Dinosaur Speak

I've been on a bit of a movie binge. It happens, as I seek periodically to clean up my lifestyle and find some semblance of sanity i...

Houston, we have a problem . Until Blogger remedies this, the posting will be sporadic because it is an unbelievable hassle right now. ...

Best early analysis of the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare. TS

I love Bernie, but I don't really see the anger, nor the citizenry's comprehension of the problems confronting this country. Wha...

"In a traditional cowboy movie, we know what to do: we look for the guy wearing the white hat to be sure who to cheer, and for the on...

They managed to screw things up Rather than partnering with four college bowl-game enterprises and creating a meaningful, expanded playo...

L-R, in Bob Thomas's Lebanon house; Bob, Steve Shirley, and me. I look like I have a fat lip here, perhaps the result of a drunken f...

I went out today to soak up a little of the soccer mania that has recently enveloped Portland.  Frankly, I was disappointed.  I expected t...

Oregonian photogs Thomas Boyd and Bruce Ely capture Ashton Eaton's   record setting day. TS

"My brother and I stood in sharp political contrast. I h...

Blogger just isn't working for me.  I'm sorry. TS

Here are eight stills from my past that will definitely make it into my video-telling of A Marvelous Paranoia. "My youngest sibling...

I play favorites.  You should, too. Favorite aphoristic poet: K.C. Bacon Favorite Portland novelist: Charles Deemer Favorite ceramic ...

I have great old friends, people I met years ago but remain in contact with in a loose, non-expectant fashion. It is always interesting ...

My blogger is screwed. I have no idea why it is highlighting the first lines of my posts now. Fixed. TS