Pacific Northwest/Portland

As motorists along I-5 and in Portland know, I'm in Oregon now, on the first leg of a swing through the great Pacific Northwest. Freeway architecture in Portland is amazing, with miles and miles of bridges, elevated roadways and flyaway ramps... and all sorts of "You can't get there from here" posting opportunities.











I met with some freewaybloggers and longtime friends-of-the-cause in Oregon City. We had a lovely dinner around twilight and then turned a half-dozen motorcycle boxes into some really, really big signs. Heads up Seattle - you're next.



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Hollywood in San Diego

This Guy is Great...

Sign welcoming DemocracyFest in San Diego.

On the Road Again...

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Film Debut!

How to Reach 100,000 People

for Under a Dollar

Abir al-Janabi

This is the only photo I've been able to find of Abir al-Janabi, taken as a toddler. Abir was the Iraqi girl who was (allegedly) gangraped and killed after her family was murdered by, uh... "Coalition Forces".

Although it was known from the start she was only fourteen years old, this caused some confusion in the media.


They grow up so quickly, don't they?

Chicago, SF, San Diego, Phoenix

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Really, Really Big Sign

Found this gigantic piece of cardboard, about 7' x 15', in a dumpster outside an auto body shop. Took it home, slapped a coat of latex on it, hit it with the overhead then traced and painted it. The whole process took about half an hour and used about fifty cents worth of materials.




In some respects, big signs are easier to place than small ones as their size and weight tend to keep them stable, especially if there's a bit of a breeze to hold them against the fence. Never try to work against the wind, especially with large signs. Hanging this sign required a twenty foot walk from my truck, placing the sign directly over two long bungees hooked to the bottom of the fence and then simply stretching the bungees up and out to each side. It took literally less than twenty seconds.

Here's what it looked like at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. It was still up an hour later.