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Jack Bog's Blog, by Jack Bogdanski of Portland, Oregon

This blog was in active operation from July 6, 2002 to April 5, 2013, with a brief outage in July and August of 2004. It has now gone on indefinite hiatus. We're taking a year or more off to work on a major writing project in our professional life. This site will remain in place as an archive, but no new content will be added. We are grateful to our readers and advertisers for 10-plus great years. We'll re-evaluate this site when the writing project is done. -- Jack Bogdanski

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- Ted Wheeler's biggest challenge in mayoral race -- his own to-do list from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - My Dad and Don Vito Corleone from Dingleberry Gazette - Jules Bailey hopes green brand resonates with Portland's blue voters from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Controversy erupts over business tax hike in Mayor Charlie Hales' budget from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Watch: Portland State hosts live mayoral debate at 7 p.m. from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Controversy erupts over tax hike in Mayor Charlie Hales' budget from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Down In A Hole… from Dingleberry Gazette - Charlie Hales wants tax hike on businesses in final Portland budget from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Portland gas tax for road fixes draws broad support, determined opposition (project map) from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Jules Bailey picks Blazers game over candidate forum from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Big financial windfall for Charlie Hales' final budget from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Duty Calls from Dingleberry Gazette - Watch: Jules Bailey and Ted Wheeler debate live at 7 p.m. from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Public isn't invited to Portland meeting on homelessness from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Tent camping not the answer, Portland mayoral candidates say from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Political consultants must disclose clients under new Portland rule from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Portland sued over homeless camping from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - With Friends Like This… from Dingleberry Gazette - Stupid Is As Stupid Does from Dingleberry Gazette - Portland mayor's race 2016: What would you ask the candidates? from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Jules Bailey says he'd replace Portland's HR director from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Portland bans employee travel to Mississippi over discriminatory law from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - “Get To Work!” from Dingleberry Gazette - Lead in the water: Why Portland's on wrong end of national list from OregonLive.com: Portland City Hall - Why It’s The Green Line… from Dingleberry Gazette Powered by Feed Informer	- UO Faculty Club still has 100 free tickets for Donald Trump event from UO Matters - “OSU Will Force Incoming Students to Take ‘Social Justice Training’ from UO Matters - Vote for UO Senate and Committee membership, and get Meningitis vaccine from UO Matters - EWEB loses public records case, must pay RG lawyer Jack Orchard $70K from UO Matters - UO in top 50 for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer students from UO Matters - PURMIT to hold closed meeting over public records from UO Matters - W. Andrew Marcus (Geog) appointed as Permanent CAS Dean from UO Matters - Senate recommends suspension of controversial tenured blogger from UO Matters - Mandatory reporting would be stricter for faculty than student victims from UO Matters - UO Parking Alert: Lot 6A cleared of faculty/staff for secret May 4th event from UO Matters - Steve Duin: The enduring art of EC Comics from Steve Duin - 'Pathway' campaign metaphor blinds us from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Fishing for answers in the Portland harbor from Steve Duin - Steve Duin: The bookstores return from Steve Duin - The Distrust Test for Voters in November from The Red Electric - The Panama Papers: Waiting for the other shoe to drop from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Elections have consequences, and good ones for Roosevelt High from Steve Duin - Steve Duin: Frank Omier and the art of decomposition from Steve Duin - A "Good Trump" should endorse Garland for the Supreme Court from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Power, profits and the Timbers' pyramid from Steve Duin - The Political Consequences of Suspending Disbelief from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Great expectations, and journalism, at Grant Magazine from Steve Duin - Steve Duin: Far from the wall, Portland evangelicals go to work from Steve Duin - A Republican 'Firewall" against Trump from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Enter Erin Brockovich from Steve Duin - The alarm over air toxins in southeast Portland - Steve Duin from Steve Duin - Steve Duin: Life savings disappear in the 'smoke and mirrors' from Steve Duin - Winter Sea from Evidently - Steve Duin: Free to wreak havoc in Harney County from Steve Duin - Winter Through My Dirty Windows from Evidently - Steve Duin: Boy with Down syndrome wears out his welcome at St. Thomas More from Steve Duin - Asking Democrats a question usually aimed at Republicans from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: Rage, reconciliation and rural Oregon from Steve Duin - Trump's contrived "disgust" with Hillary's trip to the toilet from The Red Electric - Steve Duin: How soon we forget Oleander Labier from Steve Duin Powered by Feed Informer

