The plan? We get Trump to send in federal troops to Portland, but a high ranking official gets stuck behind a freight train for so long in SE that they convince the Department of Transportation to give us a grant for a comprehensive east side bypass of the Union Pacific rail line

I really don't want my neighbors to be hurt by these bozos. (Again)

If you don't drink more than a sip or two for months and months then one entire beer really hits

The Victorians are one of the most annoying groups but I do love a chatelaine.

I finally cleaned up my messy cablework

It was Engine 25's 100th birthday and a beautiful day at the Oregon Coast.

We're having a house projects day and it's actually very satisfying.

My urban planning platform.

Got my flu shot today, will be getting my covid shot as soon as they have it

I'm aging myself, but my history teacher in middle school was absolutely psyched for what she called the "liberation" of Iraq. She was a huge GWB fan.

A few weeks ago, I had a very recently post partum patient, who had an L&D nurse check in a few times. Patient was on a general diet and hungry. The L&D nurse looked in our nutrition room and said the professional version of "girl, you live like this"?

I'm glad I got to bike over and see this when there were still many birds. I'm a little worried the rest of my life is going to be remembering more vibrant ecosystems.

Amtrak accessibility lifts have to be retrieved at the station, rolled over and then hand cranked.

the results so far on congestion pricing in new york have been so outrageously good that opposition to it works as a convenient identifier of unserious buffoons www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

I somehow hadn't realized that Director park is also the Schnitzer family. Wealth concentration is crazy

I'm on the train with some sort of politics enjoyer.

@spindlypete.bsky.social I vaguely remember you had a tape player for the lads. Any interest in some children's music tapes? For the low low price of they aren't in my parent's house anymore.

At my parents house realizing the fact that my hair got much better in my early 20s is 100% because I started using conditioner which they do not. Asked my mom and she says "we never thought it was a priority".

[ancient egyptian standup comic] see guys from the upper kingdom, they observe funerary rites like THIS. but us guys from the lower kingdom, we observe funerary rites like THIS. See this guy knows what I’m talking about [pointing at man with the head of a bird]

My friend is sending her kid to a Waldorf school and when I said that I hoped it was good, but I had beef with Steiner she didn't know who he was. I wonder what things I haven't read the wiki page on.

Some good news: *everyone* is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Washington State, and it *will* be covered by your insurance!

Pleased to report that the silly Instagram crafts aie dry clay flower frogs actually do help with decent arrangements.

One of my patients is a teenager, whose teenage friends visited. I must be getting old or the youth of today must be really good because they were all so polite.

Boomer parents accept help from their thirty-somethings kids challenge level impossible.

The fact that I'm at my parents house, sleeping on a mattress older than me with a weird synthetic blanket is really adding to the Christmas eve vibe.

At my parents house to help with first few days being home after surgery. Can already tell I'm going to go absolutely off the deep end - already pretty stressed this week to begin with

Of course the lab draw I need done on a specific day will fall during the holiday weekend. So I guess I'll wait for next month 🫠

Hey Portlanders! if you're a PGE customer you can get one-per-household of an extremely good $199 air purifier for $24???? I just ordered one because hell yeah rebate encheapened air purifier. (There are others on the site too but this one is v good!) marketplace.portlandgeneral.com/air-purifier...

So they are changing covid vaccine availability from 6 months to 5 years. That's a long time to keep a kiddo low exposure.

That set of shifts was just awful, but now I'm off for several days

Last night I almost literally didn't sit for the first half of my shift (I did get one minute to go pee). Hoping it's a little less busy today

It is 29 degrees in my living room, probably the coolest part of the house that isn't basement.

My Portland urbanism take is that we need way more covered outdoor spaces, public and semi-public. We have like 8 months a year where it's very comfortable to sit outside in warm clothes as long as you're not in the rain

I struggle so much with sleeping in the day (before night shift) when it's this hot. I need to figure out what siesta culture people are doing.

I don't think I'll ever be do renovations that expensive, but my dream bathroom would absolutely be one where the whole room can be hosed down. Seems so practical.

Keep that Fall nonsense away from me. It’s Summer until the equinox on September 22nd. Live in the present.

Went for a walk and I am once again asking people to stop speeding down 25mph neighborhood streets. Honestly I think it should be more like 15 or 20mph here, so just be glad I'm not roads czar.

we stand for the flag in this house

As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"

I have been influencéd by instagram to try making air dry clay flower frogs. Currently drying. At least shaping them was very fun.

Had garden stew for dinner. (Shelly beans, tomatoes, onion, garlic, crookneck squash). All veggies from my garden except the squash (from mil). Herbs I grew, salt, pepper and olive oil not so much. That was fun.

Spirit Halloweene doth presuppose the existence of Earthe Halloweene, Ayre Halloweene, Fyre Halloweene, and Watir Halloweene.

I was really looking forward to heavy rain. Hope the atmospheric river was good elsewhere.

I will unfortunately be working, but some of you Portland/Vancouver people should plan to go to the Old Apple Tree Festival October 4 by Fort Vancouver.

I'm having a blackberry and yogurt smoothie. It's simply too hot for anything else.

Bike camping was very fun but I am very tired. Have to stay up late to ensure I get back on night shift schedule. Not being nearly so productive as I should