Onefinemess

The blog formerly known as Onefinemess.

second MtG tournament

| May 3, 2008

I went to one at Guardian Games in Portland this afternoon (“sealed” I think is what the format is called – 1 tournament pack + 2 boosters) – man did I suck this time! My first two games were straight out losses, and the couple games I played in between were horrid losses too. And [...]

It was sunny today!!

| April 26, 2008

And the forecast shows rain for the next week! Awesome!  Actually, I think it was “supposed” to rain today too – but when it didn’t, they of course updated the forecasts.  Weather forecasts seem even more useless than normal up here. So we got our asses the hell out of the house today, along with [...]

stuff I don’t like #5: fake-and-bakers

| April 22, 2008

Fake tans. I can’t stand them. There are lots of places to get fake tans in the Portland area. Because, you know, you won’t stand out at all in a city where THERE IS NO SUN 9+ months a year you have no sun. Here’s some random info about the history of sunless tanning (and [...]

stuff I don’t like #4: all the urchins near Pioneer Square

| April 12, 2008

Jesus. H. (P.?) Christ. Those kids are annoying. A few weeks ago I was walking somewhere to find some food on my lunchbreak, and one of them turns around and starts pissing. He’s standing on the sidewalk, right behind a hotdog or some other bullshit vendor. Right on the side of the fucking courthouse. Or [...]

stuff I don’t like #2: the way so many suck bike-rider dick in Portland

| March 31, 2008

Seriously, bikers (Cyclists? Whatever, the non-motorcycle riding type.) are not that great. They are not saving the world. Not very much at least. Hey, maybe it actually is better to drive? Or maybe not, who knows. All I know is the general populace of Portland (or the ones who make these crazy bike laws…wtf is [...]

Google street view for Portland is live…

| December 22, 2007

and I’m the last one to know! Some points of interest: Our last house Excalibur comics (where I buy my stuff)

The Portland Flowergirl Mafia

| October 31, 2007

Ok, so I got to get out of the office a little bit today. I headed over (on foot style) to the Nordstroms over by whatever …Pioneer Square? The square downtown that’s always surrounded by an interesting mix of crazy homeless beggars, overly affluent midday shoppers, and 8-5 type folks on their lunch breaks. So, [...]

On weather & traffic between Portland & Vancouver

| August 23, 2007

I used to think people up here just got really stupid when it came to driving in the rain, which puzzled me to no end because, haven’t they lived with this weather for many years? At least many more years than I have. You wouldn’t think it would take long to get used to driving [...]

Senior on senior violence is [not] funny!

| September 17, 2006

Ahh, Portland, plenty of white trash here. Case in point. The front page news story was more “interesting” because it had photos of both of the involved parties. In case you missed the most interesting facts: 50+ ex husband of 51 year old nurse hires 59 year old creepy wierd santa dude who “cleans up” [...]

manbags & dogtags

| June 25, 2006

OK, so as you all know (or not…) I’ve been hunting for FUnctional yet not too dorking looking manbag for a while now. I’ve always had too much junk to carry around – couple that with a paranoid annoyance of shapes in my pockets and you have the makings of a psychotic breakdown! Ok, not [...]