Cross Blog

You may not know this, but I once lived in Texas. And not the hipster mecca of Austin either...good ol' San Antone. So as I watch Dolly's progress, I feel just a twinge of nostalgia for the days when I worked for the City of SA. I've even sent notes to a few of my former co-workers asking them to share any stories from on the ground if they have 'em. But I digress... While I'm not getting...

Lise's not the only one who promised updates and didn't follow through. Remember my New Year's resolution? Yeah... I was just reminded of it because our COO sent out this reminder about our office-wide cleanup competition: "Have you seen Ronda?s desk lately? No, nor has she! But that?s all history now as it?s all clean and tidy. An example to us all!" We're tidying up the place...

Earlier this week, I was admonished for the fact that I promised you sneak peeks of the new website and then gave you...nothing. Bad Lise. To make it up to you, I am offering something better than a sneak peek -- it's an actual link to the new site. I'd make a bigger deal out of this if it weren't one gigantic headache and complication after another. Right now, both old and new sites are up...

Okay, so we didn't win the local blog category in Willamette Week's Best of Portland. Nor did we get a shout-out in the WW Staff Picks. But even though I'm still in a bit of a funk, I did want to share some nice comments from the fine folks at WW about Cross Blog. BoP editor Ben Waterhouse actually said that we were "making a fine go of it" in the local blog category, when asked about competing...

Hurricane Dolly is now officially the first hurricane of the season. If you happen to be reading our blog from SE Texas or NE Mexico, check HERE for hurricane tips. You can keep up with Dolly's progress (and even subscribe to RSS feeds) HERE on the NOAA Dolly page. American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter...

Here's a quick pop quiz: If a friend is drowning, you should... A) Jump in the water and swim them to safety B) Throw a rope or reach for them from the shore Nearly 50% of the students in one Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI) summer program classroom answered "A." And that's wrong...the kind of wrong that could be deadly. But by the end of class, every single student knew the mantra, "Reach or...

Did you see this? "A red flag warning is in effect from now through Thursday in Northeast and Central Oregon, as powerful thunderstorms packing lightning churn across the region." If you don't already know what to do to if a wildfire strikes, go here for lots of tips to protect yourself.American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter...