For those not aware of the existence of Susan Boyle, CLICK HERE to see why she has become an overnight sensation.

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Taxes got your blood boilin’?

Cool off with a Nestea! 

Only 59 cents-No Deposit-No Tax.

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We are milkin’ this bad boy.

We posted HERE and HERE about the new BUSTED PAPER before.

FOX 12 Oregon stopped by to do a follow-up on BUSTED this morning.

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BUSTED website.

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Peterson’s is having a special deal on JONES Soda this week. Check out our COUPONS page for weekly coupon deals here at petersonsportland.com

So in honor of this great event, here is James Earl Jones reciting the alphabet for you.

Unrelated.

Someone we know here at Peterson’s is going to Russia for a little vacation.

So we thought we’d post the Russian alphabet with pronunciations HERE.

Just in case they might need it.

Scroll down to Alphabet Sounds-

Click the letters to hear how they sound.

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Did you find any?

Photo: theearthtreasure.com

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A week ago I posted a few photos of the Park Avenue West progression.

Now I guess it will be a while before they start up again. Story HERE.

Our hearts go out to the construction crew who are losing their jobs because of this.

As I was getting ready for work this morning, this image caught my eye.

Raindrops keep fallin' on my lens....

I was halfway watching the latest weather developments on KGW channel 8 dash 2, and the image on the T.V. (above) was a live webcam shot of Pacific Beach, Oregon’s Haystack Rock. The first split second thought that came to my mind as the image rounded my periphery was that it was an abstract art piece. (lack of morning coffee weighed heavily in this erroneous observation.)

Here is a shot from Google street view of the same location. That is the Pelican Pub & Brewery on the left.

The webcam is located on top of the Inn at Cape Kiwanda. Another Google street view image.

 

From Wikipedia

Abstraction is the process or result of generalization by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically in order to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to a ball retains only the information on general ball attributes and behaviour. Similarly, abstracting happiness to an emotional state reduces the amount of information conveyed about the emotional state. Computer scientists use abstraction to understand and solve problems and communicate their solutions with the computer in some particular computer language.

 

 

Wikipedia article relating to the term “Abstraction“.

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I wanted to snap some photos of the progress on the Park Avenue West tower which is located one block east of Peterson’s on Morrison. After which I thought I’d share them with you…=)

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Short Video above taken with my prehistoric digital camera.

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