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Little Bites: Loving a Meat Eater: What to do when your better half isn’t a vegetarian like you

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Zac is my boyfriend. I love him. And he
loves meat.
And – although I'm a committed vegetarian – I sometimes cook it for him.
I know. It makes me feel weird, too. But love makes us do crazy things.
For the seven of you who have enjoyed my column up to this point, this article probably comes as a surprise, and may even be upsetting. In fact, some of you are probably composing a strongly worded letter to the editor right now about what a terrible mistake it was to hire me. But, I think there are probably more of you out there who actually find yourself in a similar situation, and may even want to keep reading.

Posted inCulture

On Putting Tools Away

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It is 7:30 p.m. and my wife comes into the bedroom, crosses to the closet and pulls open the two bi-folding doors. Although I can’t see her face, I know she’s pleased. I built this closet for her. Her wardrobe hangs in front of her, each dress sorted according to style, color and season. The same goes for the pants and the sweaters and the shoes – the multitude of shoes – each pair tucked into its private cubbyhole like a pigeon at roost. My wife has yet to enter and instead stands there like a general surveying her troops. I close my book and put on a pair of light shoes and walk out to the shop. I will leave my wife to her weighty decisions.

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Our Picks for 10/5-10/13

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SpeakNOW
wednesday 5
Are you a youngster with some serious poetic chops? If so, head down to the Poethouse and enter yourself in The Nature of Words first SpeakNow event, a spoken word competition for all high school aged students in the region. If you win, there are cash prizes and recognition to be had. Registration at 6:30 p.m. For more info contact programs@thenatureofwords.org. 7pm Wednesday, Oct 5. Poethouse Art, 55 NW Minnesota Ave.

Bendfilm Festival
thursday-sunday 6-8
We've got a big ol' preview of the eighth-annual BendFilm in the Culture section and learn about all the independent movies you can check out around town this weekend. Venues include the Oxford Hotel, McMenamins, Regal Old Mill and the Tower Theatre. Tickets are available at the festival hub at the Liberty Theatre downtown.

Posted inMusic

Wilco: The Whole Love

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After Jeff Tweedy assembled, what he declared, “the best Wilco line-up ever” in 2007, the sextet released the very straightforward, and dare I say boring, Sky Blue Sky. Wilco sounded more interesting with 2009’s Wilco (the Album), but still seemed too top heavy with seasoned musicians to produce something so sing-songy.
The Whole Love is a strong argument for the current lineup’s need to convey Tweedy's ideas. The brilliant early sonic deconstruction, water drip keyboards, and impeccable pushing bass on “Art of Almost” (the album opener and exclamation), builds “wasteland” abstractions through a straw, to a lesson in explosive krautrock. “Dawned On Me” has a genuine “fresh” pop quality to it that seemed missing from recent Wilco recordings and “Black Moon” possesses enough intrigue to carry you on to the tasty bass workout, “Born Alone.” The album ends nearly as strong as it starts with the cyclical 12-minute closer, “One Sunday Morning” as Tweedy gives his (often used) equation of life, death, and frustrations with God.

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Occupying Wall St. From Liberty Plaza: Notes from a nascent protest movement in our nation’s financial capital

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The police lining Liberty Street appear bored, over 700 arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, Saturday, after thousands of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters marched across the East River. This Sabbath starts slow on Zuccotti Park, time for reflection.
“I wouldn't have gone across the bridge,” offers one protester, adding with a smile, “I'm from New Orleans… ”
Sitting and smoking a hand-rolled cigarette, not giving her name, but offering that she arrived here 48 hours ago from Louisiana. “I've been waiting for this. Katrina was just the first wave. I predicted three-to-five years; it's been six. But I've been patient… ” Offering “direct democracy” as the solution – Americans voting on policies instead of politicians – she then expresses the quandary of any movement: “There's so many concerns that I couldn't list them possibly right now.”

Posted inOpinion

Our Fresh Straight Poop Comes With No Monthly Fees

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Monday, Sept. 26
This is turning into a routine: Senate approves deal to avert government shutdown Friday; Democrats and Republicans both claim victory … Nyaa, nyaa, can't touch me: Dominique Strauss-Kahn claims former status as chief of International Monetary Fund gives him diplomatic immunity against civil lawsuit by NYC hotel maid who says he raped her … Worth it to shut him up: Charlie Sheen settles suit against “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre and Warner Brothers for reported $25 million … No PDAs on SWA: Musician/actress Leisha Hailey says she was kicked off Southwest Airlines flight for kissing her girlfriend, urges gays to boycott Southwest … Guess they aren't that unhealthy: Arch West, former Frito-Lay exec credited with creating Doritos in 1961, dies at age 97.

Posted inOpinion

Tony DeBone Has a Dumb Old New Idea

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Old beliefs die hard – especially the dumb ones. Despite all the evidence, some Central Oregon public officials still cling to the faith that they can pump life into the moribund local construction industry by giving builders a break on Systems Development Charges.
SDCs are fees levied on new construction projects to help cover the costs of things like new roads, sewers and water systems. For the past three years the City of Bend has offered builders a special deal under which, instead of paying their SDCs up front, they can delay payment for nine months or until their project gets a certificate of occupancy, whichever comes first. (It's essentially an interest-free loan to the builder.) City Finance Director Sonia Andrews reports that more than $900,000 worth of fees has been deferred so far, and builders still owe the city $285,000.

Posted inOpinion

Don't Ignore the Real News

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When will our mainstream media start covering the “Occupy Wall Street” event? It was so interesting to see that American media had no problem covering this type of activity around the world and criticized their governments and media for blacking it out. How are we any different? This matter isn’t going away and is expected to swell all over the country.

Posted inOpinion

Mental Health Talk Needs a Reality Check

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If Kay Redfield Jameson (upcoming OSU Cascades Program) and the Military/Industrial/Medical/Governmental Complex are suggesting we should think “normally” and quiet the “unquiet” mind, no thanks. Such assumptions would be a direct affront to critical, independent and natural thinking. May citizens reject political definitions of mental health? Quieting the “unquiet” mind (as Big Pill Industry and increasingly, government seems to want to do) ignores the dynamic, conscious, individual, evolutionary, exceptional, creative, visual, sensory and daily biorhythm of the structured mind.

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