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Central Oregon is losing its mind. In the past 48 hours we've gotten somewhere between 36 and 42 inches of snow at the Mountain, bringing the base up to 105 inches. In the past 48 hours I've dug and scraped... Keep reading this entry »
If nothing else, all you PC users out there should download Winamp 5.0. It's free, it rocks, and it lets you toggle between the huge, ugly freeform Winamp 3.0 skins (the default of which is actually very pleasant and comes... Keep reading this entry »
Christmas Day in Bend, Oregon. The chickadees are flittering outside my window and eating snowflakes. Last night we had Christmas dinner over at Shane and Erin's place, where we watched Oregon State drag New Mexico up and down The... Keep reading this entry »
Ten minutes. Let's play this out and see what happens. Tonight I made thai chili, which was near-disasterous on any number of fronts. It turned out to be an absolutely gargantuan recipe intended to feed the entire crew of an... Keep reading this entry »
Ok. Egg timer initiated. I'm giving myself five minutes and one Full Sail Wassail to finish off this nonsense. The clientele at the local Food4Less (other names considered include FoodOrDeath and Food4Ass) are creepy. I mean, we're talkin' Duluth creepy,... Keep reading this entry »
This cold thing is starting to get out of hand. I've been playing it safe and sleeping lots and not playing outside in the cold and drinking homestyle orange juice so it isn't progressing into something fierce, but it isn't... Keep reading this entry »
Despite strident attempts to convince myself otherwise, I'm getting ill. The sore throat snuck up during night in strange dreams of hanging out with the Nerd Herd, and the weezy hacking summoned itself while dining at Quizno's. I've put myself... Keep reading this entry »
This is precious. This is perhaps the best thing I have seen on the web since the exploding whale video. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you OBJECTIVE: Christian Ministries... 4 KIDZ! My OBJECTIVE is JUST 4 KIDZ! The... Keep reading this entry »
Are you at a loss for your innovative outdoor Christmas lights display? Does tossing a string of lights over the shrubs not cut it for you, anymore? Want to be the envy of all your neighbors? Have we got... Keep reading this entry »
The Bend Target draws a totally different demographic than the Hood River Wal-Wart. We have discussed the clientele of the Hood River Wal-Mart before, the shower sandals, the striped tube socks, the pasty hairy legs, the basketball shorts, the... Keep reading this entry »
I was supposed to work a landscaping job yesterday. There was snow on the ground so it didn't happen. I was supposed to work a landscaping job today. There was three more inches of snow on the ground so it... Keep reading this entry »
Some people seem to be confused about the redesign. This is understandable, as change can be a traumatic experience not unlike winding up a plastic dinosaur that shoots sparks and sticking its mouth in your eye. First: Yes, there is... Keep reading this entry »
Newish design. Slick, smooth and streamlined for her displeasure. My site is running the risk of suffering from serious CSS bloat (all subpages still use wildwest.css despite my continued efforts to switch them over, and all indexes have been converted... Keep reading this entry »
Sometimes the evening calls for a few Manplanet MP3s played in an infinite loop, accompanied with a bottle of Full Sail Wasail that wrests consciousness from your fingertips. Tonight I hooked up our wireless network (our secure wireless network), moved... Keep reading this entry »
Time to get crackin'. The Internet and I haven't been on very good speaking terms as of late. I have no convenient way of hooking up our broadband connection in my bedroom, and I typically browse the web for sites... Keep reading this entry »