News Before I "brave the elements" (or whatever hoary weather cliche you prefer) and leave the office to catch the bus home, I want to leave behind some helpful hints to deal with the snow: 1) For the latest updates on TriMet, go here. 2) For the latest weather updates as practiced by actual weather professionals go here. 3) If this hours-long blizzard gives you cabin fever, here's one productive ...   More

News Ohio State fanatic Noah Litton gets one final question in our pre-Rose Bowl Q & A about each other's teams before his Buckeyes take on my Oregon Ducks this Friday: How does Oregon poke through on what (at least in this part of the country) has been Ohio State's best defense in a decade? I am confident that the Ducks can more than "poke through" on Ohio State. My bet is that they will ...   More

News Rose Bowl week is finally here. And before Friday's game between Ohio State and Oregon, I get my final question in today of Buckeyes fan Noah Litton (check back later this week for our predictions of the final score.) in our running Q & A about each other's teams. Today's question: Stanford pounded Oregon by running the ball with Toby Gerhart. Is Ohio State capable of doing the same thing ...   More

News Whilst we digest Oregon State's bowl debacle last night in Las Vegas (which called to mind a similar laydown performance three years ago by Oregon in very comparable circumstances against BYU), we look ahead to the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl in this ongoing Q & A with Buckeyes fanatic Noah Litton. Noah's question today: Ohio State's rushing offense has been much more consistent over the last month ...   More

News A useful reminder to anyone anticipating a memorable (or possibly hard to remember) New Year's Eve: All rides on TriMet's MAX and buses will be free beginning at 8 pm on Thursday, Dec. 31. The MAX Blue, Green and Yellow lines will also provide extra late-night service on New Year's Eve, running every 30 minutes until about 3 am. And in the same spirit of public service, here's a video to help ...   More

News I break for a moment from my Rose Bowl myopia to pay homage to another group of fans in Oregon paying homage to its college football team. In the spirit of this well-chronicled video by Ducks students, [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hrjpe1VCNg[/youtube] there's now this rap by Linfield fans for their 'Cats: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3XFCVB0O74&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Credit ...   More

News Mark your calendars, folks. Sarah Palin is coming to our fair state, according to this report in the (Eugene) Register-Guard. And of all places to visit, Palin is going to "Berkeley North" a.k.a. Eugene. But no danger of rabble-rousers getting anywhere near Palin, as she'll speak to the Republican faithful in Lane County on April 23. The closest Palin got to Oregon recently was in November when ...   More

News What a strange and delightful journey we've had with Extraordinary Measures, which was briefly titled Determined and before that was called The Untitled Crowley Project, but will always be best known as the movie that brought Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser (and Ted Kulongoski) to Portland to save the lives of babies stricken with an obscure disease. It's hard to believe it's less than a week ...   More

News Here's one from the department of small-but-ridiculous problems: Last night, in a fit of pure boredom, I channel-surfed over to the 10 pm re-broadcast of the Arizona State-Oregon basketball game on Comcast Sportsnet just to check in for a few minutes on the miserable state of Pac-10 basketball. Oregon basketball is so inconsequential these days that I arrived at Channel 37 with no idea about ...   More

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