Maple: while looking at her wooden puzzle of the United States. Daddy, what is that animal on top of Portland, Oregon?
Daddy: It looks like some kind of hawk.
Maple: It must be a beercoffee hawk.

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Elsa Update, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Photograph courtesy of Elsa’s Portland parents.

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

This is the route I choose when I move my family to Austria.

Seriously, though. We’re moving to Austria.

I know, I know: we just moved to Portland. Well, sometimes life throws you curve balls, eh?

If anyone sees my [...]

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A younger version of me once thought that the Great Salt Lake seemed fascinating. Learning about it in school, we were told of its great buoyant properties. One could literally lie atop the water and never sink, we were told. By extension, I think many of our 6 year old brains even began to ponder [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, it rains in Portland. It rains a lot.
Your hooded sweatshirt, while undeniably hip and cool and something you probably even call a “hoodie”, is no match for the rain.
You’re shivering in the bus shelter because you’re cold and wet.
Get thee to REI, suck on the indignity of wearing something decidedly [...]

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They make me do all the work and somebody took a shit in the fountain

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Notes from the first week of work

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The Halfass Family Band, a product of Halfass & Halfass West with a long history and various monikers, plays live at the Yukon Tavern in Portland, OR this Saturday, August 20th. Please call the venue for exact times and dress code:
Yukon Tavern
(503) 235-6352 5819 SE Milwaukie Ave
And as an added bonus to the Halfass [...]

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Some people like government and, sometimes, governments like people…

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Crowsenberg’s Half and Half is featured in the Portland Mercury for their recent art exhibition: Dolly Parton Album Covers.For those of you who don’t know, the Crowsenberg’s Half and Half is a cafe/convenience store owned one of my friends Robin and her buddy Keith. It is located near Powell’s City of Books in beautiful [...]

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28 Days of Gray

Artclub of Portland has put together an installation that celebrates what my friend Robin would call the “Portland Ennui” of winter. Very cool.
My first reaction was to laugh my ass off. My second reaction was to remember how beautiful colors look under that flattened yet deep sky.
Here’s a [...]

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Portland Rocked!
We’re back from Portland and the Northwest. We had a super time and you’ll be able to check the pics out soon once I actually get them manipulated, wired, fired, scattered, covered and smothered.
Highlights included the coast, Angel’s Rest in the Columbia River Gorge with the Moody Piglet, hanging at Robin’s phenomenal and stupendous [...]

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