I had forgotten I had written the recipe for Vegan Semmel Knodle. This step I did tonight. If you have a crazy dog running around the house. Put him in his crate. Your hands will be a mess. Like clockwork.
Not going to the Timbers game tonight and i have decided our coach is simply crazy. #rctid.
In a world as beautiful as this how can there not be a higher being of some type.
Yesterday I went for an aimless 4 mile walk with the BigBlackBearPup.
And BBBP directed me right into the vets office. He recognized it. He now weighs 56 pounds.
Later some random kids on the street gave me some paintings they had made. I told them “Doesn’t your mother want these”. The mother assured me they were for people walking in the street.
Later some other kids showed me some eggs in their chicken Coop. Only thing the chickens where missing. I walked another 20 feet and there were chickens scurrying into the neighbors yards. They ran right past BigBlackBearPup to meet chickens in the neighbors yard.
Quite the day for the BigBlackBearPup.
@jenwillis @TreeHugger Not sure if they are invasive, but they hurt when you run through them.
STROZZAPRETI with VELVET PIOPPINI & FIDDLEHEADS
housemade fat semolina noodles, pan roasted mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, white wine cashew cream, green onions, & shaved fennel
http://portobellopdx.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SPRING-MENU.pdf
It was quite good. Portabello is one of my favourite places to eat.
The Separation between church and stated reality.
A growing roster of pastors in the United Methodist Church (UMC) are no longer willing to stand for the denomination’s ban on gay marriage.
In fact, these rogue Methodist clergy have been pledging to defy the church and officiate same-sex marriages (some already have been active in doing so), despite the potential for church discipline.
I am not a highly religious person however I love religion. On Sunday, our pastor officially told our congregation that he is one of those rogue clergy. It was pretty much understood, this was going to happen. Hey this is Portland, however our congregation is an aging congregation with very little new membership. I can only imagine there were people sitting in the their seats that were not comfortable with this announcement.
I sat proud listening to our minister taking this stand. Somebody had to take a stand during our evolution as a socitey. Blacks were once slaves and woman were not allowed to vote. Brave people had to stand up and take a stand on these issues.
Or maybe it is our de-evoltion as a society. From the book of discipline.
¶ 161 B) Marriage—We affirm the sanctity of the marriage covenant that is expressed in love, mutual support, personal commitment, and shared fidelity between a man and a woman.We believe that God’s blessing rests upon such marriage, whether or not there are children of the union.
We reject social norms that assume different standards for women than for men in marriage.We support laws in civil society that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
From The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church - 2008. Copyright 2008 by The United Methodist Publishing House. Used by permission.
A sign on a methodist church on Sandy Blvd. recently went somewhat viral.
The book of disciplne is being a bit hateful and evclusionary.
@aprilbaer yes April I still sit on the fence. Was going to vote for Smith however it is going to be a run off no matter how you look at it. So i will probably vote for Eileen Brady hoping she makes the runoff.
I am not literally sitting on a fence. The squirrels in our yard do that. They can’t vote.
Great article by ultramarathoner Scott Jurek. I have met him a few times and seen him flying by on the out and back portions of ultra marathons.
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-303—14320-1-1X2X3X4X5-6,00.html
“I learned that the standard Western diet—for a long time my diet—rich in animal products, refined carbohydrates, and processed food, has been linked to three of the most common causes of death in our country: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. I read that diabetes affects nearly nine percent of Americans, and that type 2 diabetes, once nearly unheard of in children, is on the rise, bringing with it a host of complications, such as kidney failure, blindness, and amputations.”
What we eat is a matter of life and death. Food is who we are. Running is who we are. They both co exist like the perfect marriage.
@NPRinskeep I am glad he came out and said this. (Obama on Same Sex marriage) It does draw a line in the sand. The Divided States of America seems to be equally divided on almost every single issue. Sometimes places like North Carolina seem like another country to me. The bible is used as a crutch for so mayn issues and then convienently ignored in other issues. I respect other people’s opinions when they take time to develop one, however it seems that not be the case here.
We had a civil war over basically one single issue and now we seem to be having a semi non violent one on a myriad of issues. It is going to take the people to decide these issues and unfortunately roughly half the people are not going to be happy with the out come.
It is so rare to hear a person say I could go either way on that issue. So it refreshing for Obama to stick to his convictions and not pander just because it is election season.
Well played Mr. president.
3 years ago today
