Jim Dixon

A major reason why Republicans in Portland are "an endangered species" is that the OR GOP as an institution has become one of the more radically far right, state-level parties in the country. And in a state party gone off the deep end, the Multnomah county GOP stands out for its extremism.

Mine, too

Always irritated me that Starbucks left out one important word

Paperback edition of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland open on a glass table outdoors, with a half smoked joint in an orange ‘60s atomic era ashtray, can of NA beer, and blue Bic lighter.

Activity for a cloudy Saturday at the shack

Managed to get out of war-ravaged Portland for a couple of days at our shack near The Dalles

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

This article has a lot more important problems so I feel stupid saying this…but umm…the Mercury wrote and published the first major article about the DSA councilors back in June. Of course it isn’t the local reporting linked or mentioned here.

We called this a graveyard at the roller rink back in the olden days

When I was a kid I ate so many canned pickled beets I peed red

Wagner Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

My old pan obsession is Griswold cast iron, but I just learned today that Wagner, who also made cast iron, produced Magnalite

Griswold also cast aluminum but under its name

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

When we were there years ago we hit Victor's Cafeteria since that's where James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux ate

The Magnalite Pots of Cajun Country | Camellia Brand Cooks in South Louisiana’s Cajun country are devoted fans of Magnalite cookware, and they pass it down through the generations as treasured family heirlooms.

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What We’re Cooking This Week: Brown Sugar Meringue with Peaches and Olive Oil Whipped Cream The traditional European dessert also works well with seasonal berries.

Besides the occasional olive oil cake, I don't really bake much

But I overcame my trepidation and made meringue for my latest in @wweek.com

Just saw a Camelia FB post about Magnalites with a photo that included a sliver of Pableaux leaning over his stove

Happy birthday!

It is great

Miller is so hard-core he is afraid to walk in any American city that has non-white people without a phalanx of armed guards to prevent grandmothers from throwing things at him or witty middle schoolers calling him names.

I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.

Thanks, we've got a great crew

The staff of Wellspent Market gathered on the steps of the store for a group picture.

Humbled and grateful, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped us exceed our fundraising goal for Wellspent Market

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this:

We salute you.

Doesn’t seem to be

Every so often I google to see if there's a recording, I made mine from a simulcast on FM radio of a TV special

I'll blame it on my old fart status, but somehow got Anderson's earlier Pynchon adaptation mixed up with the new one, so now I'm rereading Vineland to get ready for One Battle After Another

I taped a reunion show of the Lucky Strike Hit Parade with Willy and many others sometime in the ‘80s and have been trying to find the cassette for decades

My diet mostly beans and cabbage

To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, “your nose if you’re lucky”

Just reread Inherent Vice and headed to the Hollywood Theater next week for 70mm print

Agree.

The current SCOTUS—openly corrupt (Thomas, Alito), nakedly unrepresentative (last Dem to appoint a Chief Justice=Harry Truman; GOP-appointed majority for 55+ years), cowering to Trump (John "Roger Taney" Roberts)—has failed to stand up for rule of law.

Needs to be central issue.

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

A reminder that "wait why should I give a shit" works not just for this, but a lot of things in life like the Kardashians