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  • Continuing even more on the food theme belowA Little More on Clam Chowder-- You know, I'm sure I've talked about this before on a blog. On my earliest blog today, I listed Gracie's Sea Hag (Depot Bay, OR) as having my …

  • Continuing the Food Theme from belowCajun FoodOh-- I knew I forgot one. Yardenxanthe's right, "Pappadeaux" (Houston, TX) was really good. I wish their franchise extended out of Houston, TX up here toward Portland. Bel…

  • "Food" ---the word for the Day... sortaJohn 4:31-33 "...I have food to eat that you know nothing about..." Okay, Strawberry14's blog started the subject of food for a lot of you on mutiple Xanga pages and comments …

  • Is the South Sister our next Mt. St Helens? Just a thought... nothing serious though... I remember hearing something in the news sometime last year about a new "bulge" in the South Sister near Bend, Oregon. Then a coup…

  • Yet another beautiful day in Oregon We returned from our weekend at Independence and Canyonville. Independence, Oregon is a cute bedroom community for Salem, our state capitol.. I was impressed by the city's appro…

  • Hi gang, This morning we're on our way to speak at Independence, OR- a church near Western Oregon Univ, followed by a three-hour drive to Canyonville, Oregon for an evening church service. Last night the PSU Chi Alpha …

  • Oh yah... It did cross my mind what kind of "Costco Dim Sum" might be offered at the furniture warehouse- maybe a sofa cushion or something... but no such luck. Had to go to IKEA for that. Oh by the way just FYI. If …

  • In response to Heather's request for info on the Costco Home Store. In addition to what Strawberry14 already said-- Basically what you have is a Costco store, same size, same outside design (you know, the one that Sam'…

  • Kathy, Jenna and I are on our way to Seattle for a quick trip to the Costco Home Decor center, and IKEA. Have a great day everyone!

  • Of Kidnapped Brides and PakistanLast night while doing a bit of channel surfing, I ran into a great FontlineWorld program. I wished I could have called all of you so you could see it. It featured three segments: "Paki…

  • Today... ...it's still Spring Break and our pace is a little more relaxed. The house continues to be mostly empty. Lori's house sitting. Shannon's in Nigeria. Jayme's up in Spokane-Coeur d' Alene area with a couple of…

  • The Guys Today a couple of things-- First "the guys"- Mark, Steve, Jason and Ian loaded up the green van for a major "24-hour" camping trip. They made a decision on the fly to go east instead of west. Rather than c…

  • Peep Mania Saturday night we had a bit of free time on our hands. Finals week ended and everyone needed to nuke off the steam of intense all-nighters. So Jayme sponsored her peeps for our first ever WPWF Nuke-Mania …

  • What comes after a "Gigabyte"? Last night I arrived at a new milestone in my computing. I maxed out my 60 GB "personal files" hard drive. This shut down a CD burning project I was working on. Understand these are jus…

  • What kind of barbeque is best? I'm not talking about meat slathered with sauces (though that is a worthy topic also), I'm talking about gas, charcoal etc. Is the thing to do get one of those stainless steel battleships…

  • Aspartame WarsOn the diet-soda thing, I'm not absolutely sure what I think about it yet. I do know that soda in general isn't good for our kidneys to have to deal with. Luckily I'm not into too many caffeinated produc…

  • In other developments... The O'Rilley Factor broke the news tonight that Diet Soda Pop is addictive. Turns out the caffeine and aspartame deliver a double "upper" dose, plus numerous other evils in aspartame. And it se…

  • Great New RestaurantThe only really notable thing happening today was trying out a new Lebanese restaurant with Kathy, Jenna and Jayme, "Ya Hala" (which means "welcome" in Lebanese). This was definitely a great find. W…

  • A little family info We've been corresponding with a possible relative of Kathy's great-grandmother from Bohemia. I just sent off an email with some info, and needed to post photos on a page for them to look at. …

  • On Dollar Stores and Fried Chicken The following was written on Yardenxanthe's comments page, and I felt too lazy to write something else new on my own, so here it is. You are absolutely right about the dollar stores. …

  • Man on a MissionWe had a visit from Timothy today. Dr. Timothy is a retired mechanical engineer from People's Republic of China. He was doing work before he retired on a revolutionary (no pun intended) new ceramic engi…

  • I have absolutely nothing to say today, so there! Well.... actually I do have a little something to say. Today I emailed Italian movie director, Enzo Castellari. A couple of months ago he contacted me regarding my "W…

  • It is a beautiful day here in Portland. It's just gotta make you smile! Temps are a perfect 69 degrees, our cherry-plum tree has blossomed. Looking across the Willamette River to downtown Portland, the river bank is …

  • Super Trash Day!If you've been following yardenxanthe's journal about trash day tours, you'll enjoy this tidbit. Today is Super Trash Day in our Hosford-Abernmethy Neighborhood! That's right, they're recycling all the …

  • What's Your Love Language? #1 Acts of ServiceMy #1 result for the SelectSmart.com selector, What's Your Love Language? , is --You prefer to show your love through favors and chores and doing things for others. You feel …

  • If I could change one thing about "The Passion" This is a really small nit-picky type of thing... It's... Jesus. As a disclaimer, I want to say I love Jim Caviezel. He did a really great job as Jesus. I mean after al…

  • Why is The Passion so controversial? I've been thinking about this question for quite a while. Frankly, I was amazed and surprised when the first critics from the Jewish Anti-defamation League started their major assau…

  • The PassionOkay everyone. We finally went to see the controversial Mel Gibson portrayal of the last day of Jesus life (the events of that day are commonly called "The Passion"). Here are some of my thoughts: Not nea…

  • Amazing Mail-- A Neat Resource Check out www.amazingmail.com During our time in Atlanta a friend of ours told us about this great online postcard service. Basically you upload a person's address, a digital photo (or us…

  • Beautiful, beautiful Orygun*So Strawberry14 has already filled you in on our weekend. We usually have a small contest to see who grabs the photos first--Strawb14 is very competitive . This time she gr…

  • Letter from ZambiaHi everyone out there in Xangaland~ This morning I received an email from a new friend-- a Chi Alpha leader at Copperbelt University in Zambia. I'd like to introduce Choolwe. I hope its an encouragem…

  • PortlandAs Kathy already said, "the eagle has landed...". We had another early flight this morning. I'm a little tired of those now... who likes to get up at 5:00AM for a flight (unless you are on your way somewhere …

  • It's Thursday morning. We are awake now and just about packed. Ready to head off to Houston Bush International Airport. 2 hour stop in Dallas and we'll be winging our way home. We enjoyed a cool couple of days ha…

  • Laptop Woes--Today the old Dell laptop is acting up. I'm doing a scan for the newest worm mutation of NetSky___. My Antivirus is all messed up. So I need to go to Symantec for the "clean install" instructions, and try …

  • I am at Houston now with Heather and Jared. We are contemplating a trip to Hobby Lobby and the Dollar Store and other important destinations. Probably will go see "The Passion" (this may be the first movie I ever have…