SHE came from another dimension and was very boring. Riley and Buffy fight a demon for foreplay. Adam kills his mother and Xander wants to sell you something.

One of the most delicious things of the summer is sun lighting our way well into the 9 o'clock hour. It's light until late, giving us time to lallygag, saunter, and generally play around outside until almost 10 o'clock. And...

Set in the 1950s, Sucker Punch follows Babydoll (Emily Browning) who is confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world, she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five [.

Thank you all for coming. Thank you to those who traveled long distances: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Seattle, Las Vegas, Okinawa, and West Los Angeles. It’s an honor to have our grandparents here from Massachusetts and an honor to have Gary’s family here from as far away as Japan and, AND… Cleveland. Thank

On Monday evening, July 26th, emergency responders were called to a water rescue on the Sandy River at Oxbow Regional Park located at 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway in Gresham, Oregon. The Gresham Fire Department, with assistance from Corbett Fire, Portland Fire & Rescue, Multnomah County Sherriff’s Office, AMR, and Life F

Today I rode the Xtracycle to the grocery store. That’s not so unusual. I often stop by the store after work. In fact, I think it’s easier to stop on the Xtracycle than it is in a car. I pull in, lock up, and go inside — no searching for a parking spot, and the [...]

In the last two days, three people have asked me about iPad apps.  I used to occasionally post what apps I was running on the iPhone (the last being in 2008), but have never done this with the iPad.  So in the interest of sharing, let me walk you through my apps. My dock apps [...]

Cold War Kids:Something Is Not Right With Me LyricsI tried to call you collect,you said you would not acceptYour friends are laughing 'cause nobody uses pay phones

Many of the most highly coveted older coins are generally characteristic of historical occurrences. This is actually a significant component associated with their all round splendor between committed coin numismatists. Any manufacturing associated with silver precious metal coins typically symbolizes the level of pride any

The world moves even faster than all that correct now, and nobody can sit for hours watching specialist and pro tout differing viewpoints. How do you filter out all the background noise? How do you make the choice that this one particular is appropriate, even though that 1 isn’t? How do you know which expert [...]

And thus 'because it's traditional practice' ends another argument: Some 500 to 2,000 British schoolgirls will be genitally mutilated over the summer holidays. Some will be taken abroad, others will be "cut

It is inevitable that oldsters will expertise misunderstandings, arguments, and different breakdowns in communication with their out of control teens. Such a breakdown known as a rupture. Parents and children typically have different needs, targets, and agendas that create tension of their connection. Generally your youngst

TriMet's planned $1.4 billion seven-mile light-rail line just got lightly smacked across the snout: the FTA is cutting their share of the pork by $200 million. So now it'll be a measly little $1.2 billion toy. As a result, the...

"A lot people think ballet is stuffy and boring," said choreographer and producer Candace Brouchard, introducing the second installment of "Uprising,"

For all who dream abou

A meet with Red/Blue at Naito Parkway and Harrison St.

Day Thirty-six: Undone I’m still fermenting. But this much I know is true: I’m feeling undone by the past 8 months. Someone needs to button me up. Last week is still leaching out of my body—I’ve been carrying so much stress that the bank news on Tuesday felt like the something broke in me. A torrent

George Ure who writes Urban Survival has some interesting info on the next couple of days astrologically: Guys like Arch Crawford, Robert Hitt, and Jeff Harman see it plain as day in the astro charts.  Arch summarizes what’s going on ‘upstairs” this way… “The most exacting and powerful align

I haven’t seen it, and thank you for sending it. It looks like something I would enjoy seeing. I think anybody who has been on the merger/acquisition/layoff roller coaster enough times SHOULD have something meaningful to go to kept in their back pocket.

The 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival kicks off this weekend. Until then, take a moment to get a little better acquainte

Warner Bros just released these character teaser posters for the big screen adaptation of Green Lantern, giving us out first official look at Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro, Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond.

Chamber Music Northwest unites generations of both young and veteran musicians.

If you've ever stopped to question why it is that every time you turn around, one governmental entity or another is demanding more of your cash, consider tiny Multnomah County, Oregon. They have some 1103 people on staff being compensated...

It was twenty years ago today that President George H. W. Bush signed the historic Americans with Disabilities Act into law. The act has made a tremendous difference in the lives of people with disabilities but continues to be opposed...

