Oh, yeah. I'm almost a Bollywood star. Defining almost to mean... Someone who caused Shahid Kapoor, a Bollywood star, to become a vegetarian. Since what Kapoor eats is what makes him up, and I changed what he eats, ergo: I'm...
The weekend BEFORE Memorial Day weekend has become one of the best weekends of the year in Oregon Wine Country – as many of the top wineries conduct special tastings of higher-end or limited production bottlings. At Scott Paul, our tradition for this weekend has become CHAMPAGNE, as in Grower Champagne – micro-p
Portland Real Estate update as of 05-18-2013 4:30 pm. There are 34 new homes for sale. Data sourced from the following pages: Abernathy Real Estate,
Performed by The Smiths Heifer whines could be human criesCloser comes the screaming knifeThis beautiful creature must di
Oxbow, ridden by Jockey Gary Stevens, wins the 138th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished fourth.
On the front of the mail-in Oregon ballot envelope, it states in bold italic: PLEASE PROVIDE RETURN ADDRESS. On the back of the envelope, the name and address of the sender is printed.
Detail of Folkert de Jonge's Operation Harmony (all photos Jeff Jahn) Believe it or not, the edgiest exhibition in the city of roses is at the Portland Art Museum. For the record this does ha
Fluoride proponents have been pushing the meme of a "growing dental crisis" in the Porkland area because we don't have fluoride in the water. Porkland City Council tried to sneak it in, but were quickly overruled by a successful petition...
Earlier in the year I talked about some goals for my homebrewing for 2013. A big one was how many times to brew this year. My goal for 2013 is to brew 6 times. I’ve gotten in 1 brew so…Read more ›
This explains the Democratics. ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder, and this number has been rising for more than a decade. According to a study conducted by the Centers...
A few weeks back, Disjecta announced its lineup of curators for the 2013/2014 season— Curator-in-Residence Summer Guthery and Portland2014
Hopefully now you'll decide to stop driving a car and get a bike for so many reasons including the amazing benefit of likely not killing anymore cats. That sweet and brilliant little fuzzball changed how I feel about animals as pets, and showed me the immense love and kindness that my girlfriend had for the world and its
Mini-Skirt Wearing Ladies of Portland (I'm assuming ladies of America at this point, really): CROSS YOUR LEGS! I am sick of sitting on public transit and having your cooter shoved in my line of sight. I'm sure all the dudes on the train are checking you out because you're just so cute. Or maybe it's just your c
Trey Smith One of the supposedly major scandals making the rounds in the news is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted conservative organizations with extra scrutiny. Though there is almost no evidence that conservative groups applying for ta
The New York Review’s collection is a beautiful selection of titles. Really nice gifts for children, grown-ups, or yourself. Reading all weekend, happy :) – nancy
On UFO Digest, Paul Schroeder writes about the very real and tragic situation concerning elephants and circuses. Nothing to do with UFOs, and that's perfectly okay. This is an important issue. Article is hard to read, as any article is dealign with animal cruelty, but it is important.
It’s recently been pilot season on Amazon, as the site offered up a slate of comedy and children’s programming to be viewed, considered, and voted on by the streaming public. Amongst the selection: the almost universally panned Zombieland: The Series from the same writers as the originally movie, featuring the s
The recent boom in hydrofracking for natural gas and oil has resulted in a little-reported side boom—a sand-rush in western Wisconsin and southeastern MinnesotaThe post Mining Companies Invade Wisconsin for Frac-Sand a
You know when you’re at the aquarium with your kid, admiring the peace underwater scene, and then all of the sudden an eel pops out of a dark crevice? That doesn’t scare me half so much as thinking I’m doing okay with someone I car about and all of the sudden some resentment that had [...]
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Paging Dr. Freud. It is related to an important organ of mine for which he might have some answers. No, not that organ. The brain.
Ahead of next week's screening at the International Comic Arts Forum, I have posted new excerpts, my interviews with artist-writers David Hahn and Paul Guinan. Watch below or on Vimeo.
