I've gained some tools and practical applications

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My friend from Brazil arrived last Saturday morning, and thus began the end of the odyssey that has been preparing and helping to organize the Towards Carfree Cities (TCC)Conference VIII (http://carfreeportland.org/). My involvement began last year when I attended TCC VII in Istanbul. There was no way I could not be involved since it's being held here in Portland, OR. So far so good. Yesterday

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Here we are a couple of months into my being carfree, and how do things stand? Top notch I tell you. How many times have I had to resort to car trickery in order to accomplish that which needed accomplishing? Rarely. Incident #1 required the use of my friend Sue's Flexcar (http://www.flexcar.com/) membership in order to pick up the food and mini-keg of Roots beer that we were using to entice

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Today is the day before Thanksgiving and I am flying out to Hawaii. Not a rough life I lead these days, eh? But here's the best part of the morning so far (after the consideration of my destination): there was no line at check-in. Stranger yet, not a single person was in front of me at security. Amazing. Into the airport and to the gate within maybe 20 minutes. And, free internet! Happy

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A plane got us there. Quite boring in comparison to all the bus trips we'd recently survived. But I must say, it was not an unwelcome change! A short zany bus ride through Istanbul rush hour traffic dropped us at the ferry dock. A ferry ride and tram ride later and we were back at the hostel by the Aya Sofya, checking in and longing for a cold beer beverage. As we filled out the requisite forms,

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It's after midnight, I'm drinking a Widmer Oktoberfest beer and watching Young Frankenstein. I was all cozy laid down on the futon with a blanket over me and cold breezes swirling around my sodden head. Since I seem to have internet access in the apartment, what else would I do but get online! Checking for cheap business cardschecking emailtrying to not send out anymore "productive" emailsa bit

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Kars to ErzurumThe van ride from Kars to Erzurum started out innocently enough. We got in a van at the travel agent’s front door. Chaotic weaving back into town and into and around the otogar, back through town picking up passengers all along the way. Finally, after what seemed like hours, we hit the open road and were on our way! Twenty minutes later the police stopped us at a checkpoint at

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For those not in the know, I have made a big step forward in life. After some deliberation, much prodding, and a smattering of guilt at self-purported hypocrisy, I rid myself of my car. Actually, it's not been ridden yet, it's still in front of my house, but the papers have been sent off and I got the call yesterday for which I've been waiting. By the end of the coming week, the Gold Saturn

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I think I've mentioned it, but I will do so again. Only this time, a picture accompanies. We drive right past Noah's Ark laden Mount Ararat. Beautiful huge and expensive as hell to climb. But quite cheap to pass on a small dolmuc.

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*Author's note: This was written during a late night/early morning session a few nights ago and seemed quite funny to me at the time. But since I am too lazy to re-read it before posting, I am not responsible for what may be contained within*Our call time at the taxi was 8:00am. Breakfast proceedings began at 7:30am (despite the onset of Ramadan having begun days previous) so I was down and ready

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For those curious to know, we made it back to Belgium earlier this afternoon. Somehow we made it without any major snags and are now sitting here in the lap of luxury with Steph's cousins, sipping some very tasty Belgian beer and eating pasta! My tummy is a might happy entity right now. Though my eyes are tired so I should perhaps sleep.So far, an incredible journey though it is about over (very

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The van ride from Van to Kars was a good one. Highly entertaining. The route taken was pretty roundabout and we ended up passing very close by the Iranian border. We learned that there is a good bit of drug smuggling that occurs in the area and that was the reason for the multiple military checkpoints we had to stop at. Six times our van stopped to chat with guys in camo. Twice we had to get out

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Here is the link to the website of my fellow traveler, Stephanie:www.pedalpaddle.blogspot.comIf her account of the trip does not coincide with mine, it's because she is lying.

