How To Get People To Want to Punch You In The Face

Use this bumper sticker.

Chico's Nails

Chico's Nails, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Rebecca's dog has some painted toenails.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
Originally uploaded by Paul Hehn

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
Originally uploaded by Paul Hehn

From the window of Centaur Guitar, on NE Sandly Blvd. Portland, Oregon.

Corner Dog

Corner Dog, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.


This dog was patiently waiting outside Tuk Tuk, a Thai restaurant on NE Fremont and 43rd.

I took several photos while he remained unperturbed.

Inside was a young guy at the counter, and as I picked up my food I asked if it was his dog. It was. I knew because the guy was saggin', he had a giant hoodie on, he was sporting lots of tats and he had a skinny, fine-tuned little beard.  I told him how patient the dog had been.

The guy looked reluctant to be friendly. But he said, "Yeah... he's a good boy."

Slap Chop Rap

This Video Has Naughty Words

Joke Here

Cooper's Hawk in the Rain in the Tree

Today I saw a hawk at NE 42nd and Brazee.

Paper Snowflakes Without Cleo

Traffic Moment

This guy's fridge door kept teasing that it was going to fly open. It finally did.

Buck the System

Buck the System, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Amy on the Money

Amy on the Money, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

The Eyeballing Game

A great little time-waster and puzzler, the The Eyeballing Game.

MLK Building

MLK Building, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

An Accident

Driving home from Southeast Portand today, and a woman hit my car at an intersection by the roundabout on 39th Avenue (NE).   She just plain plowed into me, regardless of the traffic sign (STOP) that told her she should wait.

Because I don't care that much about my car, it wasn't a terrible thing... so I pulled over so we could mutually discuss the fact that she'd hit my car.

But I pulled over and she didn't.  What I remember mostly is that she paused long enough to give me the finger.

When I got home I realized she had damaged my car more than I had thought.  I took a snapshot on the fly.  Yesterday I wasn't sure I wanted to post it.  But here it is.  Not because I want to pursue her for hit-and-run... I don't, really.  But I was a little concerned that she might report ME, so I'm documenting it here.

By the Ocean

By the Ocean, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Circle Z Horses

Circle Z Horses, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Amy took this shot in Arizona. I love it.  Click here for a big-size version.

Parking Garage

Parking Garage, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

This is another shot from that day I encountered the rat and was sorta, nearly, almost asked to leave the premises.

Paul 82?

Paul 82?, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

It's a Crazy, Crazy World We Live In

Thanks to my pal, Salsa, for pointing me to this not-too-long and fascinating article about the politics and money behind the "there ain't no global warming, and even if there was it's just nature, pal!" crowd.

Going Places

This afternoon I went on a walk through the neighborhood (as usual).  Although it was cold, it was sunny.  I wish I'd left earlier -- I only ended up with about forty minutes of sunset light.

Five or six blocks from here is a new building/garage that will soon house a grocery store, with condos on the top floor and parking in between.  I've been in the parking garage before, when they'd just finished it.  I'd also been in the first floor -- soon to be Whole Foods, I'm told -- one day while I was walking by the entrance was open, so I went in and took photos like this:

Today I walked over there and went on up into the parking garage, which is open, although you get the sense it's not quite open to everyone.  I took photos like this:

A scruffy construction dude in a red li'l truck came driving up through the garage, and I knew he was going to confront me.  Right around the same time, I'd heard a noise in a stray garbage can as I'd walked by.  I looked in to see a rat.  I turned on the flash, poked the camera into the can and snapped a shot.

When I turned around the guy was right there, saying "so...taking pictures, huh?"

"Yeah," I said.

"Whaddya taking pictures of?"

"The sunset.  The church."

"What for?"

"Just for fun.  I don't mean to cause any problem."

There was an awkward pause.  I guess he was trying to decide whether I should be kicked off the property.

I cheerfully changed the subject, pointing to the garbage can and saying, "there's a rat in there."

"A live one?" he asked, with a lot more interest than he'd shown about my taking photos.

"Oh, yeah."

He peeked in the can and so did I, but the rat wasn't visible and wasn't moving, so the guy was skeptical.  I said, "I think I have a photo of it.  Let's see."

He comfortably leaned over to view the camera screen with me.  Sure enough:

Dude was impressed.  But he then remembered the reason he met me.  He clearly didn't know what to say, so I helped him out with, "would you like me to leave?"

"Uh...well..."

"I don't mind.  It's not as if I want to give you any grief on a Friday night."

"Well... uh... just don't use the elevator."

"No problem."

Zombie Trailer

Some of Iris's friends, filming a zombie movie. That's Iris, in zombie make-up and her famous "dragging foot" routine.


Oh, and here's Iris's Flickr page.

Go figure.

Christmas Cactus

We recently got this christmas cactus from Mom and Dad.  Planted in 1928, it was a gift from Winnie Edmunds, called "Grandma E." She was a neighbor of ours in Wilsonville, Oregon in the early 1970s.

