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Monday, November 23, 2009

Macho man

We've talked for a while about Fireman Randy needing an intervention. The need seems to be growing more intense by the week.

Posted at 2:53 PM | Permalink

Comments (17)

Next thing you know, he'll be policing the MAX stations and water reservoirs with his own LTL shotgun and bean bags.

Posted by Mike (the other one) | November 23, 2009 3:01 PM

Didn't he take a disability pension? If he was up on the roof, how disabled could he be?

Posted by mp97303 | November 23, 2009 3:09 PM

Weird, it's almost like he's baiting the bear trying to spoil for a fight - With who?

You tell me what's driving him? Boredom? The onset of old age and raging against the darkness (or whatever Sandburg said)?

Posted by Steve | November 23, 2009 4:54 PM

I think you mean Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night, rage rage against the dieing of the light..."

Posted by tor | November 23, 2009 5:00 PM

Sounds like he gave Darwin a fastball on the outside corner, resulting in a swing and a miss.

The count is 1 and 0. If Randy is decompensating, the next one will hang in the sweet spot.

Posted by Mister Tee | November 23, 2009 5:23 PM

Hmmmm... I think I'm sensing a pattern here -

lifting weights... flying into rages with people... aggresively bullying others... jumping into ridiculous stunts to prove his manhood...

Posted by Steroids, anyone? | November 23, 2009 5:39 PM

Nah, don't intervene. I'd rather have him out running calls with the fire dept than hanging around city hall cooking up crooked deals and selling out the city...

Posted by RANZ | November 23, 2009 6:19 PM

He looks as he is more need of a transfusion than an intervention.

Posted by Abe | November 23, 2009 6:32 PM

Sounds like Randy has been watching too many Dirty Harry movies. Can we expect him to intervene in the next hostage situation or standoff?

Posted by notapottedplant | November 23, 2009 6:44 PM

This was a perfect photo op! Of course he was going to be up there.

He's a guy who thinks he's above the law, or at least above the rules. Scary.

Posted by Michelle | November 23, 2009 7:41 PM

There should be a YouTube of that fire stunt to go with his "Sam's Not Gay" and "Candidates Gone Wild" class act videos.

Posted by Ben | November 23, 2009 7:59 PM

"Sounds like Randy has been watching too many Dirty Harry movies."

The new direct to DVD Randy 6 was being filmed. Sammy helped him create the back story.

In it a washed up PFF tries to recreate the glory days when everyone at the station looked forward to his home cooked meals; annually his fellow FF's let him go on a call for his Christmas card photo op.

Posted by Bob | November 23, 2009 8:35 PM

Why are my tax dollars being spent to give a 57 year old retiree a 4 hour firefighting refresher course? So he can climb up on roofs and act like an idiot with OSHA's blessing?

Posted by JD in the NE | November 23, 2009 10:46 PM

It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.

This isn't quite the response Randy was hoping for -- he thought everyone would see him suited up and swoon "ooooh, our hero" instead of "Who is that idiot distracting the firefighters?"

Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | November 23, 2009 11:04 PM

MAybe it was a Rudy Giuliani moment for him, at least in his mind. Before 9/11, Rudy had a mixed record in public life. His performance during and immediatly after 9/11 has become his legacy, and the past has been forgotten.

Posted by john rettig | November 23, 2009 11:42 PM

Nice stunt Randy! I'll bet he was pretty disappointed that he didn't get some good video out of this. What a total Hoser!

Posted by Dean | November 24, 2009 12:58 PM

JD in the NE, it's not the re-training that is going to cost us; rather, it's the babysitting:

"Leonard will be paired up with a safety officer when on the scene of a fire from now on, said Jeff Bancroft, the Fire Bureau's chief safety officer. 'He will be in an observation or advisory role and at no time will he be doing any hands-on firefighting,' Bancroft said in a response to the complaint.

'This was an unexpected occurrence, and we have made plans to prevent anything like this from happening again,' Bancroft said."

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/leonard_to_get_retraining_afte.html

Posted by Gardiner Menefree | November 25, 2009 5:58 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

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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