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Lake Van, next to the town of Van, is the most beautiful lake I have ever seen. The blue of the lake was such that I had never seen before: a dark blue that lightened towards the shore. I can't even describe it adequately so once again pictures will have to tell the story-once I get home and download them. Amazing. The town was not bad, we walked around a lot and got sunburned. One afternoon we

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The day after the dogs we eventually made our way to the small town of Midyat. We went there because our new friend in Istanbul is from there and we thought it would be fun to meet up with a couple of friends and see a very out of the way small town, a very Kurdish town. After getting off the bus at the otogar we started asking around trying to get tickets to our next destination for that

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Back to the other morning. After being dropped in the streets of New Mardin at 4am we were in need of a place to crash. The fancy expensive hotel across the street was full and not another was to be seen. Hoisting our packs we began hoofing our way towards the old city. Right quickly a guy pulled up next to us and let us know (Who doesn't love a good game of charades?) that he'd give us a ride to

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Tell the phones to stop ringing and the babies to stop crying, we made it out here to Mardin without issue. A swinging shuttle van swept us up in Antakya, dropped us at the otogar (where we dined on bread raisins olives and spicy cheese) and a pretty bus brought us out here. The ride itself was....interesting. Pulling away from the station, a horde of weeping people surrounded the bus and

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So, it seems the time came for us to pay the bill on all the luck and karma we have used up by traveling sans plans. Two nıghts ago we walked down to the bus depot to catch our 6:45pm bus from Goreme to Antakya. After standing around for an hour or so, the guy running the office of the bus company through whom we got our tickets came out and asked to see the tickets. He took them inside and came

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Since I've not yet gone through my conference notes I will bypass those days for now and will retell tales from the days that followed. But first, a sip of turkish coffee...That is good stuff. I'll continue pretending that drinking hot coffee when it is 32 degrees C and cloudless outside is a good idea. And yes, it is hot as balls out here and will only be getting hotter as we head east. Some of

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Finally some time has freed up and I can begin recounting this trip. But where to begin? Our flight from Brussels to Budapest, Hungary was uneventful. The only point to note is that upon leaving the plane we boarded a shuttle bus that did a small loop and dropped us at a door 50 feet beyond where it had been waiting for us. I was amused. Our bags arrived (mine has become somewhat familiar to me

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Who knew this would actually be a week of work! And long days at that. We've been leaving the apartment around 7 or 8 and not getting back until between 9 and 11pm. Suffice it to say, I'm exhausted and you'll have to wait for a real update (lots to tell, don't you worry). The days have been long and I've seen very little of the city, but the conference has been amazing and the people are

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Not only did I sleep for 11 hours, but I only woke up twice: once in the middle of the night at which time I had to remember where I was and where the bathroom was (found it, but not the light switch) and then this morning. Sleeping so soundly is pretty unheard of for me so I guess I was tired. Right now I am drinking my second cup of coffee while looking out into the sunny backyard and ignoring

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I tried to post last night, the night before, whatever it was, but apparently it didn't work. I'll have to redo that one later. Right now I am way too exhausted to type much. I am in Mons, Belgium. Arrived around 3:30pm this afternoon. Spent almost 24 full hours traveling. Three hour drive to Seattle, 9 hour plane ride (it's a bad sign when you back hurts before the place takes off), 5 hour

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Burlington Free Press.com | Local/VermontAhh, automakers. I guess it's not their fault that Americans are spoiled and want nothing but big fuel inneficient autos. At least that's the way they paint the picture. They cant't meet fuel economy standards (DaimlerChrysler has a fleet in Europe that gets 35mpg as compared tot he 24-25mpg their fleet in the US gets. Not their fault-Europeans are used to

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Al Jazeera English - NewsHmm. This is one more feather in the bonnet of the Brits, as far as I'm concerned. I knew I liked them! If only our administration could adopt not only this decision to eliminate an over-used catch-phrase, but also the stated belief in "soft power" (aka-values and ideas. And conversation) as a tactic in achieving some semblance of peace. I suppose Bush has claimed he

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Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 - Yahoo! News: "Kurt Vonnegut "RIP, Mr. Vonnegut

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A killer documentary hits home pretty hard, especially for this coffee drinker.Check out the details here: http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/A quick rundown on what this documentary is about:If you haven't yet seen the movie, Black Gold is an excellent testament to why Fair Trade is so important. The film beautifully and hauntingly illustrates the struggles faced by coffee farmers worldwide as they

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A little over 10 hours to go....

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It may have started out rainy, but by the time Nicole and I made our way out to Pier Park for a little frisbee flippin' action, the rains had ceased and the sun made occasional appearances. A damn fine day, actually. The temperature was perfect and we didn't get rained on, tho we did get a bit muddy. Good times. The new Montrails held up quite well. Duct taping my orthotics back together also

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If you're looking for something to do on April 14, 2007, go to the Step It Up 2007 website and check for events in your area. From the site's main page:This April 14th, tens of thousands of Americans will gather all across the country at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change. We will hike, bike, climb, walk, swim, kayak, canoe, or simply sit or stand with banners of our

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I am finally over the hump of feeling like a foggy-headed mule bent on self-destruction through starvation. Today I feel like a normal person again with reasonable skills of logic and thinking. More or less. This is good as today is the long day of the week with me not getting home until 9pm or so tonight. More importantly, my whinging will be greatly reduced causing much joy at home. A whiner I

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I'm alive, but these days I'm not feeling it. My doc has me on a cleansing/fasting type diet for a few weeks in an effort to determine why my cholesterol is high. We've tried a couple other things, but so far nothing. This new diet? Ah, it's not fun. I am eating fruits, veggies, beans and....that's about it. No:Grains Dairy (the block of cheese in the fridge mocks me)eggsalcoholcaffeine (oh how I

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An interview with Van Jones, advocate for social justice and shared green prosperity | By David Roberts | Grist | Main Dish | 20 Mar 2007It's been a while, I know. Maybe it's time for a comeback? This is a great interview with Van Jones. The man has some great things to say. Check it out.

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U.N. report says Britain worst place for children - Yahoo! NewsWho said it ain't broke? ...The study found there was no consistent relationship between a country's wealth, as measured in gross domestic product per capita, and a child's quality of life.

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Green Left - VENEZUELA: Venezuela's democratic revolutionWhile I am no politician or political analyst or even that accomplished at such thought, I must say that on the surface the reforms being put out by Chavez sound pretty good. He seems to be walking the talk more than the presidents of some countries that I won't mention. Hopefully things are going along as this article claims. Here is a

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How Not to Inflame Iraq - New York TimesA good and interesting read. The last paragraph is a good one, and perhaps one that needs to be sent to Dubya for review.

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BBC NEWS | Business | Bush submits $2.9 trillion budgetIt's all about priorities, right?The 2008 budget also sets out plans to curb domestic spending, including $66bn savings over five years from Medicare....As well as the cuts to Medicare - the health insurance program for 43 million retirees and disabled people - Mr Bush's proposed savings also include $12bn from reducing eligibility to

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Swiss drug case threatens developing world - MSF - Yahoo! NewsPharm companies are great aren't they? I guess since they are a business it's ok that they are more interested in making more money than helping people. Intellectual rights? That's great. I guess it's the fault of the poor people that they can't afford the meds?Most people say that lawyers have no soul. A strong argument could be made

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Something is trying to tell me that I should not own any material goods. At least not anything worth anything.The weekend went like this:I spent most of it indoors and/or on my own getting some valuable Corey-time. Which sort of work except for intense mental distractions. But that is another subject. Friday night I explored the cause for my stereo's one speaker output. I feared speaker but I

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"I think most of the nations in that part of the world believe their security is supported, if you will, by the United States. They want us to have a major presence there," Cheney said in an interview with Newsweek magazine, according to a transcript released by the White House on Sunday.Yup, all those Middle Eastern countries adore us and our military presence over there and they sure feel much

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But now I'm sleepy. Darn the over eating.It's been a hazy couple of weeks. A long weekend away in the frigid cold and good times with friends. Weeks of hectic-osity at work. Last weekend my little sis came down and we had a good time relaxing, chatting and taking it easy. Good times. Hopefully I'll see her again soon!A couple days ago I turned one year older. Damn. I'm old. I'm now IN my 30s!

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There is nothing more absurd, to give an example that is only apparently trivial, than the millions who wish to live in luxury and idleness and yet be slender and good-looking. We have millions, too, whose livelihoods, amusements, and comforts are all destructive, who nevertheless wish to live in a healthy environment; they want to run their recreational engines in clean, fresh air. - p.15,16.The

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"I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago."~Sir George Porter, The Observer, 26 August 1973

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Yeah! The Bears are finally going back to the Super Bowl! It's been 21 years and now they're headed back!!!

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Washington 'snubbed Iran offer'Ah, more good news. Nice that a good sounding offer was rejected. But I guess it makes sense. What good can come from "talking to evil"? I guess it can be done, but only on our terms. So silly. I'm too tired and worn out to get worked up by this. Maybe later.

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If everyone in the world only cared about money, we would be more screwed than we already are.Mr Jolissaint, a Chrysler veteran who was recently appointed the chief economist for the German-US DaimlerChrysler Group, said that since he started spending more time at the company's corporate headquarters in Stuttgart he had been shocked by the absurdity of European attitudes towards global warming.In

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I win

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I've been so busy doing nothing that I've neglected my duties to the blogosphere!It's been a crazy couple of weeks filled with guests, crazy cats, parties, New Years Eve, New Years Eve Part II, a going away party more goings away, gale force winds atop a mountain accompanied by snow and rain. Oy

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It was a blustery and frigid yet beautiful day out on the coast.

