The Danopedia
I realized that sometimes I have an especially eclectic way of speaking and that if some one does not know me it is going to be very confusing. So I am going to add to the Danopedia
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Adams: John Adams High School: The Doomed School that was my high school for 2 years.
Apple Computers: I always liked Apple computers, but it took my good friend Dennis Castillo to get me using them again. I use both PC and Apple computers, but I love Apple. PCs I just tolerate when I have to.
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Buick, The: This is the big white Buick I grew up with. Won by my mother for coming up with the theme for the 1963 Rose Festival. This was the Rose Festival Queen's car.
Buick II: The great Buick LeSaber aka Buick of love. Now departed.
Buick III: The Park Ave. "Rolling love" New cruise of the Dan
Bark Dust: The worst word I could ever hear.For some reason the job of spreading bark dust bothers me to this day.
Big Wagon Bank: The sanitized name of the crappy giant bank I worked for. Their symbol is an old wagon bank. You should be able to figure it out from there.
Big Gravy: Bus run number 79 at trimet. So easy so easy.
Bumper Sticklers: Idiots with more then one bumper sticker on their car
Brothers: Starting with the eldest: Dennis, Duane, David-- then me.
Baby Tori Stories: My daughter lived with one single core desire until she was seven, and that was to make me tell her a story every day and sometimes every morning.
Bitchtocracy: Not a government by pissed off women, but a government by those who complain all the time. Given time the Bitchers always win.
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Chick Blik:- There is this old Norse term called Is Blik, meaning "Ice Blink". It’s when you see phantom ice on the horizon that never seems to get closer. Chick Blik is a term I give to great friends who get a girl friend and then become their reflection. You will never get closer to them. They are lost.
Commodity View: When humans are viewed on such a larger scale the we stop being people and represent nothing more then a commodity. An example of this was the bank I worked out. Marketing brought in X people every month, Y people got pissed and left the bank. Their big plan? Keep X bigger then Y. Nothing to do with better products. if they could keep X bigger then X by doing nothing new they would. People were not customers they were X's.
Centralism: The belief that in central control comes perfection. Though
almost no one professes to believe in this, it is a fact of life.
Circus Burger: the Southern-most burger shop in the surrounding trio. Know for only hiring cute girls.
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Duane: Second oldest brother
Dennis: Oldest brother. Was in the Navy and the Coastguard.
David: Third brother. Closest brother to me.
DipDunk: A huge asshole or stupid idiot. A name I coined to use in front of
nephews so that I was a good influence.
Democrats: Once a great political party of the US.
Dysgraphia (or agraphia): is a deficiency in the ability to write, regardless of the ability to read, not due to intellectual impairment.
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Enema: My mom's all-purpose cure for anything from bloody noses to acne. This is why you never went home sick from school.
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Future, The: A time we should be living in right now. You can tell we are living in the Future because PC computers look like Apple computers from 5
years earlier.
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Goober-Geeks: A Goober-Geek is someone who knows way too much about PCcomputers. If you can build a PC from parts ordered from a magazine then you are a Goober-geek.
Growing up: The process of realizing that everything you were doing 5 years ago was stupid. I have not stopped growing up yet.
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Hover Dog: The terrible little dog that patrolled the streets of Simpson.
Holy Trinity of Music: My brothers raised me on the holy trinity of Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd and Yes. I thought everyone knew this music.
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Imagine Ave: The live 365 show that I love. It is all movie theme songs. I love a good soundtrack.
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Jerry Springer Run: Trimet Bus Run Name. The #72 82nd ave bus.. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Jungle Boogie: A song from the 70's that I loved.
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Kennedy Grade School: My grade school, now turned into a bed & breakfast/brewpub/theater of McMenamins. It is now called "The Kennedy", but to me it's just Kennedy.
Karl Edwards Wagner: Great writer who is little known today...I will not forget him. He drank himself to death over heartbreak.
Kamikaze: A drink that I very much like. The formula for a perfect Kamikaze is simple. 1/3 Triple Sec, 1/3 Vodka, 1/3 Rose's Lime Juice. Served on ice is best; served to me is even better.
Kare-bear: This is my nickname for my ex-wife, aka 'The most wonderful
ex-wife in the world'. She is awesome.
KISN- The Typical 70s crap, my most hated station, but there was nothing
else to listen to.
KMJK- Radio station of my teens. Punk, New Wave and funny.
KINK- radio station that played the recording of <I>The Hobbit</i> that helped
change my life.
KOIN- Home of CBS Radio Mystery Theater that helped changed my life.
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Let Alone: A term from the Old West days that means 'don't go making it easy for some one to pick a fight with you'. To make it simple: "Don't wear it on your sleeve."
