Misery, Thy Name Is Portland
Portland's much-vaunted "livability" took a heavy hit this week as Business Week magazine ranked it the unhappiest large city in America.
Checking Up on the Fools on The Hill
Update from The Loony Bin, aka the Republican congressional delegation: The House on Friday rejected a move to fight the current economic crisis by imposing a freeze on federal spending.
A Uniform in Kitzhaber’s Future?
Now that Dr. Sanjay Gupta has taken himself out of contention for the job of surgeon general in the Obama administration, Kari Chisholm of Blue Oregon is thumping the tub for - of course - Oregon's own Dr. John Kitzhaber.
LandWatch Fights for Tighter Metolius Protections
Central Oregon LandWatch is pushing legislation that would go further toward restricting resort development near the Metolius - as well as other areas in Jefferson County - than the plan developed by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission.
Busy Weekend for Bachelor
This past weekend (Feb 27-Mar 1) Mt. Bachelor was crowded with numbered bibs as the mountain played host to the High Cascade Snowboard Camp Enter the Dragon series, the 46th annual MBSEF Sun Cup, the Phoenix Inn High School Reunion nordic race, and the SOS outreach, providing free gear and lessons to underprivileged kids…
What You Need
I have lived in Bend for 10 years. I'm 28 years old and a small part of the Bend acting scene. I don't ski or snowboard or ride bikes recreationally, but I still have a great time here year round. For nine of my years here I have been employed, but a month ago my…
Jobless and Foreclosed in Paradise
Homeowners in Deschutes County are defaulting on their mortgages at the rate of 10 a day, according to a report by OPB's Ethan Lindsey this morning.
Paper or Plastic?
Controversies in bowling usually range from what light beer should be consumed to the preferred width of the diamonds on the classic King Louie retro shirt.
Well, two weeks ago, the Professional Bowlers Association ignited a much-needed publicity brouhaha when the tour held its first limited equipment tournament, the GEICO Plastic Ball Championship at Wheat…
Our Winter Hawks: It can be a rough ride for rough-legs
Our winter visitors from the Arctic Circle, Rough-legged Hawks. The French name for our winter hawks is Buse pattue, the scientific community recognizes them as Buteo lagopus, while birders know them as Rough-legged Hawks. But, I call them Winter Hawks because that's the only time of the year we see them. The rest of the…
Spring Forward: Happy Days, Ski-O and Skin to Win
Spring Forward King of the Cone surveying his KingdomHey, don't forget to get up at 2am this Sunday to turn your clock forward one hour! Some people lament the loss of sleep time but I usually throw a "Happiest Day of the Year" party which includes looking for crocuses poking out of the ground, dusting…
Still Kickin’: Street Fighter gets it done after two decades
Blanka would kick both of these guys' asses.The drive-in is jumping tonight. A low-rider with purple flames bounces next to a Hummer topped with a row of girls. In the shadows, hip-hop boys pump their arms, and Vegas-scale neon signs emblazon "DINER" and "BURGER" across the sky.
I enter the ring of headlights with the…
Don’t Flush This: The Pope’s Toilet headlines the Latino Film Fiesta
Look God, no hands. Without reading anything about a film called The Pope's Toilet before taking a look at it, I figured the title would be a metaphor, for what I don't know. I had no idea what to expect. Of course, the title conjures many ideas as to what it could be about. The…
No Fairy Tale: Bashir shows us what nightmares are made of
The things they carried. An animated documentary with real life interviews in cartoon form, Bashir dissects the Lebanese civil war that followed the assassination of Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel. One might assume that taking an animated approach to atrocities of war would risk trivializing the tragedies, but for the most part Israeli writer/director Ari Folman…
The Vic: Best Location to Forget the Recession
It's 31 degrees. Grey clouds fill the morning sky.
The Vic: Best Location to Forget the Recession
It’s 31 degrees. Grey clouds fill the morning sky.
