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Dog Day Afternoon

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Hazeldale off-leash Dog Park is holding its fifth annual benefit tomorrow with fun for the whole family, both human and canine. The park offers a large, welcoming and safe fenced play areas with lots of small trees to provide shelter from the heat and poop bags and water on site. Come join [...]

British expat meeting tomorrow

Friday, May 30th, 2008

My darling wife Donna organizes a regular social meet up for British ex-pats in the Portland area, and tomorrow is our next meeting at the Moon and Sixpence on NE 42nd at 7PM.
Its a great opportunity for all us British and friends to get together, sample the local beers and have a chinwag about all [...]

Is gas still too cheap?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

It’s a scary thought, but could gas prices be too low? This graph shows the movement of old (Brent crude) vs gasoline prices at the pumps over the last ten years (source: U.S. Energy Information Administration).
The data seems to indicate that the price of gas at the pump has lagged behind the increases in [...]