If this soggy, chilly Thursday morning is getting you down, perhaps planning for a dreamy, music-filled weekend will cheer you up. On Saturday, March 13, the Portland Gay Symphonic Band will deliver “Dream Dancing,” an evening of music including standards like Philip Sparke’s “Dance Movements,”
The Salem coupon mailer's website seems to be under construction. Last night, I went there to get a coupon for Cozumel and the site did not come up. Oh well, I'm sure it will be back soon. Does anyone else use the coupons from that newspaper? By the way I got the two enchilada one taco special from Cozumel last night. Ate
Here's a wild one from the City of Portland. It's got a bid process going for a parking management contract. In late January, it reported that bidding was close
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba High School, had recently went head-on with a school policy that would prohibit her from bringing her girlfriend to the prom on April 2nd. McMillen and the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union had urged the school board to reverse the policy and allo
Our blog post of yesterday about the new water pumping station in Willamette Park appears to have led to this internet posting by David Shaff, the head of the Portland
Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O’Brien is taking his act on the road. The former “Tonight Show” host announced a 30-city theater tour today. Sidekick Andy Richter and the former “Tonight Show” band will join O’Brien for what he calls “a night of music, comedy, hugging an
An odd element of the manners of Black History Month which I thought I’d get to after that month ended. We meet up with some of the great Black Political Activists in American History. Frederick Douglas, even Booker T Washington, W E B Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr. People who have read books you [...]
When MeeGo was first announced in February at Mobile World Congress, I was very intrigued. What is this oddly named ‘MeeGo’ and what does it do? Most folks are probably familiar with Linux, the open source operating system that is loved and embraced by hard core geeks and is the platform for many website and s
….”This dismissal of terrorism as a factor in these attacks (John Patrick Bedell, a native Californian who had driven from California to Washington to carry out his one-man attack on the Pentagon, software engineer and pilot Joseph Stack crashed his single-engine Piper Cherokee into a building Feb. 18, Maj. N
Summit Entertainment has released the full new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, opening in theaters and IMAX on June 30th, 2010. Directed by David Slade from a script by Melissa Rosenberg, the sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser
A few issues ago I wrote a “fake news story” about the Ol’ Dirty filling their news editor position with an orangutan named Pat. During a conversation with the Emerald’s business manager Kathy Carbone, she complimented me on the story as well as asked me, “It’s funny, but can you just wri
Thomas Dorn Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you prepare to
Thomas Dorn Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you prepare to
At the Monty Python School of Argument. No, Monty Python School of Contradiction ...
The Seattle native has spent his career occupying the drum seat for several grunge-era luminaries.
Phone rings.
Yesterday we raised our cyber-eyebrow at the City of Portland's search for a "fiscal agent" who would receive a 7% commission just for handing out grants of city money to "co
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Our $14 trillion in debt and how we got there:
Here are the standings after Game 1: Pac-10 Tournament Pool Standings Place Name
Lee Gray is big in Canada. “The Wild Gourmet,” as he is known to us in Lincoln City, came to the attention of Chef Lynn Crawford when she was in Newport last summer, filming ...
