Jack Bog's Blog

It's coming from Caracas.

All of a sudden, to get elected to state office in our legislative district, you have to have a windmill in your picture. We've already blogged about House candidate Cyreena Boston's "daisy fresh" mailer: This weekend, we see that Jackie Dingfelder, whose vacated seat Boston is seeking, has gone her one better in her campaign for State Senate: But hey, one of Boston's...

Streetcar Smith says, "Do as I say, not as I do.".

A reader writes: So I'm walking with my boy in his stroller about an hour ago in South Waterfront. (I know how you feel about the place, but they do seem to be trying to do a good job creating a dense new neighborhood from scratch. But...) So I get to talking with a security guard and he points out the building closest to the river, one of the tall glass towers. "See anything odd about...

The cost of a first-class postage stamp goes up from 41 to 42 cents tomorrow. The second ounce of a letter remains at 17 cents; a postcard goes up from 26 to 27. More than you ever wanted to know about postage rates is presented and linked at this private site....

My mom stands behind her mom, with sisters and sisters-in-law, 45 to 50 years ago. Best wishes for a happy day to all mothers, and to all women who play that role in someone's life....

The O site had a story last night about a post on the blog of Karin Hansen, Portland Mayor Tom Potter's wife, that was apparently so hot that she took it off her site, under pressure. Of course, Google knows all, and if you want to read the controversial post, at least for the moment, it's cached here....