Archive for January, 2006

Saga of the New Tivo, Part VII

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Posted in Tales | 2 Comments »

Previously: "…this saga may finally come to an end and Tina will have her birthday present before Valentine's Day." As arranged previously in Part VI, a service technician arrived early Sunday ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Current reading: Armor by John Steakley Recent listening: Zoe's Show, Still Feel Gone/Uncle Tupelo, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Before and After Science/Brian Eno Recent viewing: Sportscenter, Countdown with Keith Olberman, ... Read more..

TriMet passenger vs. bicyclist

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in Biking | 4 Comments »

    A recently filed lawsuit and an article about it in the Oregonian has stirred up the bicyclists vs. motorists pot here in Portland. As described here, Randy Albright is suing ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Current reading: Armor by John Steakley Recent listening: Greatest Hits/Duran Duran, Albinoni, Floorfillers, The Carter Family Recent viewing: AFC and NFC Championships, Iowa vs. Michigan State, Deep Core, Nature, Saturday Night Live Recent ... Read more..

Suns beat Lakers

Saturday, January 21st, 2006 Posted in Sports | No Comments »

Last night and this morning I watched the Suns cream the Lakers. Nothing beats seeing one of your favorite teams beat one of your least favorite players. Here's a few ... Read more..

Smoker Confrontations, Part III

Friday, January 20th, 2006 Posted in Tales | No Comments »

This morning the lady who was involved in Smoker Controntations, Part II was at the 162nd and Burnside Max station again. I pretended like I did not see her and ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Thursday, January 19th, 2006 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 5675 miles Current reading: Armor by John Steakley Recent listening: Zoe's Radio Show, Crooked Fingers, The Carter Family Recent viewing: 24, Attack of the Show, Desperate Housewives, Sportscenter, The Colbert Report Recent ... Read more..

Right turners

Thursday, January 19th, 2006 Posted in Biking | 2 Comments »

Bicyclist in Portland are blessed with an abundance of bicycle lanes on our city streets. Bike lanes, however, come with their own set of problems. One of these is the ... Read more..

Smoker Confrontations, Part II

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 Posted in Tales | 1 Comment »

As I explained in Part I, smoking is now banned on TriMet property as of January 1. This morning I had my second confrontation with a smoker disobeying the new ... Read more..

Thomas wants a cell phone

Monday, January 16th, 2006 Posted in News | 3 Comments »

Evidently two kids in his class have cell phones, so Thomas has been bothering us to buy him one. We keep telling him that he's not old enough to have ... Read more..