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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Nagging question

This one is bugging me again.

Posted at 5:30 AM | Permalink

Comments (19)

I heard that--it seemed like a Monday at the office yesterday! This business of holidays messing with my sense of what day of the week it is gets worse as time marches on.

Posted by jimbo | January 3, 2009 5:45 AM

Today is the average of yesterday and tomorrow. Hope that helps.

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 3, 2009 7:39 AM

Look up higher.

Posted by Allan L. | January 3, 2009 9:02 AM

The exact day of the week eludes me but I do know the Bush Admin. is powerless in two weeks and three days. Yipee.

Posted by genop | January 3, 2009 10:07 AM

It's the 22nd day the kids have been out of school...

Posted by PDX Native | January 3, 2009 10:36 AM

No Kidding. I woke up today and thought it was Sunday for a while.

Posted by JMS | January 3, 2009 10:45 AM

groundhog day!!!! again....
I have cabin fever SO bad! The road to our house is a sheet of ice and snowy ruts. We still have a foot of snow in the yard, and the gray gloom is getting to me.
The leftover Christmas cookies are calling.

Posted by portland native | January 3, 2009 11:13 AM

It's my birthday!

Posted by Ben | January 3, 2009 11:44 AM

"Happy birthday to you...happy...can I get a little help here?"

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 3, 2009 12:05 PM

NFL games today aren't helping with the confusion either

Posted by mp97303 | January 3, 2009 1:11 PM

So is anyone else having this problem?

We shipped a package to my parents to Portland on the 15th through UPS; it STILL hasn't made it to my parents' even though it's been in PDX since the 19. They're claiming it's a weather related issue, which I believe to a certain extent. But three weeks?!?!

By contrast, we shipped a package of cookies to Iraq a day or two later and they're already there!

Is anyone else having this issue?

Posted by Klug | January 3, 2009 1:19 PM

It's seventeen days until George W. Bush becomes history, universally loathed and eternally unforgiven.

Posted by Musician | January 3, 2009 1:20 PM

Is anyone else having this issue?

Only with UPS. They need to admit that they FAILED this storm. Making excuses when most other carriers did okay just makes them look bad, or worse, less than competent.

Posted by mp97303 | January 3, 2009 1:54 PM

Ben: "Birthday to....." help

Posted by Lee | January 3, 2009 5:40 PM

It's the first day to get back on schedule following the holidays and the storm. It's smooth sailing from here to Memorial Day.

And we're like 11 days into the slow but steady return of the Sun to our hemisphere, for which I am extremely grateful.

Posted by none | January 3, 2009 5:48 PM

It looks to me as if UPS have written off the storm victims rather than let delays roll forward into later deliveries. I ordered goods on Dec. 30; UPS delivered on Jan 2 as advertised.

Posted by Allan L. | January 3, 2009 5:57 PM

@ Bill McD: That's both initially funny and deeply philosophical on subsequent reads ... I feel like I should have that on my mirror or something.

Posted by Chris Coyle | January 4, 2009 12:07 AM

Thanks for the kind words, Chris, but let's not forget Janis Joplin's observation that there is no tomorrow: "It's all the same f**ing day."
I also have to mention the theoretical physicist whom I read about while waiting in my dentist's office. He said that time doesn't move at all. It's just an infinite series of "nows." If you can get grant money to sling the BS like that, you are automatically a genius.
Finally, if you want a trippy, high-quality movie about time, go see "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Long but thought-provoking.

Posted by Bill McDonald | January 4, 2009 4:50 AM

It's probably International Something Day. If I wasn't so lazy on weekends, I'd look it up.

Whatever it is, enjoy everyone. Work again tomorrow.

Posted by Snards | January 4, 2009 2:35 PM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 26
At this date last year: 15
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269