Jan 30, 2026
New (shorter) stems for my bikes; a 90mm & 100mm mutant to pull the handlebars back enough to compensate for shrinking 40mm after correcting my hormone balance. Dust Mite is doing quality control before I start fitting these stems to my bicycles.
—orc Fri Jan 30 22:08:03 2026
Jan 23, 2026
A late dinner for Dust Mite
—orc Fri Jan 23 23:20:07 2026
Jan 21, 2026
The Type 1 deathwatch continues :-(
—orc Wed Jan 21 14:13:25 2026
Jan 17, 2026
Some of the Type 1 cars are still running, and I spotted 122 leading an Oak Grove-bound train just as the sun was starting to go down this afternoon.
Still need to win the lottery so I can buy Tri-Met’s remaining stock of Type 1 cars and build a carbarn for them (I wonder of the ORHF – or whoever owns Portland Traction these days – would allow me to underwrite electrifying the remaining line?)
—orc Sat Jan 17 23:20:42 2026
Jan 16, 2026
Dust Mite takes advantage of the holiday candy clearance sales
—orc Fri Jan 16 23:54:28 2026
Jan 09, 2026
Dust Mite & I went out – for the first time in 3 months and a day – on the bicycle, and stopped by the Big Big Store on the way back.
—orc Fri Jan 9 19:40:29 2026
Jan 02, 2026
An eastbound train pulls into Gateway Transit Center earlier this afternoon.
—orc Fri Jan 2 23:56:24 2026
Dust Mite poses with a Lego vase of flowers
—orc Fri Jan 2 23:45:46 2026
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