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| 1. Friday, December 22, 2006 8:58 PM |
| JVSCant |
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I've developed a burgeoning obsession with the city, and I'm hoping there are people here who can offer some personal insights to augment the internet stuff I've been reading... [Not being an American citizen in no way diminishes my half-baked plan that I could eventually move there...]
 
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| 2. Saturday, December 23, 2006 1:11 AM |
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It's a liberal town. I have a friend who moved there some years back. He is a defense attorney. We argued about the guilt or innocence of cop killer Mumia abu Jamal once during a wedding reception. He conceded Mumia probably did it but said he was a brilliant poet and writer.
Tom Leykis refers to it as Pork-land, Oregon on his radio show. He does that to make a statement about the quality of the ladies there. Myself, I've never been to Or-ee-gone but I've frequently flown over it. Catherine Coulson lives in Oregon but not in Portland. I know this was helpful, right, Jamie? Susan
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| 3. Saturday, December 23, 2006 3:49 PM |
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Visited friends in Portland for a weekend. I liked it. Reminded me a lot of Seattle. It's home to Powell's, one of the greatest bookstores in existence: an entire city block. Check their site. Catherine Coulson (& my ex-wife) both live in Ashland.
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| 4. Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:43 PM |
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Chris, is your ex- "Dancing Girl" Leslie?  She and Brandon live in Ashland too, right? I'll bet everyone knows everybody in Ashland, Oregon. I'll bet there are a lot of trees there too. Two less than there were last month before I bought my noble firs however. Susan
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| 5. Saturday, December 23, 2006 11:03 PM |
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I think The One-Armed Man lives in Portland.
Mike, your 2cats
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| 6. Sunday, December 24, 2006 2:38 AM |
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Ummm... Former childhood home to Mark Rothko (1903-1970) between 1914 and 1923, famed Russian/American abstract expressionist painter, if I'm not mistaken.
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| 7. Monday, December 25, 2006 4:19 AM |
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The Wipers are from Portland.
"Lost on the freeway again, lookin' for means to an end."
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| 8. Tuesday, January 9, 2007 4:56 PM |
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Convergence 13, the annual grand gothic festival, will be held in Portland this year. Back in '97 two of my friends got into trouble in Portland. They stole a car and to make a long story short, one went to prison and the other was killed by a police officer.
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| 9. Friday, January 12, 2007 2:21 PM |
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| QUOTE: Convergence 13, the annual grand gothic festival, will be held in Portland this year. Back in '97 two of my friends got into trouble in Portland. They stole a car and to make a long story short, one went to prison and the other was killed by a police officer. |
Moral: if you're goin' to Portland in a car: rent, don't steal. (Especially if you're a goth prone to resisting arrest)
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