I’ll be in Maine (near Portland) for the weekend for a quick family visit. On Saturday, some friends and I have pulled together an informal reunion:
WHAT: Informal Greely HS Class of 2000 Get-Together
WHERE: Gritty McDuff’s (Where else? – 396 Fore Street, Portland ME, 207.772.2739)
WHEN: 7:00 p.m., Saturday, August 20
I was there last week. Click for a bigger view, or better yet, see the full sized version.
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I was excited to find this Maine Politics blog that got started recently. The author recently attended a visit to the state by Bush advisor Andrew Card:
The
exciting part in Bangor didn’t come during the speech, but after it.
Card had said his piece, the small audience had applauded politely and
he was headed for the exit, when an old Mainer stood up in the middle
of the room and said his piece. “Where are you going? I thought this
was supposed to be a dialogue.� Card turned and paused, the cameras
flashed, and he began to move back towards the podium.The man,
a retired history professor (whom the BDN identifies as “Clyde
MacDonald, 75, of Hampden”) asked an excellent question about the
wisdom of drawing down the trust fund in order to fund a new program
when the real issue in Social Security is solvency. Card mocked him a
bit and turned for another question. I think he picked me because I was
clean-cut and wearing a young-republicanesque polo shirt.I
began my question by stating that President Bush often denigrates the
Social Security trust fund, claiming it doesn’t exist and that it is
full of worthless IOUs. I didn’t get any farther. Card looked right at
me and said that the President does no such thing. …
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The author of LifeHacker, a technology blog and one of the Gawker media properties, is teaching a $900 course in “Weblogs and Online Journalism�
at the Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport, Maine. I learn new
things all the time – not only is the self-described “one of the
world’s great creative centers� in Rockport, Maine, you can also
apparently charge quite a bit for blog knowledge. (Via George)
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A
group of friends from my high school class – Adam Wallace, Adam “Rudy�
Routhier, Eric Fitz, and Colin Witherill – are riding their bikes
across the country as a post-college adventure. They have a website and blog
for the trip. If all went according to plan they are currently 30
minutes into the adventure, after leaving the ocean in Falmouth at 7:00
a.m.
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These
are a couple friends of mine from Maine – they were in my high school
graduating class. Of course, if you want to hear the full story you can
drop me a line.
Portland: Two boaters get lost in fog, spend night on island
PORTLAND — Two men were found safe Sunday morning after a Coast Guard search in Casco Bay.
Peter
McCarthy, 24, of Cumberland, and Eric Bjorkdahl, 22, of Portland, went
missing around 8 p.m. Saturday aboard a 10-foot inflatable boat. They
had been last seen near French Island and Bustins Island, near South
Freeport, the Coast Guard reported.The men had apparently become disoriented by thick fog, which reduced the visibility for searchers.
The
Coast Guard dispatched two rescue boats along with the Maine Marine
Patrol, Cape Elizabeth water extrication team, Portland harbormaster,
and a private vessel, Sleeve League II.The teams searched throughout the night.
McCarthy
and Bjorkdahl apparently spent the night on an island and returned to
the mainland in their boat Sunday morning, then notified officials.
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