45 minutes after leaving my house, I still can't get on the Interstate bridge. I am not even 1/3 of the way to work. I haven't moved in 7 minutes. I FUCKING HATE PORTLAND TRAFFIC. My commute is 12 miles. But it takes 1.5 hours on a regular basis.

Today, Friday March 7th 2010 marks the end of my civil commute. Come Monday I'll have my arsenal of incendiary devices, rocket launchers and the sawed-off shotgun- ready to snarl at and threaten my fellow commuters. On Monday my radio will be silent at 8AM as the calming effect of two friends chatting it up in the morning will be no more. Today, Robert Wagner and Sabrina Miller will do their last Portland Sucks morning show. After 282 episodes and becoming a popular morning team, they're calling it quits and Portland will miss them. On a shoestring budget this show demonstrated the possibilities of what can be done on internet radio. And they did it with humor- not taking themselves too seriously. In the last year on Portland Sucks, I've learned: 1 ) Portland really doesn't suck (but Seattle does!) 2 ) There's a lot of really cool people doing some really cool shit here! 3 ) Go Timbers! 4 ) Hard work may not always get you where you want to go, but it's a hell of a lot better than whining and having a sense of entitlement. 5 ) You really should keep tabs on your 'man-parts'. If you ignore a problem, you might just end up in the emergency room. 6 ) Life is best when you're doing it with really good people. 7 ) Humpday is for humping... something... 8 ) Portland is still full of crazies that are as far away as the send button in email. 9 ) Housekeeping! 10 ) Robert and Sabrina are two really great people who make this city the best place to be! Farewell Portland Sucks, we all will miss you. Best wishes to Robert and Sabrina in their future endeavors. doc UPDATE: Here's where to go at 8AM Monday morning, as announced on the last Portland Sucks. The pdx.fm morning team will be heard at Morning Submission.

I'm happy to announce two exciting developments for me today. First, the launch of this blog! It's been a long time coming and I'm extremely grateful for the WordPress and design help that Cami Kaos is providing to get this thing up and going. There will continue to be layout changes here, so stay tuned. I intend the content to alternate between personal observations and my professional media work. We'll see how that all goes, because like I say: "it's an experiment." Second, is the re-launch tonight of my podcast "Crazy Talk". This too, has been a long time coming. I ended the weekly show in November and expected to revive it sometime in January. Well, with me as you know- better late than never! Both my personal and professional life created obstacles for me to continue this show at the start of 2010. As a little insight into the situation, I privately commented to a friend that I didn't want to see Crazy Talk turn into "Angry Talk". The positive things that I had left to say at the end of 2009 had already been well said over on PDX Sucks, and Betsy Richter launched Redoing Media as a response to the We Make the Media conference. So, Crazy Talk needed a new direction and re-boot, and that's what I've been reflecting on ever since, and I think I'm ready...! Hello 2010! (I'm only five months late...)