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“I Thought Of That While Riding My Bike”*
You can re-use those old campaign signs! Paint over and use them for something else, or make DIY bike fenders so you can ride your bike even when it’s not sunny. http://www.smilepolitely.com/culture/do-it-yourself_fenders/
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On February 22, 2010 @ 1:34 pm
Drive to Downtown PDX? Not Any More…
I think you just ran into a cranky parking meter attendant (is that what they call them now?). Everything would have been fine otherwise, yes? And if you’re keeping your downtown driving to a minimum, well, that’s a good thing as far as I’m concerned.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On November 17, 2009 @ 10:50 pm
Articles That Could Write Themselves: Vancouver Seeks Branding
I bet branding is a sore subject for horses anyway. [ducks]
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 26, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
I can’t think of anything. I’m busy trying to figure out how anyone can possibly pump their own gas.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 26, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
How to organize a conference in Portland in 6 (sort of easy) steps
GREAT POST. Awesome day of learning, and now a great resource for conference planning? You rock.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On August 8, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
Dude. I <3 you. Yes, I let the kids watch other people’s fireworks, because, well, what would be the point of keeping them in? But we never buy our own. But when the neighbors started in with the loud and illegal, my 9 year old actually got scared enough to go indoors – because it does, indeed, sound like you’re under fire.
And every year, I am thankful that I don’t have to raise my children under fire. I wish no one had to.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On July 5, 2009 @ 9:27 am
I’m in what I considered a fairly stable job, but school finances being the way they are, who knows? The school district could decide to eliminate or scale back my position – it’s happened to other people I know already.
I’m not freaking out about it, which is good, but maybe we should be doing more to prepare for the worst.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On June 23, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
OMG. It’s an actual picture of you! Now I might recognize you. Or I might stare and wonder if you’re really you.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On June 5, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
Feeling kinda queasy after reading that…but definitely planning to be there!
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On June 4, 2009 @ 8:35 am
Portland Mercury Copyright Infringement
Wow.
I think the Merc has responded well in each situation, although they might want to evaluate their training procedures (and this blog post may well encourage them to do so).
PDXsays had one point I was interested in — that mainstream news outlets will often use the words “accused” or “alleged” instead of stating outright that an act has been committed. I looked back over the post to see whether these words should have been used, but IMO, it’s not necessary — this is a first-person account of things that actually happened, and that have been acknowledged by both parties.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On May 31, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Darn, I’m all done ranting for the day…
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On May 26, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
Maybe the TriMet person doesn’t know to check their “mentions” tab?
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On May 13, 2009 @ 11:32 am
Oh, interesting – that used to be an unofficial feed of service alerts; I didn’t realize TriMet had actually taken over the account.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On May 12, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
QOD – What have you planted so far?
NOTHING! I did some digging and weeding in early February, but every time I’m going to plant something I’m either sick or it’s raining. I should do some indoor stuff instead.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On March 5, 2009 @ 10:25 am
I’m guessing you still need a valid fare, even if the machine is GONE.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On February 3, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Why Closing Half the City Schools Doesn’t Work
In retrospect, I would say that most schools could have safely been open for all or most of the week, if schools and parents were willing and prepared to take appropriate precautions. For instance, it would be much safer if parents would put kids on the school bus rather than driving them in. Or, if they would dress kids appropriately and have them walk. Or take Tri-met if neither of those options works.
But the reality is that not all of those things happen. So, school gets closed, or if it’s open, a lot of kids stay home (134 kids absent at my school on Tuesday; don’t know about Thursday).
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On December 20, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
You might have heard somewhere that I did not shop.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On November 28, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
Hm, looks like the pods are doing a heckuva job there…
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 31, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)*
First of all, love the Heathers!
I haven’t seen the picture you speak of, but I have had trouble with “Story Not Found” on O-live recently. So you’re not the only one.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 26, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
You’re living in your own private Writaho
I signed up! Look for kmcdade over on the NaNoWriMo site.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 10, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
How do you like your links to behave?
I prefer opening to a new tab, and like Jason I usually right-click/command-click links as I read. In fact, I have my browser set to stay in the original window after clicking, so I usually just read all of the things I clicked on after I finish the original article or blog post.
So, technically I guess I prefer opening to a new window, but I’m willing to do the work myself.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On October 8, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
WordCamp Portland was Waaaaay better than WordCamp [Insert your lame city here]
Oh, my! OurPDX, I think you’ve made an excellent choice.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On September 29, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
WordCamp Portland: My OurPDX presentation
The ten commandments! Posted in a public place! Yay!
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On September 27, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
Jackass and proud of it!
If the driver of the car is allowed to express their opinion, so am I. No one said anything about not allowing them to have the stickers. We (not speaking for everyone, just noting that more than one person seems to agree) just don’t like them.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On September 25, 2008 @ 9:03 am
Grrrrrr….
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On September 24, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
No wool blankets yet, but I was thinking about long sleeves and/or wool underwear while biking this morning!
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On September 23, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
Pie-Off: Our Eyewitness Report
It was so much fun! We should definitely do it again.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On August 30, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
I like it. Lighthearted, but I think it covers everything. Thinking about whether I might need one of these myself.
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On August 27, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
«« Back To Stats PageI have to laugh, because this is where I grew up — it’s home to me! And we’re definitely Portland and not Gresham. I’m not familiar with the Cheep Cheep Chicken, though — must be a later addition (I’m in Parkrose now).
» Posted By Kathleen McDade On August 20, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