From: Daniel Serres dserres@gmail.comDate: March 10, 2010 8:14:09 PM PSTHi All: I strongly encourage everyone to call OPB radio tomorrow morning during Think Out Loud. There is a notable absence of any citizen group that opposes LNG on their panel of invited guests. The call-in number is 888-665-5865. Here are some issues t
The deaths and various levels of unfortunate experiences are horrible, indeed. There is no denying that. But, are we over, over emphasizing the risks associated with this? Robert Wright, always the sober and ratio
In case you guys haven't figured it out yet, I'm getting these matchups from ESPN's Championship Week Pick'Em Game. Currently I'm Two Points off the lead and in the 99th Percentile. Check it out.You guys are welcome to make your picks in the Comments Section if you like.Picks for Day
Tiny Mt Tabor Brewing throws a party. Related posts:March 21st: Dog-free Farmers Market and a Firkin Fest
2342.I've recently started up on delicious again, Pariah Burke's CreativesAre Community Toolbar making social bookmarking just a click away.Want to share something with me, keep trac
"Anyone want a chocolate pussy?" said a guy holding one up. He had an immediate taker.- PSU's Food for Thought Cafe-- Overheard by Emily
HaHa, we murder at will, is funny, yes?Israeli TV commercial spoofs Dubai assassination"You might not think there was anything particularly funny about the assassination of Hamas l
It's kind of like an alumni boosters club. Related posts:February 4: Timbers Army First Thursday
"Sky of Mercy," named for a phrase from Springsteen's song "The Rising," is the creation of a Trinity committee working on Christian outreach. The collection taken during the service will benefit Trinity's food pantry, which served almost 20,000 people last year.
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The City of Portland's department of buildings (a.k.a. the Bureau of Development Services) doesn't as much to do these days as it used to. The recession has killed off construction, and so the permit and inspection work, and its concomitant fees, are a shadow of what they were in their heyday. As a consequence, the bureau
Patriots For A Moral Utah are pleased to announce a press conference tomorrow, at which time we will announce a new bill which outlining a solution to the problem of homosexuality in Utah. In the past 5 years it has become increasingly difficult and troublesome for the stead-fast and moral citizens of Utah to live their liv
The idea of a tree of dominoes being flattened is a little hackeneyed, perhaps, but it applies to the amazing sequence of declarations, filings, withdrawls and such precipitated by Ben Westlund's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Driving East...So impressed with all the wind turbines in this part of the state. Got wind power?
Hey, if a dumb old Superman comic book is worth $1 million, just think what our fourth-grade report card must be worth.
For Wild Bill Sizemore, the hits just keep. On. Coming. From being indicted for tax evasion, to jail, to being the only person to vote for himself at Dorchester!, and now … this. Bill Sizemore says... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
One star accused, the other reportedly about to cop a plea. Domestic vio
by Ezra Ace Caraeff In a season where even the injured players are as safe in the shower as Janet Leigh was inside the Bates Motel—this past weekend, Joel Przybilla slipped on his loofah and re-ruptured his already career-threatening patella tendon injury—the Portland Trail Blazer
Green Zone: In which Jason Bourne meets MacNeil/Lehrer. by Erik Henriksen "SHOCK AND AWE" are some of the first words heard in Green Zone, which takes place in Baghdad in March of 2003. Kicking things off with a literal bang, director Paul Greengrass begins with
Heroes, hacks, and horribles. HEROES, HACKS, AND HORRIBLES MATT DAVIS—You are so heroic for standing up for such a perfect little angel ["Rogue Cops in the Dock," News, March 4]! I notice you have nothing on your little blog about [the re-arrest of the young teenager who was beanbagged
Rocaterrania: A portrait of an artist, filmed in Pity-Vision™. by Jane Carlen A PEE STAIN IN THE BED is not the puddle-shaped mark of genius, though director Brett Ingram would like to think so. In Rocaterrania, he repeatedly confuses weirdness with brillia
"The Greatest Generation," my ass! by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey NOW HOLD ON just a second there, Mr. Tom Brokaw (noted former anchorman and author of the best-selling book The Greatest Generation)! If you ask me, I think it's bullpoopy of you to single-handedly decide that
We are in awe of White Hinterland. by Ezra Ace Caraeff THERE IS AN air of great certainty about Kairos. It is, without question, the finest achievement from the artistic entity known as White Hinterland—Casey Dienel at the helm, with Shawn Creeden assisting along
Meet the two people keeping the sexy in Portland. by Marjorie Skinner For the second year in a row, the Mercury asked its readers to nominate the sexiest person in Portland—be it themselves, their partner, friend, or acquaintance. In a city of pioneers un-beholden