Today Dino Rossi announced the support of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint's "Senate Conservative Fund" PAC. DeMint's influential PAC has been active for months. Here's who they're backing. Rossi currently leads in the polls versus incumbent Patty Murray. Earlier, former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, threw her
This came over the PRNewswire today (thanks to Elaine for bringing it to my attention): Detroit Symphony Musicians Targeted for Deep Slashes; Will Other Symphony Orchestra Musicians Also Be Under Gun? DETROIT, July 29 /PRNewswire/ — Salary cuts upwards of 28 percent, drastic cuts in their health insurance, elimination
On your November ballot, you will see measures to create medical marijuana dispensaries, strengthen mandatory minimum sentences for felons, and permanently diverting 15% of lottery proceeds to build habitats for wildlife.
This picture makes striped socks look cool. Or maybe the whole scene is just a nice reminder to get out and do rad things on warm summer nights? Too bad about the goatee.
So I used Google Maps -- which is a pretty good maps -- to construct both an image copy and a paper copy of this map of the City of Roses' "Inner Southeast" and adjoining areas. The area I'm after stretches from the river (meaning the Willamette River, to you outsiders) to I-205, and from I-84 to south to Holgate Street.
If you attended Comic-Con in San Diego this year then perhaps you were lucky enough to pick up a pre-release of the new DJ Lance Rock 3-inch Dunny. The popular host of Yo Gabba Gabba met with fans and signed the plastic figures on Sunday. For those that missed the convention, The DJ Lance Dunny [...]
I read a good deal of Marvel growing up but I was never into Thor. For whatever reason his trademark superhero angst© about getting exiled from Asgard didn't grab me in the same way as Spider-Man's, Luke Cage's, Wolverine's, etc . Like, Peter Parker was just a dude unlucky enough to get bit by a radioactive spider;
Portland Mercury article about the new Portland Loos that will be installed in the near future. (Correction, the Portland Loo is not automated, as reported). KATU story about the lessons learned from James Chasse's death.
It's time yet again for more blind tasting mayhem at Concordia Alehouse. Wednesday July 28, 2010 was the kickoff of five days and 12 Imperial IPAs. In this side-by-side sampling, a dozen Oregon breweries will duke it out to decide which will serve as captain for February 2011's Beer Brawl IV between Oregon, Washington, and
A longtime fixture on NE Alberta, Frock is celebrating seven years in the biz as part of tonight's Last Thursday festivities, alongside Spank! Hair Salon (also celebrating its anniversary). The Lucky Brown Band will be playing, there wi
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Hi all who go "against the stream",Just wanted to request your prayerful thoughts toward the Lord as we'll be involved in two strategic camps the next 20 days:I (Barry) leave tomorrow for the Republic of Moldova with a team of 6 from my church in Romania. Our purpose is to lead university students to
Readers share their love for the 70-year-old Welsh singer, who has a new CD that takes him in a new musical direction.
Day Thirty-nine: What Laundry? OR Day Thirty-nine: When Wende Pushes Buttons—Just not the buttons on the washing machine. Iz: “Hmm. . .” Me: “What’s up?” IZ: “Yea, I could have sworn I had another pair of underwear in this drawer. . . ” Me: “Not likely, considering I
I’ve been stringing for the AFP wire service about the oil disaster from New Orleans. You can read one version of the story here, although when I filed my copy this morning they told me it would be translated into different languages, and the headline is turning up quite a few hits on Google. I’m [...]
In a break from his usual routine, Jon Stewart actually went after some Democrats. Usually, he reserves such treatment to Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and Republicans in general. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cCorruptdatewww.thedailyshow.com...
autumn de wilde Before they headline a show at the Crystal Ballroom tonight (with two arguably superior ope
The high-speed camera is cool because it can record things beyond what the human eye can perceive. I remain convinced that there are some wonderful and amazing things that happen at every moment, but proceed unnoticed because of perception, or lack there of. Behold two lon
Who makes short shorts? YOU make short shorts!
K. Miller, bamboo scroll The Portland Japanese Garden presents Behind the Shoji, an annual exhibition of Asian-inspired art. Work will be on view by several new
Sneezy, River, Dinner, Toddlers And Tiaras, Twins, Crazy Dreams, Hipster Talk, Ball Talk, Masoli, NFL Diva, Batt Fire, Lebron Jersey, B-SIDE, World Of Crazy, Leo Mel, Cheeseburger, Cheese Beer, Penis Piercing, Michael Lohan, Chat Roulette
You read the New England Journal of Medicine, right?What? You don't?It's okay...neither do I. But lots of media types pay very, very close attention to what they say on medical issues and right now, a stor
Germantown Road house, Pietro Belluschi (photo by Brian Libby) This Saturday brings the Heritage Home Tour, offered by the Architectural Heritage Center. Proceeds will benefit the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, the AHC's parent organization. The six homes on this new tour cover...