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Even tho the weekend has been long, it's whipped by entirely too quickly. Friday I worked from home for a couple of hours instead of using up time commuting. This was essential as I headed up to Mt Hood with some friends a little before noon to get in some turns. It was a beautiful day (not just because I wasn't working) and we spent some hours making turns on packed powder interspersed with the

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As I was walking to get yet another cup of tea early this afternoon I looked out towards Mount St Helens and noticed what looked like a plume of smoke rising upwards. There were no clouds nearby and I got excited. A search of the internet showed nothing too telling but it was agreed amongst my coworkers that gathered to look that it must be some sort of emittance. Cool! Not a bad view from right

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Finally, after a hiatus of almost 3 years I strapped on my skis and hit the slopes! How do I feel today, the day after? Kinda like someone tore my arse off, jumped on it a few times and then stapled it back on. Meanwhile, the aforementioned person's friends were jumping up and down on my back and legs. Sore. That's how I feel. But good! After 2 years off I wasn't too bad. And riding my bike daily

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"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car you are still paying for, in order to get to the job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car, and the house that you leave empty all day in order to live in it."-Ellen Goodman

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But I'm alive. Spent last Friday evening until Monday afternoon in Denver. Whoa man. By the time I finally made it back to the apartment Monday night it was about 9pm and I was done both physically and mentally. Drained, that is.Not only that, but I had: one pair of ripped and dirty jeans. A new pair of jeans that were recently dirtied, matching the dirty shirt and backpack. Scraped and bloodied

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Our social gathering was fairly successful. The tally for the night was 30 people or so, and all seemed to have a good time. My time there was longer than I'd anticipated; after 10 minutes I had said nary a word and was preparing to find a way to wriggle out. But then some energy kicked in, some great conversations started up (politics, travel) and I was hooked. Before I knew it 8:00pm had

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To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times. Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful-Thomas

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Both of my classes are now finished. And I am relieved because now I have all sorts of free time! Hell, today I didn't leave the house until almost 7am and I should be home somewhere between 8 and 9, I hope. OofGave my presentation for my alternative transportation class and, surprisingly, it went pretty well. In fact, technique-wise, I think it was probably one of the better speeches I've

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No fear or brains. The little guy was going after a hook em a bobber up in the corner of the ceiling that you can just make out. He didn't fall, but he looked and sounded pathetic until I grabbed him offa the butterfly.He's a silly little bugger, but he's the best!

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Today has been a bit of a long day, tho it's whipped by so fast that I've barely noticed it. Early rising, my butt hit my bike seat before the sun was up and I got to see a beautiful pink and orange sunrise across the Willamette as I made my way to work. That took a little of the sting out of getting up so early.Work work work, all day long. After work I worked on my class project for a bit. I

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Most of today has been spent working on writing up a grant proposal for my alternative transportation class. Which is all well and good except for the frustration involved. I've never written up a grant proposal, no guidance was given in class on doing such a thing (although ONE example has been provided to us). For this mythical project we are supposed to have all sorts of tangibles and other

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Check out the sidebar! All sorts of new fun links to try out

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Here are a couple of pictures from our trip out to the coast last weekend. We headed out to Oswald West, which is jsut south of Cannon Beach, OR. Rather pretty, wouldn't you say?

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It's true, Thanksgiving and the long weekend it accords, has come and gone a few days hence this one. And yet I've said nothing, loosed nothing from these finger tips as to what transpired out here in OR over that blessedly long weekend. WellNot too much, really. My little sis and her husband came down for a visit and a friend of Candace's also came out. Which put 5 of us in the little apartment.

