http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/ safer than swimming in the Willamette en-us 2003-08-21T10:47:20-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001697.html Spotted at the Iowa "One in a Million" State Fair: -Pork chop on a stick -Pickle on a stick -Salad on a stick -Deep-Fried (Oreos, Snickers, Milky Ways, Twinkies) on a stick -"Pepperoni", The Biggest Boar at the Fair, at... DV 2003-08-21T10:47:20-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001672.html Susie Goetz: "How do you want your burger cooked?" Chevy Chase: "Um, in a pan?"... DV 2003-08-14T20:03:14-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001426.html We pulled off the banner drop without a hitch, which was lucky considering we had no practice/experience in the matter. If you ever want to know how to make a really huge banner, I'm your man. I can take credit... DV 2003-06-14T21:29:49-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001421.html In my time out of jail and off my bicycles I've been working with Justice for Janitors, a campaign with SEIU Local 49. It has been fascinating, to say the least, working with a group of mostly immigrant, mostly... DV 2003-06-13T02:38:12-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001382.html (Boontling for 'good drinkin' at the party') I snuck back to the Bay this weekend, leaving as soon as I arrived for the Wild Iris Folk Festival in Boonville, home of many fine beers(including He'Brew) and probably the only enclave... DV 2003-06-03T15:27:30-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001357.html In a town where counterculture is the popular culture, even the alternative happenings are subverted by a younger, hipper, more 'real' manifestation of the same event. Between anarchist messengers, Zoobombers, Chunkers and bike jousters, pubcrawlers, and Midnight Mystery Riders, there... DV 2003-05-28T15:24:26-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001330.html To my big sis: thanks for letting me steal your big day in May. I hope you aren't still bitter about me robbing the spotlight when you were turning two. and thanks for interpreting my silence on those summer days... DV 2003-05-21T23:49:19-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001284.html I just finished re-reading the Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. Besides a brevity(and implied lack of self-indulgent digression) that his other novels do not possess, I love his character names, middle-school-caliber Spanish jokes, and his decidedly Northern California... DV 2003-05-13T12:45:06-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001246.html [Disclaimer: Contains no celebrity encounters, car accidents, or current unfortunate events. Just a boy and his bicycle(s).] To say that my bicycle relationship with this town had a rocky start would be a bit of an understatement. Nonetheless, I have... DV 2003-05-03T02:02:09-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001200.html Or, in layman's terms, no charges filed. Yeah, bitches.... DV 2003-04-23T11:33:16-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001188.html "It must be some animal rights reference." -KATU-2 News Team Sunday nights, when the rest of Portland has returned to their hives, a small but hardy group descends on Rocco's Pizza(across from Powell's Books) to celebrate the unholy marriage of... DV 2003-04-21T15:51:29-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001178.html Like any good citizen who loses his bicycle and nearly his life, I make a report to the Portland Police Bureau the following day(3/21). After a hearty breakfast(something I was quite thankful for later on) and some work in... DV 2003-04-19T01:33:11-08:00 http://pdx.cementhorizon.com/archives/001171.html [I'll begin with a re-post of my first stab at Internet publishing, written Day X(March 20th), about an hour after this happened. Things only get worse from here.] In a symbolic(and literal) victory of US aggression over European pleas... DV 2003-04-16T01:21:33-08:00