A Lucky Strike indeed!
What better way to start your Friday night festivities than by getting fancy? Getting dolled up and still having dollars left to enjoy a night out, while supporting a worthy cause. Parlor invites folks of all genders to “enjoy a night of glamour and self-indulgence” as In Other Words Women’s Books and Reso
Rich Marini just left a comment over on flotsam that I think is definitely worth passing on. Rich has a blog called “Favorite Office Time Wasters” that you just might find entertaining, but in particular he’s just started a very ambitious project over there: Thought you might find my Lyric for Every Day of
(via awkwardstockphotos) At first I thought this was photoshopped into being awkward (The Dog in a plane is over their watermark), but no…. that’s the image on their site. WHY?
Brewpublic's Quebecer beer trekker, Marc Demeule, pubcrawls around Quebec City.
At the Bunny on a Bike Ride in March 2005. Five years ago today I started an exciting new project. I had published about 150 posts in about four months on The Oregonian's website, but I was itching to do more. I had all sorts of crazy notions about what a blog that focused [...]
Here is the extended trailer for Thor that was shown at San Diego Comic Con.
Tryon Creek State Park is having its second annual benefit in late August
Reviews of what's playing at Portland's independent moviehouses.
Posted by Mike Harper Last year, the unrelenting July sunlight lashed down on a young crowd that moved in and out of Rotture like circulated air in heaving musical lungs. We’ve had a bit of repose from the sun’s hellish rays this year, but PDX Pop Now! will prove as hot as ever! Daytime tuneage [...]
Littlewood reads from "Did Not Survive" at 4 p.m. Sunday at Murder by the Book.
BURGERTIME—Burgerville takes a break from padding your belly with Walla
"Calming soon" -- get it? Detail of new postcard PBOT will be mailing out soon. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is embarking on year two of a four-year strategy that will blanket the city with 60 miles of new bicycle boulevard streets. From Spokane Street in the deep southeast Portland, to [...]
The stars of the show here are the breads and pastries.
Bayless: "I've Had A Little Tweak With My Body" Jerryd Bayless blogs... ---------------------------- The last couple weeks I’ve h
The time has come for us to say farewell to the hundreds of photo submissions we received as part of our 2010 Pride Amateur Photo Contest. Their exposition at Q Center has been superb, but, alas, all good things must someday end. But we’re going to sweeten the deal a little bit. A closing reception will [...]
That's why there's Pomparkour, a version of parkour done with ladders. After all, all that running, jumping, and springing just isn't challenging enough, so why not carry a cumbersome eight-foot ladder. Actually, these hooked ladders reportedly only weigh about 10 kg or so (roughly 22
I need to flag me down one of them Korean taco trucks. Apparently there are a bunch of them here in Portland, and doggone it, I haven't munched out of any of them yet.
Many, many of us have been there before, preparing to tell our employers about expecting a baby. I was nervous telling my manager this most recent time, even though I knew how family-friendly and family-supportive my organizational culture was/is. Still,...
So much for that so-called “queer eye.” On the heels of a negative report from GLAAD criticizing CBS for not having a single show on the net featuring a homosexual character, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler is claiming that’s about to change. (The CW and MTV landed the highest marks in GLAAD’
Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune on the National Organization for Marriage's recent rally in Madison, Wisconsin: So why would NOM hold a rally where it is sure of being badly outn
To say there's momentum in our region for electric vehicles would be a major understatement. Last week, the Portland City Council voted to accept the recommendations in Electric Vehicles: The Portland Way, a report (PDF) on EVs that lays out a strategy for integrating more battery-powered cars into our city. Report cover
Coinci-Totoro (Bonus: A link to the papercraft post, if you’re interested.)
Come join the fun at National Night Out! We'll be celebrating on Tuesday, August 3 from 6:30 - 8:30pm with music in Kern Park (SE 67th & Center St.). This is free fun for all ages! Meet your neighbors and...Listen and...
We’re celebrating summer fun today! These bouquets were all created to inspire and to us, represent what is possible with just a little creativity. This bouquet was the result of our designer playtime. One day we had horse chestnuts, white freesia, gorgeous local millet and a geranium plant just sitting around. So we
...and this time Steve Carell is on board, and he's not about to put up with any of Zach's horseshit! Prepare for a juggernaut of hilarious fat and big nose jokes! [ Subscribe to the comments on this st