Call It a Roast: Pigging Out at Bistro Corlise – From Snout to Tail
Bacon larded Red beet blood-enriched sauce. Yummy.It takes a devious mind to come up with the concept for a pork feast like Chef Jason Logan did for a recent special seating at his soon to be gone restaurant, Bistro Corlise. Then again, you'd have to be almost as warped to voluntarily attend. We're not talking…
Call It a Roast: Pigging Out at Bistro Corlise – From Snout to Tail
Bacon larded Red beet blood-enriched sauce. Yummy.It takes a devious mind to come up with the concept for a pork feast like Chef Jason Logan did for a recent special seating at his soon to be gone restaurant, Bistro Corlise. Then again, you’d have to be almost as warped to voluntarily attend. We’re not talking…
A PP Headcount
And that's only half the band…"When you're used to crack, it's not the same when you go back to huffing paint," joked Person People's K.P. from the Domino Room stage at the band's raucous CD release show on Saturday night. Neither K.P. nor any other of the 10 other accredited members of Person People smoke…
DVD REVIEW: Alive at the ‘Roo
Live from Bonnaroo 2008 DVD As if the announcement of the Bonnaroo 2009 lineup a couple weeks ago didn't get us inordinately (and prematurely) amped for the summer music festival season, we had to go ahead and get our hands on the 2008 Bonnaroo Live DVD and make that ache in our gut for summer…
Detroit Bump City: Tales of prog rock, artful pop and paint huffing from across the country
Got suits, will travel.Chris Sterr and his band, Bump, are based out of Detroit. He says the city isn't as bad as the death-and-despair rap it often gets, but the former automotive capital of the world has definitely provided the prog-rockers with a few stories. This is just one of those: "We used to play…
Our Picks for the Week of 3/4-3/12
Tuck and Roll, Pistol Whipped Prophets, !Danger Death Ray! thursday 6 Tuck and Roll is one of the newest members of the Bend punk scene, offering up a hard-driving and tiger-tight pop-laced punk rock with plenty of panache that can't help but create a likeness to NOFX. The trio is playing this free show before…
A Line in the Snow: Factions of Central Oregon’s outdoor community oppose a new snow park
Piled in a binder at the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District office are more than 700 letters and printed e-mails. They come from a range of different folks: snowmobilers, cross country skiers, snowshoers, backcountry ski enthusiasts and others. While the writers' backgrounds vary, the subject matter does not.
Each of these writings is a comment on…
A SLIPPER for Whisnant, a BOOT for Telfer
A decent roof over your head is something everybody needs in the best of times. For low-income people in these worst of times, it can be a matter of simple survival. That's why HB 2436 - the Housing Opportunity Bill - was a good thing, and why we're glad the Oregon Legislature has passed it.…
Cat Bongs and Secret Tapes: The ACLU vs the CIA, Blago’s book deal, and more!
Tapes? Oh, Those Tapes! Hearkening back to the good old days of Nixon, the Bush Administration is quickly learning that tapes cannot simply disappear. What the CIA and Bush/Cheney Junta once declared as a total of only two videotapes and one audiotape of interrogation (= torture) sessions of suspected terrorists, new (court-ordered) disclosures by the…
One Size Doesn’t Fit All In South County
Tuesday, March 10, voters in Deschutes County must sort through the emotions, the opinions and the science that comprise the many faces of Ordinance 2008-012, the "Local Rule." The emotions are the easiest to understand, as the residents of South County are impacted by the financial burden of up-grading their existing septic systems, while the…
Put a Hat on ‘Em
This week's letter comes from the Viking Mama who reminds - no, implores - parents to bundle up their youngsters as they themselves bundle. I like it if for no other reason than she reminds me of me own mum who never met a scarf she didn't like. Thanks for the letter Viking Mama. You…
Keep Local Rule Local
Is it just me or does it somehow seem patently unfair for Deschutes County to seek approval of ballot measure 9-70 from all voters when it specifically affects only homeowners on septic systems in South County? This appears to be an effort to stack the deck against those owners who could potentially have to replace…
Thanks for Jim
Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know how much I appreciate Jim Anderson's nature columns.
Drop the Rents, Already
Yes, there are exceptions. I also understand that you want to have some kind of stopgap so as not to have undesirables proliferating. But isn't it time for the people owning/leasing the commercial real estate, especially on the westside/downtown area of Bend, to take the cold shower of reality?
Take a look at the…
Money, Money, Who Gave the Money? (Cont.)
On Feb. 20 The Eye reported that Orestar, the Oregon state campaign finance database, showed that The Bulletin had given a $4,000 in-kind contribution to the Bend Business PAC, the political arm of the Chamber of Commerce, before the last election.
