R-G Website Criticized
The Seattle website Crosscut.com has singled out The Register-Guard for one of the worst websites among the many “bad” examples in the Northwest. Continue reading
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Immigration rankings: California v. West Virginia
Just how bad of a “problem” is immigration? From the AP today comes news that: “Nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English. California led the nation in immigrants, at 27 percent of the state’s population, and in people who spoke a foreign language at home, at 43 percent. West Virginia had the smallest shares of both: 1.2 percent of immigrants and 2.3 percent of people who speak a foreign language at home.” Continue reading
The Bookmarks, They Are Eating My Brain
• Bacon Salt “is a zero calorie, vegetarian, Kosher certified seasoning salt that makes everything taste like real bacon.” Seriously? Gimme some. Let me try it. Continue reading
Bad Disney. No Biscuit.
From a recently received press release: Continue reading
Oregon in the News: No, Really? Edition
To the surprise of almost no one who reads any local news, The New York Times is reporting that the UO, among other public universities, is under-supported by the state, and as a result it’s adding considerable fees on top of tuition: All told, fees add up to $1,542, or nearly an additional 40 percent on top of tuition of $3,984. That does not even count additional fees charged for taking certain courses. Later in the story comes this: Continue reading
Thoughts About Everything But the Movie
The automatic ticketing machines at Regal ask too many questions. The standup cardboard ad for The Seeker makes me growl and grimace every time I see it. That is a travesty. You thought the tidied up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was bad? Try reading Susan Cooper’s amazing Dark Is Rising series and then stomaching this horrendous preview. Mmm, pretzel. Now if they just had pretzel bites. Continue reading
Best Music Writing 2007
Da Capo Press’s Best Music Writing 2007* just arrived — I mean seriously just arrived — in my inbox. This is one of my favorite book-arrival moments of the year: the quick perusal, the head-shaking, the nodding, the wondering why I haven’t gotten around to reading last year’s edition yet. This year, I think, I will read it. I will read it soon. Continue reading
Does city need to close streets to quiet trains?
A city of Eugene proposal to quiet railroad horns by closing five downtown rail crossings could cut off a section of downtown. Rail crossings at Monroe, Madison, Jefferson, Lawrence and Lincoln may be closed. Here’s a map. Continue reading
OH EM GEE: I Heart Michael Cera Edition
Superbad is pretty super-good, but I can’t help but wonder if I would have liked it as much if it didn’t star Michael Cera, whom I have also adored as George-Michael Bluth on Arrested Development and as slightly creepy campus tour guy Dean on Veronica Mars. Cera’s a slender, wide-eyed 18-year-old with incredible comic timing and a subtle sense of humor that’s hard to pin down. Why, exactly, is it hysterically funny when he runs (in Superbad), or when he tries to explain to his dad that his dud girlfriend is cute (in AD)? Continue reading
Global Warming Bike Tour
A Stanford trained global warming scientist that has been biking around the world to raise awareness about global warming will be in Eugene on Thursday. David Kroodsma will give a presentation at 5:30 pm on Thursday, August 30th in the Bascom/Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library. Continue reading