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It’s been a while since I have blogged, but I wanted to share an incredible book today. Best part- it is free to download online. Blue Planet Run uses photography, essays, and incredible facts to show the water crisis on our wonderful planet, but also give solutions for fixing it.
Head to this link […]

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J24, originally uploaded by JCTownsley.

The boat is almost ready to be splashed. Bottom and deck are painted. Just need to finish reattaching the deck hardware. Hope to splash next week sometime. Click on the picture […]

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In case you missed it, Barack Obama’s victory speech from North Carolina:

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I mentioned in the last post about the Rural Reserves Committee- here’s the details if your interested. Courtesy of the Portland Business Journal.
Monday, April 28, 2008 - 2:51 PM PDT
County appoints 19 land use committee members
Portland Business Journal

Multnomah County, in planning to more closely study its unincorporated lands, has named 19 citizens to a panel […]

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Driving a Prius is like playing a video game - throughout the whole drive you are trying to manipulate the “go pedal” (can’t really call it a gas pedal if it doesn’t always use gas!) in order to maximize fuel economy. Words like “pulse and glide” and “warp stealth” are common terms between Prius drivers […]

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Today is Saturday, it is bright and sunny outside, and I am sitting in class all day. You can imagine I am not too pleased with the situation, but in my continuing quest to get my “ticket to life,” I am stuck here. I could have been out racing on a J24, planting my freshly […]

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An update for all of you folks- I did buy the Prius. I wrestled with it for a few days, played with my car dilemma database, and eventually decided it was the right choice. Even though I lost a good deal of money by trading in a car that was only a few months old, […]

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Barn Owl, originally uploaded by JCTownsley.

A barn owl got stuck inside the pump house the other night. Got a few good shots before I climbed up the 60′ ladder and opened the roof hatch. Sometime […]

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Courtesy of Prezvid.com

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It’s been a while since I have blogged. As much as I would like to be blogging regularly, I just haven’t had the time. I’ve recently added a nice plugin for iphone support, perhaps that will allow me to access the page more often and update my few readers left.
Tonight though- I’ve got a dilemma […]

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Live at the Obama event!, originally uploaded by JCTownsley.

Earl blumenhauer is up now. Rumor is gov Richardson will be here to
endorse Obama today! Thousands of people here!

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J24, originally uploaded by JCTownsley.

I sold the Islander this week, after 5 years of owning it. Two days later I purchased this J24 racing boat out of the Seattle area. I’ve got a couple projects […]

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It’s been a while since I have posted- and frankly this probably is not a “I’m back” kind of post. With Super Tuesday tomorrow, I wanted to take a quick opportunity to share this excellent piece on Obama and Clinton by George Lakoff. This article sums up entirely why I will vote for Obama over […]

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100 pictures from the last few weeks-
Click on the photo for the entire set!

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