You’ve discovered the web home of Ken Hallenius, currently living in Portland, Oregon. If you like the good life, you’ve just hit upon a new home. _uacct = "UA-3726841-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @khiddy)http://blog.hallenius.org/<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbnxpl3cd9VpdJjt_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>What a beautiful day for a ballgame!http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42948802http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42948802Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:13:29 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbnxovbm3ZUkOroN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Taking in the game from the HealthNet suitehttp://blog.hallenius.org/post/42948780http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42948780Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:12:56 -0700<a href="http://lifehacker.com/398874/forgo-a-new-car-purchase-with-online-hourly-rentals">The advantages/disadvantages of Zipcar</a>: Lifehacker calls attention to the Zipcar car-sharing phenomenon. As usual, the comments are the best part of the post (my reflections are the 5th ones down, under “khiddy”). When I sold my car earlier this year, it was mainly due to the economic impact of having access to a Zipcar on campus. I hope Zipcar recaptures some of the excellent customer service and pricing advantages that Flexcar had before they merged companies.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42842915http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42842915Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:48:00 -0700<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM">Western Spaghetti</a>: Wow.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42841615http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42841615Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:24:58 -0700<object width="400" height="231"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/RrCjsHOLYEotVJumHCh2Gw" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/RrCjsHOLYEotVJumHCh2Gw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="231"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>When I was a kid, Saturday nights were for one thing: <i>The Love Boat</i>, followed by <i>Fantasy Island</i>. I recall one episode of <i>Fantasy Island</i> that scared the bejesus out of me, with the ghosts and the screaming and the involuntary loss of sphincter control. I vividly remember hiding behind the couch while the infernal racket blared from the TV.</p> <p>I know other kids of my age remember the episode as the scariest touchpoint of our generation’s childhood. Is this clip, with all its camp, the piece that struck such terror into our collective psyche?</p> <p>Even if it’s not, at 1:11 into the clip, tell me you don’t want to hide behind your office chair…</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42837785http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42837785Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:18:00 -0700<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulandstorm/sets/72157605164104316/">Snack foods that sound like sex acts</a>: A wickedly delightful Flickr photo set. Hat tip: <a href="http://scribbling.net/" target="_blank">Gina</a>.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42756116http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42756116Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:12:31 -0700<a href="http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6262">The Vindication of Humanae Vitae</a>: <p>Drawing upon secular sources, author Mary Eberstadt illustrates that Pope Paul VI’s visionary encyclical <a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html" target="_blank">Humanae Vitae</a> correctly predicted what would happen when contraception became legal and widespread. As we honor the 40th anniversary of the encyclical (dated July 25th, 1968), it’s high time to look back and see what evil has been wrought by The Pill.</p> <p>Artificial contraception enslaves us all (women now “freed” from pregnancy, and men who no longer have to worry about consequences) to our libidos. I’ve got a condom, and/or she’s on the pill, let’s do it! Liberating to women? My ass. It turns them into recipients of male sexual aggressiveness.</p> <p>Artificial contraception also leads to higher abortion rates, because no method is 100% effective, and by contracepting, the couple has already established that they don’t want a child, so what’s the consequence of killing it if pregnancy should occur? (Don’t laugh, I heard this exact line of reasoning from a couple I up-until-then respected.)</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42719370http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42719370Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:16:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbjwxl4dzOMzXc1C_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Classing up the operation with a Bendy Strawhttp://blog.hallenius.org/post/42674856http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42674856Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:40:42 -0700<p>Michael Kinsley’s July 21st, 2008 <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821662,00.html" target="_blank">column in Time Magazine</a> spoke about Hillary supporters who won’t vote for the other candidate as “taking their revenge on… women who need abortions”. Why not just write, “babies who need to be killed”, Mr. Kinsley? It’s the same thing!</p> <p>Earlier in the same issue of the magazine, there was a piece about <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821663,00.html" target="_blank">the far left’s hand-wringing</a> about how Senator Obama is clearly moving to the right because he said that “‘feeling blue’ wasn’t reason enough for late-term abortions” <i>(illustrated in a graphic unavailable online).</i> ”In his transition from upstart candidate to presumptive nominee, Obama has, to some of his ardent fans, come to look dangerously like the ingratiating Washington politicans he so often rails against.”</p> <p>So what we’ve learned from <i>Time</i>: left-wing wackos are hell-bent on issuing death warrants to the unborn. And Mr. Obama is ostensibly coming around to court centrist voters.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42590978http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42590978Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:58:00 -0700I’ve finally gotten around to posting a comment box below each post, hosted by Discus. Give it a try, friends!http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42476003http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42476003Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:28:27 -0700Twitterific blows compared to Hahlo. That is all.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42397816http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42397816Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:08:19 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gAH-95h5-Mk&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gAH-95h5-Mk&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Trying out Trillium Absinthe Superieure, from <a title="Trillium Website" href="http://www.integrityspirits.com/trillium-absinthe.html" target="_blank">Integrity Spirits</a> in Portland, OR.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42354764http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42354764Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:21:24 -0700<a href="http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/2008/07/from-the-you-ca.php">License to Grill!</a>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42350396http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42350396Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:39:55 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EVOEZbV55uE&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EVOEZbV55uE&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>My grandpa’s speech at the Legends of Wine dinner.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42290302http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42290302Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:35:08 -0700<a href="http://lifetick.com/">Lifetick - Goal Setting & Tracking</a>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42217216http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42217216Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:06:26 -0700<a href="http://jessicaconte.blogspot.com/">Jessica Conte '04</a>: The blog of Jessica Conte, a former RA.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42217215http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42217215Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:06:26 -0700<a href="http://ping.fm/">Ping.fm</a>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42166514http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42166514Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:15:58 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbckj0etbaMOeGAy_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>The legend himself, Jerry Wallacehttp://blog.hallenius.org/post/42050724http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42050724Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:19:17 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbcjqu0ipkQZP7cy_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>My Grandpa and Unclehttp://blog.hallenius.org/post/42049221http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42049221Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:57:22 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/133hrfYudbc3hhf9FqTv9vaA_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Mmmmm. Beef.http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42019525http://blog.hallenius.org/post/42019525Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:22:13 -0700