Behind the Ironic Column

I like most birds – being a sometime ‘birder’ and always a ‘bird-watcher’ seems to involve some empathy if not always understanding of what they’re doing and what they’re trying to accomplish.  In this  sequence, familiarity leads to admiration and support rather than the contempt of the more familiar slogan.   In ...

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Went to the North American Organic Brewers Festival yesterday – here in Portland on a bright sunny Friday afternoon.  They moved it to an outdoor site this year – and everybody I ran into said how much nicer it was than being cooped up in a building.   Of course, they ...

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It only makes sense, and it’s probably been happening for a while in places I don’t usually visit,  but I was still surprised to see the graffiti in the ladies room at the mall across town.  Notes, comments, and phone numbers are often scrawled on the walls in places like ...

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I’m embarking on a new stint as a test subject in a medical trial.  At least I think I am – all the test results aren’t in yet and I might not qualify.  A few years ago when I volunteered for one of these, they told me I had too ...

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