Grandma E was the widow of Fred Edmunds, and they started Edmunds Roses. She has a rose named after her, a tea rose called rosa wini edmunds.  I remember seeing one up at Washington Park.  There is a photo of one (from San Jose) here.

The year this cactus was planted, Calvin Coolidge was the president.

Iris Hehn's Paint Job, Part 1

The Dictionary of American History

My pal Fritz Holznagel alerted to me to this delightful find online.

Here's a screenshot:

Fritz found his, then I searched for mine and got the above result.

Years ago we both wrote several entries for The Dictionary of American History, a ten-volume reference work published by Charles Scribner's Sons.  It was an interesting job, although toward then end things got a little crazy because the final edits were happening during the summer when we were in and out of town on vacation.

Anyway, up the street at the local county library they have a set.  I went in to see it one time, just to look up my own name.  It looked pretty official.

Now you can buy them, for petessakes, as if someone would pay up to $9 for an encyclopedia entry.

Self-indulgent Fun

Self-indulgent Fun, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Performance Art, 2009 Version

If you can stomach the first couple of minutes, it gets good after he chokes up the first time.


He goes on with some bizarre metaphor that our nation has been at the "wrong party." 
Typically, in this metaphor it is NOT YOUR FAULT -- you were tricked into going to this party!
He longs for a "simpler" time, which presumably means when non-whites, non-straights,
non-cripples and non-males knew that staying quiet and unseen was a virtuous
and rewarding career.


And everyone had more cavities and the infant mortality rate was higher 
and you could put any old poison into the river any old time you wanted to 
and shoot someone in the belly if they crossed your property line
and punch them in the face if they were wearing a smile you didn't like.

Robot Stencil

Robot Stencil, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

By Iris.

Crying over spilled flour.

"After Hours" at Linfield College

"After Hours" at Linfield College, originally uploaded by lyle trial.

Lyle's postcard for an upcoming show with other McMenamins artists.

Amok MMW

Kooking with Kevin

Kevin makes a delicious frittata, using only peppers and garlic.

MMW 2009 Album

Here is the link to a Picasa gallery of photos from my trip to Lake Tahoe.

More Scans

Scanned Photo

Video Dating, 1987

It would be hard to choose between these winners:

Wild (?) Birds

These young birds were along the trail near the coast at Lake Sutton, north of Florence, Oregon. At first they were in the bushes, but after I stood still for a couple of minutes they came out. They didn't seem very threatened by me. But then, who is?

Mr. Cool Ice

Motorist and Passenger

Motorist and Passenger, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Space Invaders made by Neave Games

What is Going On Here?

Fooling Around in San Francisco

Krazy Light Fights

Some photos and video of some wild entertainment in Japan, guys fighting with flourescent light tubes. Go here.

Three Faces

Three Faces, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Frownal Tracing, age 51

Frownal Tracing, age 51, originally uploaded by lyle trial.

Lyle by Lyle.

How To Play Speed

Our instructional video on how to play the card game Speed has so far spawned several comments, some of them a little fierce.

hazyportland

hazyportland, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Electric Buffet

Electric Buffet, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

A Simple Gesture

Death of the Sony Cybershot

Death of the Sony Cybershot, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

My wonderful camera. Mostly dead now.

Checking My Sites

I've got this Flickr page for photos. I also have a Picasa gallery, rather randomly organized. And I have photos on my Facebook page, too.

I also have this page for music -- but I also put photos there because at this point I can only upload one mp3 file a day.

I have a A YouTube channel.

I've got this one for comics (stupid, foul-mouthed comics, each drawn in under one minute -- or the occasional newspaper comic spoiled and befouled).



Of course, I have a Twitter account, but it's not very active. As it is I have a hard time keeping up with the Who2 Twitter account.

I probably have other ones that I can't remember. In fact, I'm really listing them here so that I can try to keep track. It's not as if they need daily maintenance, so I tend to forget what's what in between postings.

Old Newspapers

For the Who2 Blog this month we've started posting bits in celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

I dug out the newspaper clippings we saved when we were kids and I scanned parts of them. I made a Picasa gallery here.

Noteworthy: there are an inordinate number of photos of various members of Buzz Aldrin's family -- like this one of his wife, for example:




Then there are all the articles about Ted Kennedy:



The Peanuts strip on the day of the moon landing was no big surprise, not since we see Peanuts reruns every single day anyway. And there was a story about "Minutemen" -- super-patriot nuts arrested in New Mexico with too many guns and explosives. The paper said they described themselves as "the last line of defense against communism." This is from 1969, mind you.

Most of the articles I have are from the Eugene Register-Guard, but some are from The Missoulan. I guess we must have moved to Montana in July of 1969, that's what that means.

They'll Do It Every Time

It's like a foreign language.