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Thom Hartmann has left the building, but he was in Portland Friday. Here’s our report…
It’s always good to see a hometown boy made good, and that’s just what we saw on May 2 when Thom Hartmann returned to Portland for an evening at First Unitarian Church. Thom is touring in support of his twenty-sixth … Continue reading
Latest Climate Change reports say the Earth is still burning. Here’s the info you need to understand why…
Three reports on climate change, the AAAS’s “What We Know”, the IPCC’s “Fifth Assessment Report” (AR5), and the “National Climate Assessment” (NCA) were recently released. The AAAS is a summary of the current science, AR5 is a global report, and … Continue reading
Meet the folks at Artichoke Music- Our first Referral Reward quarterly spotlight!
We’re in week 17 of our Referral Reward program, and we’re amazed at the way our clients have responded. 49 new people have become new clients, and the donations to deserving non-profits now total over $1,650! It’s easy for you to … Continue reading
Drew’s Kitchen- Chicken with Sour Cream and Paprika
Ingredients: Extra-virgin olive oil 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (abt 2 lbs) Kosher salt 1 medium-size yellow onion, finely chopped 2 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded and thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced ½ tsp. sweet paprika Pinch of ground red … Continue reading
Shop Talk- FREE CARWASH SEASON is back again!
FREE Carwash Season is back! You’ve waited since last fall for this… May in Portland doesn’t just mean the beautiful weather is beginning, it also means Free Car Wash Season at Tom Dwyer Automotive! The summer heat will soon turn … Continue reading
Health Notes- Small picture to big picture… in PICTURES!
Healthy living is different depending on how you look at it. There’s the ‘small picture’ stuff that happens to us all as individuals, and then there’s the ‘big picture’ stuff that happens to us as a society. Here are two … Continue reading
Sellwood Bridge Update- Save $200 during the upcoming Bridge Closure
Traffic on the Sellwood Bridge usually runs pretty smoothly despite the construction, but next week will be a little different. The bridge will be closed from Tuesday evening, May 13, until Friday evening, May 16 so a contractor can install … Continue reading
Book Spotlight- “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Picketty
In the Afterword to his masterpiece “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, Robert Pirsig introduces us to a Swedish word, kulturbärer, meaning a “culture-bearing” book… “A culture-bearing book, like a mule, bears the culture on its back… Culture-bearing books … Continue reading
Humorousness- Mom Spotting
We just celebrated Mother’s Day, the day we set aside to honor Mom for all the work she does the other 364 days. Not a bad bargain! But are YOU a Mom? Although ‘having children’ is a strong indicator, it … Continue reading
Popcorn Shorts for May 2014
Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading