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
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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Messing with the classics
Loulé is having its summer “White Night,” an event designed to celebrate the end of summer (and give small business owners one last chance to make some revenue off tourists). Our courtyard has been turned into a parking lot, and … Continue reading
Posted in culture, video
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Geeking over a flashlight
I love stuff that works. For some reason that escapes me now, I recently did a bit of research into pocket-sized flashlights (I know, that’s practically the definition of geeky) and found one that kept coming up in reviews as … Continue reading
Posted in tech
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It’s raining!
A lovely thunderstorm just rolled over Loulé from the north, moving slowly and muttering all the way, and it brought RAIN with it! The first since early June, so far as I can remember. It’s been raining for nearly an … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal, weather
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The best concert hall
Last Friday, my wife and I drove out to the Vale do Lobo resort to pick up our tickets for this year’s “Concert on the Course,” featuring the Algarve Orchestra playing on the 18th hole of the golf course. The … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Portugal
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Yawn, another scandal and a “new” meme made from old stuff
Apparently, pop star Miley Cyrus became the latest ingénue singer determined to shake her sweet-young-thing image by shaking her ass and making a blatant sexual spectacle of herself at the Video Music Awards. Ho hum. We’ve seen this play before, … Continue reading
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Wallpaper Monday
A part of Portugal many Portuguese never see: the island of Madeira. This is Areeiro, the second tallest mountain on the island at 1,818 meters (about 6,000 feet). The image is an HDR assembly of three separate photographs, which gives … Continue reading
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Some trick flying
And by “trick,” I mean the American slang definition of “seriously impressive.” Outside Magazine says this footage is from Portugal, but nothing in the YouTube info confirms that (or mentions anything at all about its location). But it’s true that … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal
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The fun of fish sex
Since Hollywood is not exactly known for its fidelity to basic biology (or even a passing acquaintance with reality) in its animated anthropomorphic movies, I tend to suspend my geek mind while watching them. But fish scientist Patrick Cooney couldn’t … Continue reading
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Happiness is…
…going exactly the speed limit through town, on a mostly level road: …on a bicycle. (Photo from Wikipedia.)
Posted in life
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This is the best movie news I’ve read all month!
Hey everyone, remember this? What, you can’t tell what that is? Why not? Could it be BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE IT? That is a screenshot from “The Hunger Games,” which was one of the most egregious queasy cam offenders in … Continue reading