Topic: corvallis

I took up five cats today, for fixing, three females and two males. One male and two females hail from Albany, while one female comes from rural Linn County and the other male is from Corvallis. Afterwards, I stopped by the Front Street Felines colony, hoping this time she'd hand over the one unfixed female and maybe even the four kittens, now ten weeks of age. No such luck. She told me to...

The tomatoes are in!!! The tomatoes are in!!!! I should have posted this yesterday, but I simply couldn't get away for long enough to update this site. So, you'll have to read yesterday's news today- which is sort of forecasting next week's news a bit early. Confused? That's OK. Just follow along. I'll start making sense...

I had a great time photographing Kevin the other morning. What a nice guy! Thanks for the great conversation Kevin -- have a fun rest of the summer!!

If you live in Oregon, Benton County and Corvallis expect to see a significant increase in Natural Gas prices this winter.Oregon's largest utility NW Natural Gas, said rates could rise as much as 35-40%. The demand for Natural Gas is High, the wholesale price is rising and costs always get passed "downhill"!So, if you expect to stay warm this winter and natural gas is your way of doing that get...

Today is the only day I really feel like talking about. So... yeah. Exciting. I woke up at 7:30, and tried to go back to sleep til 10... and failed. Which was not cool. Then at 1 I went to Osborn Aquatic Center to swim with Kitty Girl, who I call my twin, cause we act similar in a lot of ways (but not every way...) We swam and I left for my orthodontist appointment at 3:00, because it was at 4....

Corvallis City Awards A list of "Best City" lists that include Corvallis. [via UnderStory] Concurring Opinions: The New FISA "That's the lesson. You spit in Congress's face, and they'll give you what you want." [via Schneier] stevenf.com: Don't Use FTP "This is going to sound a little weird at first considering what I do for a living, but I want you to stop using FTP." Agreed! [via...

I'm putting together the monthly look at real estate numbers (Update: read the story here) in Corvallis and I'm seeing a median price of $285,000 for houses sold in Corvallis during June compared to $314,192 a year ago (admittedly an 18-month high). Meanwhile, city building data confirm that new houses aren?t being built and won?t be for some time to come. The figures: Six-month median house...