Some great new shows opening this month.

Hairy is very ill with a severe URI. He is currently in a rabbit hutch in my garage. Poor fellow has gone through way too much. He was trapped by a woman out on Country Club Drive because he was fighting her cats for food. He is thin as thin can be.I'm trying to figure out who he is and where he comes from. He was desp

With Hood to Coast now fading into a memory, we are looking forward to the start of school next year. We're trying to enjoy these last moments of summer vacation. No summer camps this week, only organizing school supplies and...

Here it is, my friends, quilt number two, aptly named Strawberry Fields. I am so very, very pleased with the way this turned out.  I love the combination of colors – the deep red paired with the acid green is so darn cheery, a sunny country morning in a field of strawberries, not to mention all [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 1, 2010Contact:Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263Children's March & Rally at the Oregon State Capitol to highlight Need for

Originally posted at the Reform Immigration For AmericaDriving home our point: Immigrants boost the economy

Back in New York City, where a debate rages about whether the city's water system needs to be filtered, somebody's taken out a microscope and looked at what comes out of the tap. And they've found -- yikes! --

Michael Kinsley yet again proving that he has not lost his touch despite that awful Parkinson's he has been dealing with humor: My first though

The new Apple iPod touch, announced today, includes the retina display from the iPhone 4, an Apple A4 core, 3-axis gyroscope, and FaceTime support thanks to the addition of a front cam. Apple is streaming it live. Engadget has live coverage (below). The rear cam is capable of HD video — but it will cost [...]

Pipeline has partnered with Roseland/DoubleTee and we are giving away TWO pairs of tickets to the Slayer, Megadeth & Testament American Carnage Tour this Saturday in Portland (Hillsboro). To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn & emailed Friday, September 3 @ 3PM. Reminder: We

The Dating Game returns this week with your benevolent host Poison Waters at Red Cap Garage! Every Thursday through November 11 for an admission of just $3, you can try your luck in the dating pool, or get your Lube Wrestling on immediately following intermission, or both – something like this: The swimming pool and s

My darling, wonderful brother had a rash all over his body a few months ago. This is only notable because he hates taking pills. The dork actually chewed penicillin as a kid, and to take an aspirin, my mom would soften it and then cover it in chocolate (I loved that). We chatted on the [...]

The Stumptown Comics Fest isn't until April, but I've already received my first press relea

Listeners at KBIO radio in Boise were asked to participate in a (self-selecting) online survey about President Barack Obama. Results on which they think describes the president best: A foreign born Muslim – 49% A foreign born Christian – 3% An American born Muslim – 7% An American born Christian – 22

I've spent most of my life being a very organized person. I was that kid who didn't wait until the last minute to research a term paper or study for a test. I knew where my tools where located and was prepared for each task I undertook. And yes, I was smug about being that way.As I've move

Guerrilla journalism is starting to come into its own now. I have to give props to Blumenauer for trying to answer the first few questions. Once it dawns on Earl that the kid wasn't easily...

[The restaurant is on a mini staycation, and we'll be returning to the kitchen on Friday. I've been wrapped up in the launch of Geek. Cred. and working on other projects. Things will be getting back to what I deem as 'normal' soon. So I bring you another installment of "From The Vault"] ***** NFTL: Of wolf packs a

In the wake of President Obama's speech last, the neoconservative architects of the Iraq War predictably reemerged to claim credit for the national disaster they portray as success. But one of them, Bill Kristol, allowed that the address was, "on...

Today, in honor of the Albert Einstein exhibit being hosted at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, we’re taking a look at the relationship between the famed physicist and another of the twentieth century’s most publicly prominent scientists, Linus Pauling. The details of Einstein’s biography are, by

We’ve got the name for our new show that’s coming to TBS in November… And Conan himself wanted to announce it!  Here he is:

Curb appeal is one of the most important factors in selling a home. It starts with the ability to take a good picture so that when it is viewed online, the buyer actually wants to make the effort to go out and see it. Once they arrive, they need to get out of [...]

