A genuine imitation snakeskin baseball from Alice Cooper’s sports bar in Phoenix. Probably purchased in advance of the 2002 Oregon-Colorado Fiesta Bowl. Possibly picked up the year prior when we were in […]
10 Things Found Cleaning Out My Desk at the Oregonian: No. 10
A collection of random memories found in and around my desk at the Oregonian as I prepare for my Aug. 28 departure. I have no idea if I was supposed to keep […]
Thanks (Or: The hopefully not too long, or for long, goodbye)
I have no idea who controls this crazy little world, but to whomever made it rain and got E Street Radio to play “The Promise” just as I pulled up to my […]
Who farted in the shot glass, and other Live Wire stories
Once upon a time, I drove out to Burns to go on a cattle drive with former Oregon quarterback Kellen Clemens and his family. It nearly did me in. It was one […]
Guns Along The River: A Late Night In Watertown
It was a day of sheltering in place. It was a day in which the essential geography of my life turned into a place of dark corners and of rustling in the […]
This.
Forever Go Blue. — Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) April 9, 2013
Michigan, man. (Or: However it goes, this has been a lot of fun)
(Photo: @umichbball) I went to a dinner party last night. This is noteworthy only in as much as there was also a pretty big basketball game going on at the time and […]
A 2-year old wrestles with ‘Anchorman’
FADE IN: INT. DINING ROOM. A SMALL, ADORABLE CHILD IS LISTING THE THINGS SHE LOVES. KIDDO: … and I love Mommy, and … DAD: Can you say I love lamp? KIDDO: I […]
“We’ll take here to hell and heaven and back.” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Today in Media Bias
Me: It’d be nice to be able to use horse shit in a quote sometimes. Co-worker 1: Maybe if you used equine to class it up. Co-worker 2: Equine droppings. Me: Seems […]