The Bridge Debate; When Will It End?

While I rarely cross the current I-5 bridge over the Columbia River, my opinion counts too.

For months the debate has raged over the proposed replacement of the interstate which connects Vancouver and Portland via I-5. With a sliding price, more accurately ascending, now estimated at $4.2 Billion, the project is projected to cost twice as much as originally thought.

As a gainfully employed taxpayer, I am scrutinizing this plan for significant personal and/or community benefit.

http://www.assmotax.org/Releases/AMCT%20release:%20building%20more%20roads%20relieves%20your%20wallet,%20not%20congestion.php

http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org/CurrentTopics/LPA.aspx

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1218947109273750.xml&coll=7

http://www.kgw.com/environment/stories/kgw_081608_news_I-5_bridge_impacts.4492c36.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge

http://news.opb.org/article/2750-protesters-voice-opposition-new-bridge-lng-pipeline/

Al Dente does not apply to cooking vegetables as I suspected

When I talk about cooking, which is often, I am sometimes lost for proper descriptors. In the cooking of pasta, perfection is al dente. I had long adapted the term to cooking vegetables. The term felt dirty and inappropriate for vegetables, but there is no term available. Read this article and you will understand my point.


ONWARD AND UPWARD FROM 'AL DENTE'