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I am a person, based in Portland, Oregon.
June 14

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performs Trouble Weighs A Ton with his Uncle James Quine at a Auerbach’s Akron, Ohio studio.

(via StopOkaaayGo)

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JOSEPH (OR) — Part of a short-line railroad in Oregon’s ruggedly beautiful Wallowa County has become a 30-mile-long parking lot for about 700 idled railcars, some blighted with graffiti. Many residents aren’t happy. David Stein, for one, said mustard-yellow centerbeam lumber cars along tracks owned by the Wallowa Union Railroad have spoiled his view of mountains, meadows and pine forests from his home outside Enterprise. “What can you see?” Stein, 54, asked in disgust. “Trains!” The situation is a snapshot of a national picture. The economic slump has idled about 70,000 Union Pacific railcars, now sidetracked wherever space can be found, said Zoe Richmond, a Union Pacific spokeswoman in Roseville, Calif. The railroad has also furloughed 5,000 of its 48,000 workers. Other railroads are in the same predicament, she said. Back to back, Union Pacific’s idled railcars would reach from Seattle to Albuquerque, N.M. (via Railing against wilderness storage in Wallowas - OregonLive.com)

JOSEPH (OR) — Part of a short-line railroad in Oregon’s ruggedly beautiful Wallowa County has become a 30-mile-long parking lot for about 700 idled railcars, some blighted with graffiti.

Many residents aren’t happy.

David Stein, for one, said mustard-yellow centerbeam lumber cars along tracks owned by the Wallowa Union Railroad have spoiled his view of mountains, meadows and pine forests from his home outside Enterprise.

“What can you see?” Stein, 54, asked in disgust. “Trains!”

The situation is a snapshot of a national picture. The economic slump has idled about 70,000 Union Pacific railcars, now sidetracked wherever space can be found, said Zoe Richmond, a Union Pacific spokeswoman in Roseville, Calif. The railroad has also furloughed 5,000 of its 48,000 workers. Other railroads are in the same predicament, she said.

Back to back, Union Pacific’s idled railcars would reach from Seattle to Albuquerque, N.M.

(via Railing against wilderness storage in Wallowas - OregonLive.com)

June 9
“ But though we were always focal points of attention, I speak no Chinese and most Chinese speak no English, not even enough to tell it apart from Russian, so that I had a kind of anonymity of identity: although we were hyper-visible physically, my personality and self were not at all scrutinized. The feeling of being invisible yet not ignored was intoxicating. mills baker - China
June 3

How to light a gas stove manually

marco:

Peroty fails at cooking:

Gas stove. Electric lighter. Design FAIL! Cereal it is.

You can still manually light nearly every modern gas stove with a match or lighter, even if the igniter is broken. Matches are safer and will work better than typical cigarette lighters.

  1. Turn gas on medium.
  2. Light match. Hold very close to the holes in the center of the burner that fire usually comes out of.
  3. Wait for full ignition. This should happen within about 3 seconds, and the burner should quickly light all the way around in a neat little ring-closing pattern.*
  4. Remove your match-holding hand (and the match) quickly.

* If this doesn’t happen within 3-5 seconds, turn the gas off, wait a few seconds, assure anyone else in the room that the gas smell is normal, and start over.

This is a valuable skill to have. With it, you can still use your gas stove in a blackout or when the igniters fail. (Note that this procedure doesn’t usually work on the oven or broiler because the burners aren’t easily accessible.)

We have failed as a people.  We have failed as a nation. There are people that cannot figure out how to light a stove?

June 2

dalasverdugo:

Sasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party (via dkellerm)

Wonder if he was from Baltimore.

Hippies.   This is near me.