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Murdoch blocks O.J.'s multimedia comeback - Yahoo! NewsThis was good news to hear. But, does this mean I have to express goodwill towards Fox and Bill O'Reilly? Hmm, I'll have to consider. A quote from O'Reilly:"I'm not going to watch the Simpson show or even look at the book. I'm not going to even look at it," O'Reilly said in a "Talking Points" commentary last week. "If any company sponsors the

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It's amazing how quickly the weekends fly by. When you get right down to it, it's a bit obnoxious. These days I seem to crash on the weekend; a noticable lack of motivation hits pretty quickly once I leave work. I don't like it. There is too much to be done!This past weekend I stayed in Friday night! It was great! I got a bunch of reading done and studied some Thai and went to bed at a reasonable

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"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time." -- Marion Wright Edelman

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Bloomberg.com: MuseSo, um, OJ Simpson has written a book entitled "If I did it, here's how it happened". It's being called "his confession" by his publisher Judith Regan. Ms. Regan also had this to say about why she is publishing this book: In a ``Say What?'' moment yesterday, Regan told CNN that she is publishing the book to help people like herself who had suffered from domestic violence, and

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What a time was had last weekend! My word the muscles on my legs would be in recovery right now were it not for the large uphills I encountered coming to and from class tonight.Friday night was a wonder. Happy hour was me and a couple guys from work. Months late having birthday beers with them, totally my fault. Hard to meet for happy hour when events make up virtually every afternoon/evening. No

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"To be unacquainted with what has passed in the world,before we came into it ourselves, is to be alwayschildren."--Cicero

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For those who may have known me during my scholastic years, you will understand the exhaustion I am experiencing right now. Tonight my Thai classes began. That is why I am so tired.It has nothing to do with the fasting I had to do last night before getting blood drawn this morning to check for lowered (we hope!) cholesterol. Nor is it related to the bike ride to work after losing this blood, the

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Yesterday was a pretty amazing day. The morning was filled with a leadership training class, led by a guy who reminded me of Steve Martin back in his SNL days. Loud, a little crazy, flailing arms...funny stuff. And I learned some stuff too. Developmental stages as an employee, different managerial styles and how the various stages don't mesh well especially if the participants are unaware of the

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Evangelist admits meth, massage, no sex - Yahoo! NewsSure, the specifics of which allegations are true has not been verified. But come on. If you claim that gay marriage would destroy the values of this country and the institution of marriage, what about meth? You would have a hard time convincing me that meth is less evil than gay marriage (which I don't believe is bad at all).Is it wrong to

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Mondays are a day of the week that should cease to exist. While there must be a first day of the work week (unless you are unlucky enough to work every day...right Brandon?) I don't think it should be Monday. The option should remain eternally open to avoid this day at all costs. Why the attitude? Well, I'll tell you.This morning I walked to work. After crossing the Willamette I head south along

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There was a party last night. In it there was beer, a dancing slug, snacky foods and lots of random people. My contribution to the party, aside from my Presence, was my stereo which helped pump out the tunes for the dancing revelry (in which I include myself). Unfortunately, Guns n Roses came on. The heavy mound of mump at the end of my neck has been wobbly all day today as a result of the head

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Fog blanketed the Willamette River this morning, the cool air refreshing and invigorating as we plied the river with our dragon boat paddles. I spent the first half of practice standing astride the main beam of the boat, the till in my chilled left hand, my bare legs impervious to the chilly morning air (thank you, layer upon layer of hair), playing leapfrog with the tiller in our (The Castaways)

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Ticketmaster. Thank goodness monopolies are illegal in the US of A. That is all I think I need to say. Anyone who has had to bend over and drop trou in order to go to a show whose tickets are being sold by Ticketmaster knows what I am talking about. The latest? $10 tickets that ended up being $14.25 after TM charges and over $16 after getting hit with the venue charges.What great people they are.

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Tomorrow I get to spend half of the day in a green building workshop. This will be a nice change from the spreadsheet filled days I've been having. I'm not exactly sure what to expect out of this workshop, but it will be all sorts of stuff I know nothing about, yet, which is cool. Hopefully I am able to charge this time. The department manager was not consulted yet but I am sure...I hope...that

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Don't know much about him, but from the little I've read I like him. I have 2 of his books on loan from the library waiting for me to read them. In the meantime, I had this:Latin American Integration Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Bernie Dwyer Bernie Dwyer: I am reminded of a great Irish song called "The West's Awake"written by Thomas Davis in remembrance of the Fenian Uprising of 1798. It

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Today dawned gray and wet and chilly. Donning my best black gear, I headed out onto the road to make my way to work. A nice section of my ride to work is downhill. I use this time of ease to sit back on my laurels and let my legs do the steering while the wind and rain whip me across the side of the head.Heading down this hill I pass thru 2 traffic circles. The sidestreet has a stop sign but my

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"Coyote Gulch/Colorado Water". Good stuffHere's an link. Not one to give you warm and fuzzies, but good. An excerpt:"All sources of estrogen that people are coming in contact with are important. By themselves, they are not important, but they are being compounded and becoming harmful. We have a lot of information already that estrogen is a problem for adults. High amounts are linked to certain

