Ghost Town

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS OF HISTORY: For a brief period in the early 1990s, scholars believed there to have been an ENTIRE HUMAN GENERATION wedged between the Baby Boomers and the Millenials. A brief flurry of interest quickly subsided, however, and most researchers concluded that the so-called Generation X, like Planet X, was either mythical from the beginning or had long since been destroyed in cataclysm.

I've noticed that Facebook posts have more of a tendency than other social networks to bring out the entirely wrong element in the comments.

A simple and useful introduction to meditation. http://buff.ly/2u3Cd5w

SPOUSE: If you're going to wear that headband under your cycling helmet in 100°+ weather, you better make sure you wash it later. ME: This one already smells like sweat and tear gas. Summer in America, 2017.

Worst promotion ever?

Good thing! When my citizenship was granted on the basis of my being born, I screamed out in terror that I was going to suffocate to death in this scary new world. That was a minor falsehood: the world outside the womb is indeed scary, but I was not actually suffocating to death. I'd hate to have my citizenship revoked over it. http://buff.ly/2rZTtMv

#AustintheBeagle enjoying an afternoon at Cathedral Park on the Willamette.

If I hear the phrase "not all car dealerships" on a commercial on the radio, should I call them up and suggest they check their privilege?

I'm going to try to start judging people by the best things they've done rather than the worst. You've got to give me something to work with, though. If the best thing you've ever done is star in a crappy reality tv show, you won't get much of a pass when you brutalize and defile the citizenry of the country you're allegedly in charge of.

WT actual F? This is like Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr. offering asylum to Jerry to protect him from Tom. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/15/533043576/putin-offers-political-asylum-to-james-comey-citing-potential-prosecution-in-u-s?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170615

I say this with love and anticipation: This is going to be a shitshow. Not only is it a once-in-a-lifetime event, but it involves so many of our most favoritist things as Portlanders: 1) Getting out of Portland in August 2) Waiting in line 3) A free show 4) Bitching about traffic, and, of course, 5) NO FREAKING SUN If we can just work in some self-flagellation and passive-aggression, I-5 South will be the Most Portland Thing Ever on August 21. http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/06/14/will-you-be-allowed-to-pull-over-on-i-5-and-watch-the-solar-eclipse-in-august/

If I'm tracking my food and I don't log a food, I didn't eat it and it can't hurt me. Simple quantum physics, man, Schrödinger's Cat.

I'm pretty sure a cotton swab is supposed to have cotton on it. I scratched up my ear this morning. All I'm looking for is some sympathy, here. I'm not going to sue Johnson & Johnson over it, but if I get a lecture about how I'm not supposed to be using Q-Tips to clean out my ears in the first place, that might be the basis for legal action.

Training the mind to be mindful & "training" a beagle: exercises in sudden distraction, unfocused wandering, and sniffing after ghosts.