http://www.neotextus.org Weaving the web Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:21:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We lost Marco on Saturday, after a year long struggle with cancer. He will be sorely missed. http://www.neotextus.org/2008/08/28/farewell-marco/ A big thank you and happy birthday to Dove Lewis Animal Hospital who celebrated their 35th birthday today with a party in Pioneer Courthouse Square. We all headed down there to enjoy the great food and music, and the ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/08/10/happy-birthday-dove-lewis/ 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 ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/08/01/dog-day-afternoon/ 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 ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/05/30/british-expat-meeting-tomorrow/ 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). ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/05/28/is-gas-still-too-cheap/ We almost never do it, but yesterday morning Donna and I were up at 6AM to go shopping! We were after the Wii Fit which launched on Thursday, and out local Fred Meyer's were getting a deliver of about ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/05/26/wii-fit/ Becky, our 5 year old labrador retriever, has been going through the wars over the last couple of months. At the end of March, she started limping and Dove Lewis diagnosed soft tissue damage in her paw. Unfortunatly, it didn't heal on its own, so after a few ... http://www.neotextus.org/2008/05/24/poor-becky/ Hondo dog park in Hillsboro opened today just north of 229th & Evergreen, and the girls just loved it. On a 3 3/4 acre site, Hillsboro city have built a beautiful fenced dog park with a large mixed area, ... http://www.neotextus.org/2007/09/17/hondo-park-opened-today/ The Fourscore concert last night was awesome - congratulation to Ben, Ben, Brian & Stephen. http://www.neotextus.org/2007/08/26/elegies-and-other-sad-songs-2/ FourScore, a classical manband, has it's debut concert tonight at The Old Church, Portland. Come and join us at 9PM at 1422 SW 11th Avenue, corner of SW 11th and Clay - tickets are $10 at the door. They will be performing five centuries of sad music: Henry ... http://www.neotextus.org/2007/08/25/elegies-and-other-sad-songs/