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In Vino Veritas

King Estate, Pinot Gris, Backbone 2014
Oberon, Napa Cabernet 2013
Apaltagua, Envero Carmenere Gran Reserva 2013
Chateau des Arnauds, Cuvee des Capucins 2012
Nine Hats, Red 2013
Benziger, Cabernet, Sonoma 2012
Roxy Ann, Claret 2012
Januik, Merlot 2012
Conundrum, White 2013
St. Francis, Sonoma Cabernet 2012
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2012
Decoy, Cabernet, Sonoma 2013
Marqués de Murrieta, Reserva Rioja 2010
Kendall-Jackson, Grand Reserve Cabernet 2009
Seven Hills, Merlot 2013
Los Vascos, Grande Reserve Cabernet 2011
Abbot's Table, Columbia Valley 2014
Forlorn Hope, St. Laurent, Ost-Intrigen 2013
Upper Five, Tempranillo 2010 and 2012
The Four Graces, Pinot Gris 2015
Topsail, Syrah 2013
Jim Barry, The Lodge Hill Shiraz 2013
Robert Mondavi, Cabernet, Napa Valley 2012
Adelsheim, Pinot Gris 2014
Boomtown, Cabernet 2013
Boulay, Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Domaine de Durban Muscat 2011
Patricia Green, Estate Pinot Noir 2012
Crios, Cabernet, Mendoza 2011
WillaKenzie, Pinot Gris 2014
Dehesa la Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #15
Selvapiana, Chianti Ruffina 2012
Joseph Carr, Cabernet 2012
Prendo, Pinot Grigio, Vigneti Delle Dolomiti 2014
Joel Gott, Oregon Pinot Gris 2014
Otazu, Red 2010
Chehalem, Pinot Gris, Three Vineyards 2013
Wente, Merlot, Sandstone 2011
Abacela, Fiesta Tempranillo 2012
Monmousseau, Vouvray 2014
Duriguttti, Malbec 2013
Ruby, Pinot Noir 2012
Castellare, Chianti 2013
Lugana, San Benedetto 2013
Canoe Ridge, Cabernet, Horse Heaven Hills 2011
Arcangelo, Negroamaro Rosato
Vale do Bomfim, Douro 2012
Portuga, Branco 2013
Taylor Fladgate, Late Bottled Vintage Porto 2009
Pete's Mountain, Pinot Noir, Kristina's Reserve 2010
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2012
Bookwalter, Subplot No. 28, 2012
Coppola, Sofia, Rose 2014
Kirkland, Napa Cabernet 2012
Trader Joe's Grand Reserve, Napa Meritage 2011
Kramer, Chardonnay Estate 2012
Forlorn Hope, Que Saudade 2013
Ramos, Premium Tinto, Alentejano 2012
Trader Joe's Grand Reserve, Rutherford Cabernet 2012
Bottego Vinaia, Pinot Grigio Trentino 2013
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2011
Pete's Mountain, Elijah's Reserve Cabernet, 2007
Beaulieu, George Latour Cabernet 1998
Januik, Merlot 2011
Torricino, Campania Falanghina 2013
Edmunds St. John, Heart of Gold 2012
Chloe, Pinot Grigio, Valdadige 2013
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly Gamay Noir 2013
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio, Friuli 2013
St. Francis, Red Splash 2011
Rodney Strong, Canernet, Alexander Valley 2011
Erath, Pinot Blanc 2013
Taylor Fladgate, Porto 2007
Portuga, Rose 2013
Domaine Digioia-Royer, Chambolle-Musigny, Vielles Vignes Les Premieres 2008
Locations, F Red Blend
El Perro Verde, Rueda 2013
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red 2010
Chloe, Pinot Grigio, Valdadige 2013
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly Gamay Noir 2013
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio, Friuli 2013
St. Francis, Red Splash 2011
Rodney Strong, Canernet, Alexander Valley 2011
Erath, Pinot Blanc 2013
Taylor Fladgate, Porto 2007
Portuga, Rose 2013
Domaine Digioia-Royer, Chambolle-Musigny, Vielles Vignes Les Premieres 2008
Locations, F Red Blend
El Perro Verde, Rueda 2013
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red 2
If You See Kay, Red 2011
Turnbull, Old Bull Red 2010
Cherry Tart, Cherry Pie Pinot Noir 2012
Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Cabernet, Oakville 2012
Benton Lane, Pinot Gris 2012
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Reserva 2008
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2012
Pendulum Red 2011
Vina Real, Plata, Crianza Rioja 2009
Edmunds St. John, Bone/Jolly, Gamay Noir Rose 2013
Bookwalter, Subplot No. 26
Ayna, Tempranillo 2011
Pete's Mountain, Pinot Noir, Haley's Block 2010
Apaltagua, Reserva Camenere 2012
Lugana, San Benedetto 2012
Argyle Brut 2007
Wildewood Pinot Gris 2012
Anciano, Tempranillo Reserva 2007
Santa Rita, Reserva Cabernet 2009
Casone, Toscana 2008
Fonseca Porto, Bin No. 27
Louis Jadot, Pouilly-Fuissé 2011
Trader Joe's, Grower's Reserve Pinot Noir 2012
Zenato, Lugana San Benedetto 2012
Vintjs, Cabernet 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White 2012
Rainstorm, Oregon Pinot Gris 2012
Silver Palm, North Coast Cabernet 2011
Andrew Rich, Gewurtztraminer 2008
Rodney Strong, Charlotte's Home Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Canoe Ridge, Pinot Gris, Expedition 2012
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly Gamay Noir Rose 2012
Dark Horse, Big Red Blend No. 01A
Elk Cove, Pinot Noir Rose 2012
Fletcher, Shiraz 2010
Picollo, Gavi 2011
Domaine Eugene Carrel, Jongieux 2012
Eyrie, Pinot Blanc 2010
Atticus, Pinot Noir 2010

The Occasional Book

Claire Vaye Watkins - Gold Fame Citrus
Markus Zusak - I am the Messenger
Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See
James Joyce - Dubliners
Cheryl Strayed - Torch
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
Saul Bellow - Mister Sammler's Planet
Phil Stanford - White House Call Girl
John Kaplan & Jon R. Waltz - The Trial of Jack Ruby
Kent Haruf - Eventide
David Halberstam - Summer of '49
Norman Mailer - The Naked and the Dead
Maria Dermoȗt - The Ten Thousand Things
William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief
Christopher Buckley - Thank You for Smoking
William Shakespeare - Othello
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything
Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Sara Varon - Bake Sale
Stephen King - 11/22/63
Paul Goldstein - Errors and Omissions
Mark Twain - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Steve Martin - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Beverly Cleary - A Girl from Yamhill, a Memoir
Kent Haruf - Plainsong
Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 61
At this date last year: 97
Total run in 2015: 271
In 2014: 401
In 2013: 257
In 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269