Today marks my official fourth anniversary at Automattic of being a proper full-time employee! In reality I started working for Automattic in about July of 2009 but due to an oversight, most of my coworkers thought I was already hired on as a normal employee. Meanwhile I just kept submitting my monthly contract report. Our
I think the emblematic moment for The Shadow is the first scene in the nightclub, where Lamont Cranston meets Margot Lane. It's a nicely designed set, art deco like much of the movie, and Alec
Two cats and two dogs awaken me each and every morning without fail. The youngest, a Calico, is so aggressive, I finally give in to the paw tapping on my cheek, nose or ears. Today, we came across a rescue opportunity and had to weigh carefully whether we wanted to introduce yet another rescue into […]
Today, I got close to these old, leaded glass windows and without much consideration snapped a couple of shots. Later, I noticed an odd numbering throughout the two windows I shot. I never noticed this while staging the images. Filed under: Art, Photography, Portland Tagged: Art, leaded glass, leaded glass windows, numbered
The Ducks bat around in the fourth to level the Buckeyes 8-2 Ohio State came into this game as a team who could score runs. They had been held scoreless only once this season against Auburn. Tommy Thorpe and the
Ducks open a series with Ohio State this evening After getting swept by Fullerton, Oregon rebounded and took both games of a double header against Seattle University. The Buckeyes come in having w
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After a long break, Matt Daddy and I return with a new episode of the ATQ Podcast. A plethora of issues were discussed. How did Oregon basketball manage to salvage its season. How did Waverly Austin have an amazing game
Today is Happy International Women’s Day. Hmm? Well more power to you ladies…so to speak. This made me wonder if there is a Happy International Men’s Day? Well there is…November 19th. May I just be a tad non-PC here. Well never mind……. Fractures, divisions, sub-groups, classes, sub-classes, parts, pieces
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game cited unspecified safety reasons for keeping secret a helicopter wolf hunt in the Lolo zone last month. Because of safety concerns, the department thought it was best to carry out the action and then notify the public about it,” department spokesman Mike Keckler said. The departme
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We Oregonians don’t let a silly thing like winter stop us from going to public parks, especially on the nicer days. This family at Pioneer Park seemed to be having a good time when I took this photo a week or two ago.
Your daily dose of Oregon Ducks news. We have notes on Mike Bellotti's hall of fame nomination, an interview with Nicholas Lucenti, Recyclemania, a cornerback preview for the Pac-12 and more.
A total of 74 Philomath Middle School students are in its production of “High School Musical, Jr.” — nearly a third of the school’s entire student body.
This is a guest post from Mitch Anthony. Mitch is a sought-after financial services consultant, popular speaker, and host of The Daily Dose radio program. His RetireMentors column appears regularly on CBS marketwatch.com. Mitch earned Financial Planning Magazine’s “Mover & Shaker” award for his pioneering retireme
Came by this 1920 tin toy by Wolverine Toys called the Gee-wiZ. The fly wheel and tin horses were a bit banged up but it still functions. Not bad for 90+ years old. Filed under: Art, Life, Photography Tagged: antique toys, Gee-Wiz, History, horse racing, Image, nostalgia, Photography, SwittersB, Tin Toy, vintage, Wolverin
When the Oregon State women’s basketball team dropped its first game of the season, 61-56 to Penn State, ranked in the top 15 at the time, it wasn’t a big surprise to the outside world.
Logan Ice doesn’t act or talk like you might expect a Division I baseball freshman would.
More than 1,000 students attended the first off-campus housing fair Thursday at Oregon State University.
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Oregon track & field will second a record number of qualifying performances to the NCAA Indoor meet next weekend after a strong showing at the MPSF Championships. Meanwhile, the Ducks' women's
For anyone still suffering from PTSD thanks to Cameron Diaz's unbelievably awful turn in The Counselor, here's some terrible news: She's in another movie! Specifically the Annie remake produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith, who in a perfect would would be collaborating on... I don't know. Not this? A movie b
Here is the beer news from around Oregon for Thursday, the 6th of March. As usual, I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day with the latest news, so check back often for
TACOCAT, LONNIE WINN, FINE PETS(East End, 203 SE Grand) Read our article on Tacocat.
Maybe it's the weather but emotions seem to be running high on this week's Mercury Letters pag
Portland might get Google Fiber, which would be a pretty big deal—but amidst all the talk of blisteringly fast internet speeds, there are a lot of questions. How much would it co
Today is the release celebration for the first of Deschutes Brewery‘s 2014 Reserve Series beers, Mirror Mirror, which is taking place at both Pubs all day long. (Event pages
Let's take a ride on Conflict-of-Interest Pony once again... Yes,
Portland-based ensemble Vagabond Opera performs at The Majestic Theatre
Host of The Soup, Joel McHale teams up with his buddy Jim Rash from Community to produce what very well may be the best True Detective parody the internet has to offer. Why? Because McHale and Rash recognize True Detective's most basic problem—YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND A GODDAMN WORD THEY'RE SAYIN
I began reading "Savage Love" at the young, impressionable age of 13. At the age of 13, I could comprehend the concept that humans are not only attracted to opposite-sex humans, but can and are attracted to a very broad spectrum that defies being limited to a fixed number of categories. Reading "Savage Love,"
Monday morning, Kickstarter announced that the crowdfunding platform has received over $1 billion in pledges for projects around the world. $215 million of that has gone into games projects. T
The National Football Foundation released the names of coaches and players appearing on the 2014 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Former Oregon Head Coach and Athlet
The Blue Man Group is coming through Portland this weekend for five performances, March 7-9. Since interviewing a Blue Man is a weird thing to do on a Tuesday afternoon, the Mercury
I try not to hate-read conservative racist comments anymore, because they just take up room in my brain and they don't do anyone any good. But
Donna Bolt, whose car killed an 89-year-old pedestrian, is sentenced on assault charge
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I'll tell you what: My favorite dress—my absolute FAVORITE dress—was designed and made by Portland dressmaker Amelia Blakeman. I bought it over two years ago, and it still makes me f
To the ladies on OKCupid who go on and on about being "born and raised in Portland." With your "I'm one of the few people around whose actually from here," go fuck yourself. If you're from Portland, that's cool. I'm from somewhere too. But, if you start your profile out with it, wearing it like a tacky badge of honor, yo
Lawmakers in Crimea, the autonomous peninsula in Ukraine currently hosting a large amount of Russian troops, unanimously approved a March 16 referendum on whet
Jeff Shultz captured (with his camera) this lovely pair of mallard ducks in the water next to the SCTC buildings on 2nd Ave. I tried to get a shot of them the other day, but the lighting was all wonky, so I failed. Thanks, Jeff!
A new Oregon State University study of girls study of girls ages 4 to 7 indicates there’s a link between girls who play with Barbie dolls and their subsequent view that they don’t have as many…
Development would infringe on wetlands
WASHINGTON — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions.
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Your morning helping of Oregon Ducks news. Today we have a short fix, but a good fix: Links The proposal to require a ten second substitution period before each play has
Note: This article is from J.D. Roth, who founded Get Rich Slowly in 2006. J.D.’s non-financial writing can be found at More Than Money, where he recently wrote about how to retire early. The first step on the road to financial freedom is to eliminate debt. The second is to save for emergencies. Your emergency [...]
Both lanes of Highway 34, about 11 miles west of Alsea, re-opened at 2:20 a.m. Thursday after a landslide closed it off 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.