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Why the 20 Years Ago Podcast Is Coming Back

I bring a lot of my own memory and experience to the history in “It Was 20 Years Ago Today.”  It’s fascinating because I can look back at events which I knew at the time were world-changing.  But, even more

jamie August 4, 2011 20YearsAgo podcast, announcements No Comments Read more

Topics on the Teahouse for April 15, 2011

A sampling of topics posted this week on the Starlight Teahouse forums (all links should open in a new window or tab): Links to pictures of Playland at the Beach, a San Francisco landmark in the time of the Chamber

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We’ve Spilled It All Before — Proposal

(Crossposted on Daily Kos and should appear on Facebook as well.) As I write this, it looks like the BP – Deepwater Horizon oil spill may actually be coming to an end. The actual spillage, anyway. Despite the White House’s

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Dusting Out the Virtual Rooms — an Invitation to the Teahouse

Getting back on track with a weekly (at least) posting, after skipping half of January and all of February. Right after my declaration of intent to focus on the most important things and get more organized, life threw us a

jamie March 8, 2010 announcements No Comments Read more

New Year, New Plans

It is the beginning of a new year, the beginning of a new decade (as some reckon it), and a shade over five months since I posted anything here.  I wasn’t going to make a New Year’s resolution (having been

jamie January 14, 2010 announcements, personal No Comments Read more

The Starlight Teahouse Is Open For Business!

Looking for a relaxed, easy-going online spot to chat about the latest in news, events, and pop culture?  Want a place to compare notes on writing, art, sports … or tea?  Looking for a friendly place to share your favorite

jamie November 21, 2008 announcements, just for fun No Comments Read more

i can has home for turkyday?

I’m assuming that most of you who read my journal are outside the Portland area, but just in case, I wanted to share this: Humane Society Needs You (to adopt a cat) Short version: the shelter’s full, they don’t kill

jamie November 15, 2007April 26, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more

Portland feels a little bigger today

I suspect the Portland Art Museum will be a bit more crowded for a while, beginning mid November, as people come to see something really special: A Van Gogh Arrives in Portland(from the OregonLive website) This will be the first

jamie October 16, 2007May 5, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more

quote for the day, and an invitation

“If you dig it, do it. And if you really dig it, do it twice.” –Jim Croce ========== Somewhere around seven years ago, give or take, I was really impressed with the idea of message boards. Several of my friends

jamie October 2, 2007May 5, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more

New Podcast!

For the very very few of you who didn’t get my email, I wanted to let you know: I have started a new podcast, entitled “It Was 20 Years Ago Today.”  There will be new episodes almost daily, with each

jamie October 3, 2006May 5, 2008 announcements No Comments Read more
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From the Blog

  • It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
    I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will never work, that it is a waste of time and energy. And yet, I have
  • Monday Meme #51 — Intellectuals in America
      This is the final Monday Meme in the series.  I’m shifting my focus to a more fully realized webcomic series, which I call Musings In Grayscale.  The first comic in the series will be published October 15 and future installments will appear twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. Thanks for sharing this
  • Opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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