archive for april 2009

A Teaser

A story is coming, and it involves video footage and more photos like this. Look for it in the next week.

100 days

In honor of his first 100 days in office. Here’s to the hope that we can all do better for the next hundred, and the hundred after that.
Man, is he cool.

It’s not *this* economy, it’s the NEW economy… but that doesn’t make it easy

The first part of the headline is a tag line for a self-promotional series of PSA’s I’m developing from an idea that came from Mercedes Rose. ‘It’s not this economy, it’s the new economy. Get creative.’ The tag encompasses the upbeat and optimistic outlook that keeps me going. Make it happen. Move, shake. Meet, greet. [...]

Boots, roundin’ up the suspects

I’ve always been a pretty casual shoe guy. Casual shoes, some sneakers, and running shoes are staples. Lately I’ve been thinking about boots. It might be this whole Americana thing that’s all the rage. Or maybe it’s the Oregon rain that’s settling into my blood. But the durability and the solid nature of a boot [...]

Introducing: This American Life

It all started with my buddy and me imitating that voice. It’s nasally, and his speech pattern is a little too NPR. By which I mean, quick, wordy, and earnest.
ira-glass-intro
He’s not quite as ‘NPR’ as Terry Gross, which I would consider the most ‘NPR’ one can be. But he is certainly distinct. The format of [...]

That lone woman

It might be because I’ve been watching too much Mad Men. It might be that the sun is out here and there are more people walking around. It might be because this is the way it is. You can tell a lot about a woman when she’s not looking. Not the kind of not looking [...]

Jeans, dark horses making a push

I’ve been busy in my search for the right pair of jeans, running all over Portland trying on this and that. I happened past Nolita, a store that’s all about denim. The guy there had me try on these:
Simon Miller Jeans, M001. He loves these, and was pretty persuasive. They’re raw, but more comfortable to [...]

The Quasi-Glamorous Life appearance, re-dux: download and tidbits

In case you missed the live broadcast of The Quasi-Glamorous Life podcast, you can stream it here:
the quasi-glamorous life – episode 10
My portion starts at about the 12:15 mark.
As usual, I thought of plenty of things to add once I was done with the show, so I’m going to go ahead and use the blog [...]

A Lesson – Eight Years in the Making

Yoon of ‘What three guys think’ sent in our first correspondence piece.
A friend of mine is a student at a large public university and he was recently assaulted by an alleged fraternity member of the local “tough guy” frat for being Asian.  Nothing more nothing less.
Flash back seven-plus years to September 12, 2001, a [...]

Field trip: The (Spruce) Goose is loose

I live 5 minutes from where the Spruce Goose is housed at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. It moved here from Long Beach, CA when I was living here as a teenager. I moved back 2 years ago and still had never been to see it. My youngest brother got an internship there giving tours, so [...]

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