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Jason Simms

I am here for Networking

About Me

Writer for the Oregonian and other publications (see simmantics.com). Innovator at English, baby! and other places. Performer in the Metal Shakespeare Company and just all the time.

And when no one's looking, I sneak in the back door or climb on your roof.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Simon Pegg and George Romero.

My Blog

In the LA Times twice

I just got back from LA, where, among other things, I interviewed Sasha Vujacic of the LA Lakers. The video is below, and it was mentioned on the site of the LA Times not once, but twice. ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:23:00 GMT

Batum Interviewed


Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:15:00 GMT

Epic Fail

"One of the top five goofiest Blazer practice moments ever..."
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:22:00 GMT

Attention Multnomah County: How I Voted

I just finished filling out my ballot and thought my thinking on some of the lesser known races and measures might be helpful when considering offices and candidates you've never heard of. In such cas...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:54:00 GMT

Municipal Waste Gives Party Vocab Lesson

Fact.
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:43:00 GMT

Music Feet Northwest

Sometimes dumb ideas turn out OK.
Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:22:00 GMT

Olympic dreams

So I went to China to make videos for English, baby! Where can you find these videos? On Ebaby! or simmantics.
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Lefty

It's not all that often I do such a straight-up inspirational story as this one. Check out this video of Lefty, the one-armed guitar player, and read my Q&A with him here.
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:39:00 GMT

I <3 Ashland.

Read about how it's my new home away from home. Featuring photos like this one:By Thom Larkin.7/16/08 Update: Here's a video of the entire second performance: ..
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Tour Recap

Get the full story here.
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:00 GMT