This is rad

Portland is also rad

Howdy. Have you ever visited Portland? If not, you should.

Why? Because:

We ride bikes
We have good food
Powell's Books is awesome
Sometimes schools close for "bad weather" when it's actually sunny and warm outside

There are lot of bridges in this town. From north to south:

And we're getting a pedestrian- and bike-only bridge! It's currently under construction but should be complete in 2014.

Do you like haiku?

I left the chowder
on the window ledge too long.
Cold soup. Cold winter.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

J.D. Salinger, from The Catcher in the Rye

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Kurt Vonnegut, from Cat's Cradle