Finally Back from the Dead or Should I say Flu

Anthony Bourdain, Apizza Scholls, Voodoo Doughnut, and the Flu

Anthony Bourdain in Portland Sitting next to the sliding glass door to the deck watching the drizzle and working on my computer. Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations “Pacific Northwest” rerun from 2007 playing in the background. I never thought the mundane could feel so good and bland food taste so good…

I Have Inherited 7,500,000 Euros from Mr John Butler

Another email Scam: this One Appears to have Originated in the UK but it Reeks of Nigeria

IMF (international monetary fund) From what I can tell from their email this Mr. John Butler who told the IMF that he was my next of kin and relation and I guess that I died in a car accident four months ago. And I didn’t even know that I was dead let alone that I had died in a car accident.

Short Hair Styles, Summer Dresses, and Catering for Dress for Success

Chance to dress up in your summer dresses and short hair styles to attend the end of the summer party of the year for Dress for Success

Gary Pool and Shirley de Rose This last weekend my lovely wife Shirley and I attended a great event put on by MakeoverPDX for the benefit of Dress for Success Portland, OR. The event was held at Blackbird Farms in Beaverton, Oregon. The evening was fun filled and full of inspirational stories, live entertainment, food, wine, and cocktails.

Just a little bit of snow shuts me down!

When I got up this morning the ground was covered with a fresh blanket of clean white snow. (I’m not talking about Aurora Snow that was another post.) I had plans on heading out to Beaverton this morning. The trek to would have included a trip over the Sylvan Pass. This Sylvan Pass is known for gathering large amounts of snow even when everything else is passable. Did I make it?

Google, Spyware, and Burn Notice

Spyware

As a follow up on my post “Snubbed by Google for being Spyware“ I am glad to announce that today Google considers me an actual person and not an automated request from a computer virus or spyware application.

Creative | Creative Gimping | WIFI Hotspots | Cre8Con

Cre8Con 2008 – The Portland Creative Conference – What a Show!

This years revitalization of The Portland Creative Conference (Cre8Con) stayed true to its predecessor. The original Portland Creative Conference was a full immersion into the spirit of creativity where extraordinarily talented people came to share personal insights into the creative process.

Marketing | Convergence | Professional Development

InVerge Day 2 – The Convergence Culture

Restructure Time? Two Years in Convergence Culture

Joshua Green, Research Manager, Convergence Culture Consortium, MIT

Convergence is more than technological happenstance it is cultural.

Twitter @peggyolson is following Joshua

Transmedia texts the flow of media across multiple platforms

4th of July Celebration | Pacific Northwest

Happy 4th of July from the Great Pacific Northwest!

The picture below is from the 4th of July 2008 fireworks over the Willamette River, downtown Portland Oregon.

4th of July fireworks over the Willamette River, downtown Portland Oregon
Photo courtesy of barjack’s photostream

InVerge 2007 – after lunch

InVerge 2007: the interactive convergence conference – Well I’m back from the lunch break.

Steve is back on stage and is giving 52 LTD kudos. Steve is now introducing Chris Van Dyke.

Chris
Chris Van Dyke
President & CEO
Nau

Open for Business Unusual

Violin | Hip Hop | R&B | Soul | MySpace

I ran across this YouTube video on MySpace while surfing the net this morning and I just wanted to share it with you.

Paul Dateh – LOS ANGELES, California – Soul / R&B / Hip Hop – www.myspace.com/pauldateh. This guy is really good.

Tour de France | Stage 9 | Juan Mauricio Soler | Branding | Marketing

Juan Mauricio Soler wins Stage 9 in the Tour de France. Soler won with a time of 4:14:24.

The chase group, including race leader Michael Rasmussen (still the Tour leader) and Levi Leipheimer (USA’s best hope 9th place almost 4 minuted back) crossed the line just 42 seconds behind the Soler.

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