Mothers Of The Disappeared, 14th May 2017

Words fail at how moving experiencing this live yesterday was....it's a very sad state of affairs that this is still so relevant today . :( With Eddie Vedder and Mumford and Sons For ALL Mothers

Ring the alarm! Clean up on aisle 7!!!

Dismayed customers take it upon themselves to disparage the perceived slim pickings at the local dollar store in Charlotte Hall, MD. Its just not humans who dislike this time of year apparently. Angry beaver!!!

What is the biggest crime here?

A Forest Grove woman calls the cops for a man who won't stop whistling Closing Time by Semisonic...you be the judge! It IS an annoying song

It's a sticky situation ........

Another day, another happening in downtown Eugene today, right by the lovely Kesey Square. I LOVE the statute of Ken reading to children, it's the goofballs panhandling with signs that say "dont be a dick" that are what I am not too fond of :P I HOPE that that is the only white stuff there.....

Tom Peterson, R.I.P.

Sad sad news for Oregonians on Monday the 25th when it was announced by his family that iconic businessman Tom Peterson had passed away from complications from Parkinson's disease. The late night television ads that ran here for years imploring people to "wake up!" was the stuff that salesman dream of getting people's attention, and it was his folksy and personable interaction with the public that ingrained Tom deep into the psyche of Portland and Oregon. Director Gus Van Sant had cameos for Tom in 3 of his movies, and in a concert in Salem, OR, Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain sported a Tom Peterson t shirt onstage. I will also associate Tom with the popularity of Portland wresting and roller derby as well, back in the days when there were only the three major television networks as well as the various independent stations of the day (KPTV being the big one here in Oregon at the time ). R.I.P. Tom, you WILL be sorely missed :( Wake Up no more :( This pic is from PVS In Store Graphics in NW 23rd in Portland, Oregon, taken today at about 520 am.

NOT a convenient grilling method to be honest......

....especially with north bound traveller on Interstate 5 in the Coburg area. Fire crews and police were still working on the remnants of a truck trailer that caught fire and lit up its cargo of fresh pineapple; and a separate wreck a couple of miles up the road most certainly did NOT make I-5 the place to be. low hanging fruit for the newspaper headline

Garbage Pail Kids cards are baaaaaaack!

New and most definitely NOT improved......caveat emptor indeed !