Pretty sweet, a number of the more active local bloggers on local issues have put together Blue Oregon. So far it’s looking like a pretty darn good spot for editorial, and looking forward to it as a solid source for localish news. Check it out, it’s on the sidebar for future use.

The Widmer Brothers are producing Drop Top Amber. This is an aromatic, lightly hopped amber ale with a well-rounded flavor. This beer is pleasant, but I’ve never considered it to be strikingly good. Tonite I am looking at it with a fresh and untainted eye. Weighing in at 4.85% ABV, I’d say that the Drop Top is a bit more ‘drinkable’ than several of its cousins in the amber market. It rolls across my tongue with a hint of the honey malt velvety sweetness, before effervescing into the great beyond, pleasant and discreet.

This is cool, sent by my grandad, pics of Space Ship One and its posse. The crowd pic at the start is pretty darn great too.

Last night I went and saw Portland’s beloved Timbers, an A-league soccer team, kick the crap out of the Earthquakes, one of the top MLS teams. For about 20 minutes. That’s when a horribly biased or incompetent officiating staff booked the Timbers with a red card, while simultaneously giving the Earthquakes a free goal in the form of a penalty kick…only me, Dave, and Beckham miss those. But anyway, we were rocking the quakes in terms of possession, position, shots, and similar, up until the bogus booking, and then even after that, we held a strong showing.

it’s been awhile. Actually, I’ve been out of town for a week and a half. And I didn’t check email once. It was fabulous. Withdrawals and stress aside, it was cathartic. But I got back and tonite I enabled Spam Assassin on my email account. Hopefully that will prevent the 50+ frickin spams I get everyday (I know, I don’t have it that bad compared to many, but not so long ago, I had almost none).

Little Lost Robot has a link to a fantastic movie that shouldn’t be missed: Office Space Wars in which some guys to a mini-office space with star wars people.

The albatross sent me an entertaining article by the last Queen Fan in America. Be warned, the highs and lows that you’ll share might bring you to the highest plains of Valhalla and the lowest canyons of Iowa. I’ll be in LA for awhile, so posts will be just as consistent as they have been.

This is beautiful, from a sunmanager post, pointed out to me by deetor: Hi Gurus! Maybe perhaps someone can help me with a strange problem on my E10k machine. I install program on machine that run Oracle DB for to my company has get big outsource contract from America. Program I run is called BitchX and here is my problem Gurus: ….

I got me a Utilikilt while I was working the Augie Bag tent at Pride. I like it lots, and recommend that all you guys rush on out and get some. No pics of it yet, maybe I’ll get one and toss it on for an update.