PercivalThe Innocents Abroad, by Mark Twain.

And Following the Equator.

The local supermarket chain, Fred Meyers, now part of Krogers, had an annual beefalo sale for years.  I haven't seen it for a while, though.  I couldn't tell it from beef.

My favorite of your work.

Welcome to Ricochet, Mr. Genn.  I have long admired your work.

I second skipsul:  "If you can snag her I'd love to hear a Middle East Primer from Claire Berlinski and Judith Levy."

Or really, anything from Claire.  I miss her.

I also came to Ricochet via Claire.  I read something she wrote at City Journal, looked around for more, and ended up here.  I miss her.

You don't need to go to Germany.  Oregon has been there, done that.

Dark chocolate.

Can even deep blue Oregon be in play? 

Down from +17 in 2008 to +5 or 6 now (margin of error 5).

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/10/oregonian_poll_obama_leads_rom.html

My guess is that Romney pretty much had that vote sewed up anyway.

For some reason that gesture is considered offensive by the Vietnamese as well.

I've overnighted in 23 but driven through 19 more in cross country trips.

"our nation is working over time to displace voluntary labor contracts with strong union protection and major limitations on freedom over the power to hire and fire"

See the WSJ today regarding the Labor Department's proposed new rules for hiring quotas for disabled workers.

And the misplaced priorities persist.  See Portland's Roads to Ruin in today's Oregonian.

Lame.

47.  Most of my points came from growing up in a small town, working in a sawmill during the summer in college, serving in the military and 10 years as a deputy sheriff.