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BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Starbucks employee says his manager discouraged bike useYeah, can't say this manager is a nice person. Riding a bike is not necessarily indicative of a person's position in life, financial status or anything really. It could mean anything. And to tell someone that it is not proper for them to ride a bike to work? Uncalled for. I'm not a Starbucks fan by any

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It started out with me sleeping in. I know that may not sound busy, but when you wake up irritated from funky dreams, with a ball of fur splayed out (in constantly shifting variations of repose) across your head, neck or face, and worked up at all the day holds....it can be hard to go back to sleep! But I managed.And, I managed to ride to work (bicycle) without freezing (I apparently refuse to

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That is me. The last time I posted on here was way too long ago. Again.What has been happening? A lot. Let's run through a quick list.I signed up for 2 college courses. An bicycle and pedestrian planning/design class, and international politics. I dropped the IP after the first class. This was quite unfortunate as it looked fascinating. I bought the book thinking I'd go back and ended up keeping

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An Ex-Official Offers Glimpse of Iranian Views of U.S. - New York TimesI know, I'm lame for posting links but not writing anything, but so it goes for now. This is a good article that highlights, a bit, the thinking in of the people in Iran; an important factor (you would think) to consider when engaged in diplomacy

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My iPod keeps freezing up and acting wacky. Yesterday I thought I'd lost all my music, which would have been disatrous, as most of the tunes I have came from my brother's computer, which is somewhere....not here.It's a beautiful and hot day here in Portland. A great day to sit in a coffee shop and drink a hot coffee? Perhaps not, but that's what I am doing. Organizing, prioritizing, being

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Irving Welsh is down at Powell's tonight. Shall I venture over there (which also means an additional book or 3 will accompany me on my bike ride home) after practice (to which I must rush momentarily) or would I be better served in heading to the local pub with my team for a frosty beverage and interpersonal communication/contact? Hm. Woe is me! The decisions I need to make in life!Talk this past

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I have been reminded, once again, that I have been remiss in my blogging duties. As such, I will force my enfeebled mind to jot out something relevant to life these days.Busy; that says most of it. This past weekend I was up in Victoria, British Columbia for some dragon boat racing. It was awesome! A neat (and little strange) little town that was invaded by over 100 teams competing for....little

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I don't feel like typing out the entire article, and I don't feel like looking for it on the web (couldn't post it anyway, as I'm sure you need to be a subscriber or something). But, the NYT had an article entitled: "US Says It Is Prepared For Transition in Cuba"Lots of plans are in place to assist the transition from Castro to democracy. The US has, and I am sure continues to support and fund

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Castro handover tests Cuban succession plan - Yahoo! NewsA passage:The United States has a detailed plan for how to help Cuba move toward democracy and a free-market economy post-Castro. But U.S. officials were not surprised a transition was developing as the Cuba government planned, rather than according to the American playbook. "It's no surprise that we remain standing by," said a senior

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Here is Mt Hood as seen from the bridge over the river upon which I was standing when I pressed the button on the camera that took this picture which is now on my computer and in your face. Pretty, ain't it?

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Which means that the weekend is over and that I am at work now, toiling away with the rest of you working stiffs. Well, maybe I'm not toiling away just yet, but I'm drinking my coffee. That's a start.For those of you stuck in the heat wave striking a lot of the country-ha! It's nice here. 60 degrees for the ride to work and a high of 80 projected for today. Not too shabby.Although the heat

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GOP makes conditions on wage increase - Yahoo! NewsLet's make these lawmakers live on minimum wage for a year, and then see if they continue resisting raising it.I can't see the sense in tying a raise in minimum wage with a reduction in taxes on inheritances on multimllion dollar estates. How does that make sense?Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade

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Las Vegas has made it illegal to feed homeless people in city parks after residents complained about the large numbers gathering in the public facilities.Public facilities...The law defines a homeless person as someone "whom a reasonable ordinary person would believe to be entitled to apply for or receive assistance".Allen Lichtenstein, a lawyer with the American civil liberties union of Nevada,

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Sustainability TipBan the Incandescent“If every household in the US replaced just three of its incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving designs and used them for five hours per day, it would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 23 million tonnes, reduce electricity demand by the equivalent of 11 coal-fired power stations and save $1.8 billion.Given that investing $450 million could save $1.8

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