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Hi everyone, and welcome to another week of garbage. And wow, what a week. Really one of the worst I can recall, and that's saying something, because the times? They are bad. And as the nation is grieving another massacre of children by users of mindbogglingly legal firearms, nothing seems to be changing at all, again—except that now I take a picture of my daughter every morning before I drop her off at school so...
I've wanted to explore Wilhelm's Memorial, that huge mausoleum in Sellwood, ever since I laid eyes on it from the Springwater Corridor. I got my wish on Monday, when the historic building opens to the public every year on Memorial Day. I walked four miles around that place (so says my pedometer) and spent nearly two hours in its labyrinthine hallways. The joint has eight floors, burrowing down into the wetlands. I can't even begin...