tasty times

I am so jazzed about this Korean-style pot roast. Soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil, awesomeness.

i can't stop paying attention to it because it annoys me so much

Issued by The National Weather Service
Portland, OR
3:27 pm PST, Tue., Feb. 22, 2011

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE COAST... COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON... INCLUDING THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

* TIMING... SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY TOMORROW MORNING... WITH HEAVIER SNOW BEGINNING LATER WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/SNOW LEVELS... A TRACE UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TWO TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY RIGHT DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. GENERAL STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COAST AND LOWLANDS BY THURSDAY EVENING. SOME LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE HIGHER HILLS... ESPECIALLY WHERE THE VALLEY MEETS THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND IN THE GORGE NEAR CASCADE LOCKS.

* IMPACTS... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED... RESULTING IN SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE COMMUTE BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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please, please let there be a portrait like me of this someday

A former governor of Oregon. Tom McCall, I believe. A disappointing field day witnessing the democratic process on a day off made worth it.

Also, there is some great WPA art in the building. Love the Art Deco. Such lovely examples of architecture should not be sullied by such lame politics. Oh well.

happy valentine's day

months

have

gone

by

without

either

of

us

stabbing

the

other

let's

eat

out

-- Denver Butson

"A Partial History of My Stupidity" by Edward Hirsch

Traffic was heavy coming off the bridge,

and I took the road to the right, the wrong one,

and got stuck in the car for hours.

Most nights I rushed out into the evening

without paying attention to the trees,

whose names I didn't know,

or the birds, which flew heedlessly on.

I couldn't relinquish my desires

or accept them, and so I strolled along

like a tiger that wanted to spring

but was still afraid of the wildness within.

The iron bars seemed invisible to others,

but I carried a cage around inside me.

I cared too much what other people thought

and made remarks I shouldn't have made.

I was silent when I should have spoken.

Forgive me, philosophers,

I read the Stoics but never understood them.

I felt that I was living the wrong life,

spiritually speaking,

while halfway around the world

thousands of people were being slaughtered,

some of them by my countrymen.

So I walked on-- distracted, lost in thought--

and forgot to attend to those who suffered

far away, nearby.

Forgive me, faith, for never having any.

I did not believe in God,

who eluded me.