Loudness: I am loud, so screw you, soft-spoken hampster. My family is loud, we love being loud. No, we are not mad-- we are loud & laughing.
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Mr. Burger: The Burger place in Dantopia, part of the big three surrounding burgers.
Move-a-crat: A political person who lives in a big city back East. Turns it into a political machine, saddles it with silly-ass laws, makes it a virtual cesspool of crime-- then, when things get really bad, moves to Portland and starts the entire process over.
Moving: The more people you know, the more times you will be asked to help someone move. The larger your vehicle, the more likely you will be asked to help someone move. I hate moving. I'm sorry, I never volunteer for it.
Meat Chuckers: If a people are trapped in a cage with tigers, there will be a few who believe that all you have to do is chuck meat to the tigers and keep them full. If they are full, they won't attack, right?
MFA: Or Man From Atlantisism: When a Sci-Fi show does better then it should because there is nothing else to watch. Star Treck the next generation, buck rodgers in the 25 Century all examples of MFA
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Nike: Great family dog, half German Shepherd, half Doberman. This was the greatest dog a boy could ask for.
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OMNI: The greatest magazine in the history of mankind. I would do anything to get one. Even spread barkdust. Before the internet there was OMNI. Fan Site
Over Focusing: A political trick that makes people focus on some large issue even if that issue is not relevant to them in their life, or where they live. Even if the issue is not even under discussion, over focusing makes everyone a national crusader. Never mind about those small local issues that effect you every day-- look up here, vote for me because if you don't, they will ____......
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Party- My super large incept day party for Roy Baty. Icon of Sci-fi movies.
Pink Floyd: Part of the holy trinity of music I was raised on. Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and YES.
Portland Public School Waltz: I went to Kennedy, Riggler, Whitaker,
Columbia, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and Madison. That's right-- I went to 8 schools, and I never moved. Schools either sucked, or kept closing. Needless to say, I was not excited about school changing on average every 1.5 years.
Pokifenoko: Term for that's ok. as in "That's Pokifenoki for me"
Poli-fucks: Any idiot who puts political belief before reason.
Poh: Name for my Daughter
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Radio Mystery Theater: An ongoing radio drama that kicked ass, produced my Hyman Roth. It was a brave effort to stem the tide of radio's decline.
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Slough Bluffs: The lands of my youths; Part of what is called the Cully neighborhood. This little sliver of Portland is both semi-isolated by major roads and different in its layout. The Borders, Columbia Blvd to the North, 60th ave to the East, 42nd to the west and Killingsworth to the South. It slopes down to the Portland drainage slough.
Seven Years In Portland: Commentary about growing up in Portland in the late 70's & Early 80's
ScoMatIkeon: A hybrid name for my friends Scott, Matt, Mike & Ron. Said like Sco-Mat-Ike-On, this made it so much easier to introduce them all to people around me.
Skylab: The United States' first space station-- proof that we were on our way to the future.
Stingray: The obligatory Schwinn bike that seemed almost issued to every
youth in Portland.
Surounding Burgers: (See the big three)
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Torba: See daughter Tori
Tori: Aka Torba AKA Tornado AKA Poo AKA Tuba AKA Tumblebug AKA My daughter. A very creative person who will one day put me to shame with what she makes. Don't ever ask her about paratroopers.
The Missing Time: Mysterious 17 minutes of my life that disappeared.
The Big Three: The big three burger places that surrounded the Dantopia of my youth. On the west we had Mr. Burger, to the east there was Burger Island and to the south, Circus Burger
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Undermen: The belief by many of my elitist friends that everyone else are idiots except those who believe as they do politically. This political IQ line makes them the protectors of humanity,and makes the majority of the people Undermen who need to be cared for and lead. The only way they will accept loss is if they believe that the Undermen were mislead by their political enemies.
Unholy Pantheon: Story elements that are so dang tired and beat to death they should never be used again. Vampires, Time Travel, Kid Genius, Atlantis,
Uncle Buck: A family favorite movie of all Christensens.
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Vomit, Comet: Trimet bus route name the last #20 burnside bus through Portland on saturday night.
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Weddings: I cannot for the life of me tell you why but I have hated weddings for as long as I can remember. I have no reason for this. Nothing bad ever happened to me at a wedding. I just hate them.
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YES: Part of the holy trinity of music I was raised on. Pink Floyd, Frank
Zappa and YES.
YES: Band from 70's; part of holy trinity of music I was raised on. Honestly-- when they became big in the 80's, I could honestly say "I was into these guys before anyone".
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Zappa: Part of the holy trinity of music I was raised on. Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and YES.