Helping those who serve America

Amazing non profit helping homeless Vets, Lacey's House in Hillsboro is featured on the NBC Today Show. I've added the video, its a can't miss.

Civil War Pregame: Portland Tribune Photo

Supreme Court to hear veterans' disability case as claims spike

Supreme Court to hear veterans' disability case as claims spike: "The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left nearly 40,000 U.S. troops wounded, caused veterans' disability claims to spiral...

Go Big Blake, Go

Video: Talk of Oscars for film about speech affliction

Oregonian picture of snowfall on Highway 26 near downtown on Sunday

Veterans Administration Starts A New Blog To Improve Communication

Veterans Administration Starts A New Blog To Improve Communication

Arrrggg....

Aarrrr ye ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day? http://usat.me/114728

Discovery

Just-discovered WWI soldier's diary includes amazing battlefield sketches and watercolors. http://goo.gl/C7DB

Thunder Dan nails half court shots like clockwork

While in the Army, Dan...

I'm always asked what I did in the Army.

Okay, no one asks me that. But here's a short explanation with some groovy music and exciting commentary.


I was blessed to serve with first class people in a first class organization.

Classic MJ Memories

Classic Suns: Game three NBA Finals win against Jordan's Bulls - in triple overtime

This clip was the Game 4 intro during the 93 NBA Finals

Retro Upper Deck Ad

I remember hearing this music and seeing this ad when I was a kid, and it making me want to run outside and shoot some hoop.

Craig Blanchette

 

1990 Nike Commercial featuring Craig Blanchette

The long road out

Social worker to citizen soldier

The Veteran's Bedside Network

Sarge

Bieber sent to North Korea by fans

Justin Bieber's "My World Tour" Twitter voting contest asked fans to vote on which country he should tour next, without restriction on which countries could be included in the vote. An Anonymous post nominated North Korea, then the boards clickswarmed. More than half a million votes now demand the Canadian singer go do his thing on Kim Jong Il's party train.

Top ten things heard waiting in line for the iPhone

10. "The iPhone 4 line's over there -- this is still the line for the iPhone 3"
9. "I think when I fell asleep someone iGroped me"
8. "Wow, this is great... Dammit! Dropped it on the floor"
7. "The iPhone? I thought this was the line for 'Marmaduke'"
6. "Is there an app to make this line move quicker?"
5. "Uhh no, honey, of course I didn't forget to pick up the kids
because I'm waiting in line to buy an iPhone"
4. No Number 4 -- writer in line for new iPhone
3. "Tomorrow night, I'm camping out at Bed, Bath and Beyond for the
new 4-slice toaster"
2. "I'm so pissed -- I just spent $300 on a uPhone"
1. "See you in three months when the iPhone 5 comes out"

Top Ten List from Late Show with David Letterman
Photo: arikan

The Warrior Games

Circle of Friends

Vets saddle up and tame runaway fears

Guardian Angels for Soldiers' Pets

Dracula's Lament

Drac with actor/songwriter Jason Segel performing “Dracula’s Lament,” their hit moody ballad that first appeared in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Watch below.

Amare goes up high and down hard

Dogs and Ice Cream

Dogs & Ice Cream! Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, tomorrow, (Tue.) Noon - 8:00 pm at Ben & Jerry's in the Pearl, 301 NW 10th Ave. and at 39 NW 23rd Pl. Oregon Humane Society (OHS) volunteers will be helping scoop free ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s for free cone day. OHS volunteers will be available to answer questions about the organization and provide information about the OHS Doggie Dash.

On your head

Phoenix Suns' Amare Stoudemire, right, dunks over San Antonio Spurs' Richard Jefferson Sunday night in San Antonio.

AP Photo

Injury, adversity don't stop snowboarder

Super Bowl XLIV draws most viewers in TV history

Drew Brees and Peyton Manning dethroned Hawkeye and Hotlips.

 

Since it aired Feb. 28, 1983, the final episode of CBS' M*A*S*H sitcom, which averaged about 106 million viewers, reigned as U.S. TV's most-watched show. Sunday, the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl XLIV victory on CBS set a record: 106.5 million.

 

CBS' coverage drew 45% of U.S. households, up 7% from last year's Pittsburgh Steelers-Arizona Cardinals game on NBC. (By contrast, the M*A*S*H finale drew 60.2%.)

 

 

--Michael Hiestand, USA TODAY

World War II imagery added to Google Earth

The Google LatLong Blog announced the addition of World War II imagery to Google Earth. Now you can compare, side by side, the earth as it is today versus how it was during World War II.
Google said:

Images taken in 1943 show the effect of wartime bombing on more than 35 European towns and cities. Imagery for Warsaw, which was heavily destroyed at the time, is available from both years 1935 and 1945. They remind us all of the devastating impact of war on the people in those cities and also the remarkable way in which urban environments are reconstructed and regenerated over time.

Here is a picture, side by side, of German city of Stuttgart.

Get me some clicker.com

Glenn Close: "My sister is my hero"

Service dogs become best friends of Vets

Building boats that change lives

Parents unite with Haitian adoptees

Bringing Project CARE to veterans in Washington, D.C.

Project CARE is a program to provide free Google Voice phone numbers and voicemail accounts to homeless individuals.

On Saturday, Google Voice will join dozens of other Washington, D.C. organizations at the Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center to try and make life a little easier for hundreds of veterans in the Washington, D.C. area. They will be handing out Project CARE cards and helping attendees set up unique phone numbers and voicemail accounts, which they can use when applying for jobs or filling out medical forms, or share with family.

Official Google Blog: Bringing Project CARE to veterans in Washington, D.C.

Couple's crusade helps disabled dogs