About Oregon Expat
Sometimes the best view is from the outside, and an American expatriate living in Portugal is, in many ways, outside of both nations. The views can be spectacular. I’m also a science nerd, Mac dweeb, grammar geek, and science fiction author, so the posts in this blog tend to be eclectic.
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Recent Posts
- Hope, an unfamiliar emotion
- Pompeii takeout and American assumption
- Far Enough
- I have an issue with Netflix’s “Away”
- Now, about *that* topic
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Alsea Rising: The Seventh Star is in the wild
- Alsea Rising is out and #1!
- Coming soon: Alsea Rising
- On his terms
- Beyoncé: Homecoming
- UPRISING and balance
- The brain radio
- Alsea lovers: This is the one you’ve been waiting for
- The chicken church
Recent Comments
- Fletcher DeLancey on Porto’s most famous bookstore
- pablohaake on Porto’s most famous bookstore
- Alberto on Throwing flowers
- Rael on Portuguese idiom of the day: Lança perfume
- Rael on Portuguese idiom of the day: Lança perfume
- Fletcher DeLancey on Hope, an unfamiliar emotion
- Miriam English on Hope, an unfamiliar emotion
Categories
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Wallpaper Monday
Looks like fantasy art, doesn’t it? But it’s real: this is the Millau Viaduct in southern France. As the photographer notes: It is the current record holder for tallest bridge by structural height (343 meters/1125 feet). When you look at … Continue reading
Posted in wallpaper
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Best space photo EVER.
Yes, it really is a rubber chicken that has been launched into space. Even better, it was a high school group that did it. You can learn a bit more about it from National Geographic’s “Space Pictures This Week,” which … Continue reading
Posted in science
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Tram 28
If there’s one thing a new tourist must do upon visiting Lisboa, it’s to take the Tram 28 on its route up and down the steep, narrow streets of the oldest parts of the city. And so we took our … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal, travel
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Finding Portland
A hot tip landed in my inbox yesterday, from a Portuguese expat living in Portland: the folks at Uncage the Soul, who produced that gorgeous “Finding Oregon” film, have done it again. This time they’ve showcased Portland, Oregon’s largest city, … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon, video
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Oregon photogeology
Oh wow, a tour that combines three of my loves: Oregon, geology, and photography! I have got to hop on this one. Alas, that’s not an embedded video (curses upon WordPress), but if you click it you’ll be taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon, video
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Archaeologist humor
My wife came home from the university smiling over a joke she’d heard: In Italy, a team of archaeologists digs down to the Roman stratum and finds a copper cable. They immediately toast each other with wine, saying, “What a … Continue reading
Posted in humor
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Wallpaper Monday
A classic from one of my favorite wallpaper artists, Vlad Gerasimov. What would the world look like if the continents were oceans, and the oceans were continents? (Click on the image to fantasize.)
Posted in wallpaper
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Saturday picture show
At the risk of looking like a one-note blog, I couldn’t resist posting this after seeing it come through my Atlantic newsfeed. It’s a video put together using raw images from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions, and it’s awesome. (I … Continue reading
Posted in science, video
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Naked Man Orchid
Earlier this week, I went up into the hills behind our flat to see if the local orchids had been squelched by the drought. To my delight, I found they had not — at least four different species were happily … Continue reading
Posted in science
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Cervejaria Trindade
As a western American, I am genetically predisposed, and culturally raised, to love a good steak. Alas, while the Portuguese are superlative chefs with pork, lamb, goat, and any number of fish and shellfish species, they’re not so great with … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Portugal
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