Now’s the time to put up or shut up: put up the season and enjoy it all winter long, that is. Just Out’s resident Sassy Gardener, LeAnn Locher, loves food preserving almost as much as she loves gardening. If you’ve been wondering how to get started in home canning, now is the perfect time with peach [...]

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by Rees Lloyd, originally for World Net Daily and reproduced here with permission from the author. See original here. President Barack Hussein Obama is evidencing his profound contempt for the American people and the rule of law by refusing to enforce the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. Section 451, et seq) ag

"Slum Textures" 35 Royalty-Free Textures. Back in April and May I spent 10 days in the

CYNDI LAUPER, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE (Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon) For just a girl who wants to have fun, Cyndi Lauper has certainly done well for herself. After 25

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Portland’s monthly First Thursday event is tomorrow. Time is certainly flying by right now with the end of all our great summer events. There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings this month. We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway) & Rich Vail Mackin. They comp

Bing and Yahoo! Conjugate their Search Alliance in the US and Canada. Will this Alliance bring SEO woe?

Mitt Romney wants to be President of the United States. Since his failed attempt in 2008, Romney has been squirreling away cash and chits in an effort to build an infrastructure as he prepares to try again in 2012.

With so many great Oregon State videos on YouTube, I will be sharing one of them each day this week as we countdown until kickoff. Today's video highlights Oregon State's upset of Washington in 1985. Enjoy! Oregon State at Washington, 1985 (via

So… I shot this video on the McKenzie River with Chris Daughters a couple summers ago running Fish Ladder Rapid. Then a few weeks back, a couple buddies watching this video found Bigfoot in the background and turned it into an internet sensation. Here’s an enhanced version someone uploaded: Here is the original:

Today was the first day of the Bike Commute Challenge, and most of our staff are committed to participating. As you can see, Randy is ready for City Council with a tie and suit jacket, but instead of pants, he...

In the war of the Bald Eagles vs. the Port of Portland Bulldozers out on Hayden Island, the wildlife and its defenders have scored at least a modest victory. Now the City of Portland and the state DEQ say they are taking a

The OpenBTS-based cellular network at Burning Man has the power to change the world, says Network World. The super low-cost, solar or wind powered base station, provide free cellular service to anyone with an ordinary GSM cell phone. This is the third year that the low-cost, open source cellular network has offered free cel

The days are a bit shorter. The sun, though warm, has begun to wane. It just doesn't have the zest, the will like it used to, does it? And that breeze has gone from lazy to brisk. I may even detect a bit of yellow in the maple tree across the street. The duvet which has been pushed to the foot of the bed is starting to tuck

This land is not the land of antigays, at least not if you ask Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey. The surviving members of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary have asked the National Organization for Marriage to stop using their iconic song “This Land Is Your Land” during its antigay “Summer for Marriage”

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Joe Conason has a thoughtful essay on the "The truths about Iraq that Obama couldn't utter" Glenn Greenwald

We all know her. That woman with no money who looks effortlessly chic every time she steps out of her cheap apartment. Rather than $200 tank tops or a 90-minute beauty routine, these days her...

Some solely swing flies (the quartered cast and the fly swung in an arc across the river) for steelhead (or salmon) because of the challenge, or the purist mind set or because they haven’t realized an alternative technique exits. Nymphing for steelhead (or salmon) can be the best option on smaller streams. Sometimes t

Sounds reasonable to me. Streetfilms has a new video on 20's Plenty for us, a campaign in the U.K. working to make 20 mph the standard speed limit in residential areas. The campaign is catching on quickly, with more and more U.K. cities adopting the policy all the time. Given that PBOT might be [...]

Grasslands in Winter - oil, 12 x 28 August was one of those months where life got in the way and there wasn't much posted to Ancient Artist, but I did get news that my painting, "Grasslands in Winter" was...

It's contest time, my friends!In honor of National Preparedness Month, we're bringing back our incredibly awesome Twitter contest f

The 38th Annual Fall Festival will take place in Central Park Corvallis, Oregon on September 25th

The 38th Annual Fall Festival will take place in Central Park Corvallis, Oregon on September 25th