After being hounded out of town by uppity bloggers like David Dobbs, PepsiCo wisely started their own blog at http://foodfrontiers.pepsicoblogs.com/ . (Though unwisely they have not updated it in at least a week. Bad blogging, guys.)What egregious corporate pr

Your browser does not support iframes. Buck Williams started his NBA playing career with the New Jersey Nets and ended his career with

One of the quandaries of the Honest Pint Projects resides in the type of serving vessels available to publicans. One question I regularly get asked is, "but if the HHP requires 16 fluid ounces for certification, doesn't that mean imperial pints?" Actually, no. Behold Astoria's Fort George Brewing, and their stylish Mason

As they so often do when bad news is involved, the White House issued a "dump and run" late Friday in order to minimize blow-back. Back in 1981-82, President Reagan was walking into a recession comparable in most respects to...

Weird Noise, Audition, Hot Sauce Beers, Cops, Kayak, Softball, Luau, Jailbait, David Caruso, AARON DURAN FROM GEEK IN THE CITY, Game, Ball Talk, Chris Paul, Stealing Stole Stolen, Wii Games, World Of Crazy, Paris Salute, Pregnant Man, Masturbator Extraordinaire, Fire Crotch

If you were wondering who was going to direct the Internet broadcast of the Arcade Fire's Aug. 5 Madison Square Garden show, wonder no more.

Evidence of the Holy Spirit at work: With a laying on of hands, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Sunday welcomed into its fold seven openly gay pastors who had until recently been barred from the church’s ministry....

There was a lot of competition on Saturday, July 10th when we decided to have a mid-day book event for Food Lover’s Guide to Portland at In Good Taste in the Pearl — everything from the Mississippi Ave. Street Fair to Bastille Day at Jamison Square Park to the NW 23rd Ave. Street Fair. Not [...]

Bickerstaff, Ociepka, and Williams Named Coaches Jim Taylor of the Blazers' PR arm tweets that Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka, and Buck Williams

Now with fringe! Winter days/summer nights. On Etsy

It's not as exciting as the team hiring Chris Paul as their ficitional point guard coach, but the Portland Trail Blazers have rounded out their coachin

It must have been the feeling tha

The do-gooding gang gets tangled up with a creep who runs his own domestic terrorism army, Nate steals a train, and Eliot and Alec face danger in the forest (and we're not talking about deer ticks.)

For many startups, it’s all about getting discovered, getting found, and being recognized. It’s about getting the word out. Getting yourself in front of people. Getting people to recognize your company. And there’s no better way to do that, than to get Isaiah Mustafa to record a bunch of witty retorts to t

At the annual Gleekfest geekfest Comic-Con event, Glee creator Ryan Murphy shared news about the coming season — including plans for a Rocky Horror episode. (Anyone care to guess on which role Sue Sylvester would be perfect for?) Also, Kurt will be getting a boyfriend, and Murphy plans for them to be the Prom King and

The WikiLeaks disclosure, which posted some 90,000 documents on the war in Afghanistan was illustrated by this mashup by The Guardian. It highlights key events. Just mouse over the map. Mashable has a bunch of how-to articles.

The New York Times takes you inside the world of sissy bounce, and introduces you to its biggest star, who's playing out here in September.

Northwest artists have a few days left to apply for one of the region's major art awards.

Google today announced another new version of Google Maps for the Android. The new version adds a “Places” feature with a new icon on the main menu. Places is Google Maps’ search tool for finding nearby businesses and other points of interest. With Places as a separate search tool, searchable categories ca

For the longest time, I’ve been talking about getting a tattoo.  I’d always wanted to have a Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones) tattooed on my left ankle, but have always chickened out on it.  Plus, I was always drunk when I spoke about it, and that’s not always a good precursor to actually getting inked

Many of you may not know that I did a little bit of free lance writing for the Strad magazine back in the early 00′s.  Here’s an cover feature that I wrote about Curtis Institute of Music President Roberto Dìaz from 2003. Click here to download it in PDF format.

The magazine says I’d be welcome at their perfect party, in the company of a few other nice folks, and a trash compactor: Thanks to Scrappers for sending me the scan. And to Michael Novak for the nice illustration: I think the “dip in our punchbowl” line may well be related to this post, in which case [..

Pondering a play's relationship to the work of a master of self-reference

“Transition representative”: Each one of you is unique to your position here and we really need you for this partnership to succeed… so please give us a chance before you send your resume out there. [makes note to polish resume, update LinkedIn the second I