The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from the rabbit hole, wondering if it was the pill or Easter egg, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
Domestic Terrorists, in Richmond and Russia
Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) simply couldn't stand Democrats getting all of the attention for death threats and racial slurs after the passage of health care reform, so he first declared that his offices were shot at by gun-toting Liberals (later reported by Richmond police to be “random gunfire”) then decried Dems for announcing that they'd been threatened at all. But this wasn't enough for Cantor (who looks like that suck-up in-law you wish would stop talking) so he launched another PR bonanza about Mr. Norman Leboon of Philadelphia.
Shrouded in Mystery: Christ's sheets, Congressional gunfire and Palin's quest
The Spring Stud Storm
There's really no point in complaining or even commenting about the weather in Central Oregon. It's just to predictably unpredictable.
You Keep A Knockin'
Dear Mr. Conger,
Please stop knocking on doors. You agitate my dogs when you do so. Surprisingly, some of us like to sleep in on the weekends. Please stop using paper door hangers to promote yourself. You talk about wanting a “Green revolution” for Oregon yet you are wasting paper products on doorknobs to promote yourself (interestingly enough, they are not printed on recycled paper.) Are you riding your bicycle around town while you promote yourself or are you being shuttled around in a gas-powered vehicle? If so, is it a hybrid or electrical vehicle? I would guess you're an SUV man.
Free Beer!
Okay, so maybe that’s a little misleading. But Tyler and the gang over at Silver Moon are discounting pints of Bandlands Bitter this afternoon as part of ONDA’s Badlands Bash at the pub.
Number One Reason to Have Kids: So you can make them recreate “Scarface”
No, I’m not serious. Well, not that serious.
Short Takes: Alley, Sizemore and the Redmond’s Road to Nowhere
Republican Allen Alley, running for governor of Oregon, is attacking the way things are done in .
Final Four: A victory for fans outside of New Yawk
Easily the best thing about this year's Final Four is the absence of a New Yawk team, or some other big East Coast metro college team, and all the attendant hype that they invariably get from Dickie V and all the talking head experts on ESPN who refer to the game being played as “basketbawl”. Thankfully we won't hear a lot of: ” Hey, I love Jimmy B and da Cuse and he'll have the big ones taking it to the rack and the small ones hoisting up trifectas,” blither.
Video of Norman and The Dimes From Saturday Night’s Portland Indie Invasion
On Saturday night in the newly refurbished Old Stone Church, some of the most honestly awesome rock music I’ve heard in Bend in quite some time was being played. Sure, this was the Portland Indie Invasion, which our paper sponsored, but that’s not weighing into my opinion.
Pinback Returning to Bend July 8
Things just keep looking better and better for the summer music scene here in Bend — and doubly so now that it’s been announced that progressive popsters Pinback are playing the Domino Room on July 8.
The band played a sold-out show at the Domino in February of 2007, but haven’t been back since.
Teamwork: On Becoming a Pilot Butte Greenwave Hoops Fan
After close to 40 years of participating in, writing about and photographing individual self-propelled sports, I recently developed a passion for a team sport. Not any team sport.