Here's a round-up of stories from day two of the 2013 Chicago pre-draft combine. Day one news and notes were
We’re at that point in a Presidential Administration where we see that mushrooming of scandals. With minor quibbles, the body of this article is about right if not the headline — “Two Scandals Deflected; One Persists” — scandals are not based in reality per se and partisan wrangling will hav
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Everyone keeps asking me if I’m “all done,” and I say “yes!” and then they say “are you really all done?” and I say “well, not really.” I am still getting grade-grubbing emails and still getting emails from my department supervisor and stuff. Haven’t yet filed this
The tolerant™ kids at Northwestern University have rejected a nominee for associate vice president of diversity and inclusion, a part of their Associated Student Government, on the grounds that said nominee is a white, heterosexual male. “This university is not...
Have fun. And have faith that the government, your government, is here to help you.That's all.Help.You.You're welcome. Now, go back to work.h/t Tina
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that President Obama has narrowed his list of possible replacements for FBI Director Robert Mueller to two candidates. Senate Republicans probably won't be happy with either of the highly respected choices. Lisa Monaco, the...
Chris Haynes of CSNNW.com reports that th
You've got to hand it to Obama; his anti-gun rhetoric has resulted in skyrocketing weapons sales and a concommitant drop in gun violence. A couple of new studies reveal the gun-control hypesters’ worst nightmare…more people are buying firearms, while firearm-related...
I don't know why it took me so long to connect these two, but I finally did. It's looking more and more that what Margaret Thatcher did in imprisoning Irish dissidents in the H-Blocks, is now happening in Guantanamo Bay. Only this time it's not the British running the show.There are some differences and nuances
Trey Smith Does heaven turn? Does the earth sit still? Do sun and moon compete for a place to shine? Who masterminds all this? Who pulls the strings? Who, resting inactive himself, gives the push that makes it go this way? I wonder, i
OUR next episode of Back Fence PDX Radio on OPB! Airing/Streaming on MAY 18 @ 7pm + rebroadcasting on MAY 22 @ 9pm Stream it HERE: www.opb.org/radio Hosted by B. Frayn Masters, the shows music was created by DOLOREAN… God … Continue r
The weekend is here and there is plenty to do from the QDoc Queer Documentary Film Festival, Columbia Gorge Pear & Wine Festival, and Putt Putt Drink to the Eastside Garden Tour and Portland Prom.
26 houses are being held open this Sunday in Lake Oswego. Enjoy! Address Price Type Beds Baths Open 482 State St 3B $164,000 Attached 2 1 12 to 2 1615 Halllinan St $349,900 Detached 4 2 12 to 2 5745 Windfield Loop $369,900 Detached 3 2.5 1 to 3 31 Nova Ct $423,000 Detached 4 2.5 1 to 3 24 Becket St $
The mugshots come from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Flickr page. According to the page, all the prisoners photographed spent time in Newcastle Gaol between December 1871–December 1873.
We don't have a lot of time with each other in this life, everybody. Let's keep it brief today. Powerball. You're not going to win, but it will be
BY CORNELIA BECKER SEIGNEUR (Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian SW Weekly May 8, 2013) (PHOTO: Lakeridge High students Karalyn Gee (left) and Molly Zaninovich work on the Vans shoe design for the Local Flavor category, which will represent the Portland Rose Festival dragon boat races.Shan
“Fourteen months ago, (Sen.) Merkley (D-OR) joined six other Democratic senators in writing then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman to urge the agency to tighten its standards for allowing groups to operate as a 501(c)(4). The senators said the agency should better define its requirement that the groups not engage in po
Sitting on the rim of the basalt flow here are thr
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Trey Smith In Scott's post this morning, he brought up the fact that he heard the word "queer" used in a proactive, not reactive, sense. After pondering thi
Pete Townshend wrote this song on his 20th birthday, forty-eight years ago today. If your browser won't display the embedded version, click
An entertaining account of how one of TV's best sitcoms -- and one of its most influential, in terms of representing a new kind of female lead -- came to be.
I CAN LICK ANY SONOFABITCH IN THE HOUSE, SEPARATION OF SANITY, JACKRABBIT, MATT WOODS(Dante's, 350 W Burnside) "They don't make men like Andy Griffith anymore," sings I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in t
The Brew Station, a popular coffee spot, cafe and pub north of the Oregon State University campus, is closing for good next month.
The Brew Station, a popular coffee spot, cafe and pub north of the Oregon State University campus, is closing for good next month.