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
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
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
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 [...]
Here's a round-up of stories from day two of the 2013 Chicago pre-draft combine. Day one news and notes were
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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...
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
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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.
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
“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
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Filed under: Life, Nature, Photography Tagged: blooms, camera, death, fence line, fly fishing, images, Life, observe, Photography, photos, Spey Fly, SwittersB
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
by Dan Lucas Final quarterly revenue forecast is in for 2011-2013 budget cycle – up $174.3 million from June 2011 close of session (COS) The 8th and final quarterly revenue forecast for the current biennial budget cycle, 2011-13, was released …
Meet author Shawn Gascoyne-Bowman, who'll be be signing and selling books, and see examples of beer crafts, including the amazing pull-tab dress. The release part is at 2 p.m. Saturday at The Beer Bunker, 7918 S.E. Stark St.
Catullus 5 and Henry Hughes' "Rock Wallabies"
R. Gregory Nokes' "Breaking Chains" discusses slavery and racial issues in Oregon during the mid-1800s.
In "Temple Grove," author Scott Elliott presents an unabashed novel of place that lives and dies by its fidelity to Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
An exhibition of 36 paintings and drawings from Say's children's books opens Saturday at the Multnomah County Library.
The best of business news video this week goes to CNN for visiting a tech trade show and showing of the latest gadgets. Here we have a way to charge your phone on your bike and using drones at home.
Music's big names have big news, starting with Beyonce and Jay-Z. But will Kanye West heed Aretha Franklin's advice when he and Kim Kardashian have their bundle of joy?
By Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights The problems with the IRS extend beyond playing politics with conservative groups seeking a tax-exempt status. I have never made this public before, but given the heightened interest in the way the IRS has conducted itself, the time has come to disclose what happened. Just
By Cindy National Corn Growers Association The term “massive farm bill” has been used repeatedly in the general media this week to describe the bills passed out by the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, and by “massive” they mean the farm portion of the bill, not the nutrition portion which accounts for 80% of
Wallpaper magazine asked the Contemporary Industrial Design Company Fort Standard to design a piece for their Handmade Exhibition in Milan during Salone Del Mobile, they set out to design a survival kit with the intention of creating something which looked and felt as precious as its contents. The design became largely abou
Mansoor Khalid, the driver behind the Candy Cab in New York City, hopes to provide a “little happiness to all” by giving his passengers free candy and chocolates along with a personal disco light-filled party in the backseat. Riders can also plug into the cab’s “blasting sound system” with their own devices to pla
Walmart announced that it has partnered with Warner Bros. to give its customers exclusive access to see Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Man of Steel in theaters nationwide before the film’s official release. Tickets for the exclusive screening will go on sale in more than 3,700 Walmart stores starting at 8
Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is excited to announce the release of The Raid: Redemption Motion Picture Soundtrack on limited edition black vinyl with randomly inserted smokey grey vinyl discs. The limited edition vinyl features the perfectly imposing artwork of Mondo artist Jock in stark s
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Last week we made some photo blocks. We glued the photos to wood scrap and/or toy wooden blocks with YES paste and then covered them with 3 coats of gloss Mod Podge. Then the sides were painted. We got this...
Why don’t you put down that harpoon and have a nice cup o
This is a brief announcement that SBNation, including Blazer's Edge, will be down for repairs on Friday night, May 17th, around 11:00 p.m. If you're reading this before that time, get your comments posted before the clock strikes 11. If you're reading it afterwards, we're back and hopefully the intermittent gli
The return of Lindsay Terrell as managing director suggests a steadier course for the company.
The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends is an amazing illustrated project by Brazilian designer Butcher Billy that reimagines a famous group of post-punk and new wave rock stars as superheroes from DC Comics’ crime fighting Super Friends team. Prints, apparel, iPhone cases and more are available to purchase online at Socie
Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts Tropical Valley Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Walnuts in Next by Nature Dark Chocolate Bananas
Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts Tropical Valley Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Walnuts in Next by Nature Dark Chocolate Bananas
Michael Jackson - Lara Logan gets a rare look at some of the personal effects of the late pop singer, whose brand is making more money in death than the King of Pop was earning later in his free-spending life. John Hamlin is the producer. Watch a preview
Here's a good indication of how much the SkS study means: just a day after being at the top of HuffPo's front page, it no longer appears anywhere
Next year (spring and late winter respectively), PS Publishing will release special slipcased Anniversary editions of Stephen King’s Thinner (originally published under the by-line of Richard Bachman) and Skeleton Crew. Stepping up to the plate for artwork chores on Thinner is Les Edwards while multiple Jack Kirby Award-w
A Recap of the 2013 NFL Season, Based on Nothing But the Outrageous Predictions of NFL Players Dogs Experience Runner’s High Lost Lands Found by Scientists Scientific American blogger advocates book burnings “The Reverse Peephole” is an ace Seinfeld episode The “Women’s Lib” issue of Wond
What went on today at Cannes Film Festival? You mean besides jewel heists, panic over gunshots and the "Angelina Leg" ?