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January 20, 2006

What I learned at Drinking Liberally

The 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, the motley crew that is the Portland Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets up at the Lucky Lab Pub. Thursdays are generally a busy night for me so I normally can't attend. But I managed a small window of parent-free time last night, so I jetted over for an hour.

Its seems that whenever I've the opportunity to spend time with the politically like minded (the smart kind who agree with me, of course), there are new things to learn.

1. It's tough to buy Bill Nothstine a beer unless you become insistant. And he's one of the sweetest gentlemen you'll ever meet.

2. I'd missed this week's Willamette Week cover story about the Multnomah County Chair race: The Dilettante vs. The Disaster. Interesting match-up. And who knew that the heir to the uber conservative Willamette Industries (now Weyerhauser) is a liberal? Color me skeptical.

3. It's tough to find decent, well lit parking around SE Hawthorne.

4. If you like cute guys, Drinking Liberally is the place. I'm already attached to a cute guy myself, but if you're not..this might be a good place to meet one.

5. Representative Louise Slaughter is making the claim that day traders have been working in the offices of Frist and DeLay, using government inside information. Yikes.

I managed to get all that in just one hour. Imagine if I'd have stayed longer. You could have all sorts of stuff to excogitate.

Posted by Carla at January 20, 2006 12:08 PM