The Chocolate Man comethSo what are you doing this weekend? Do you like chocolate? Do you have disposable income totaling between $35 and $78? Okay, so that last one is the clincher. But if you answered “nothing,” “hells yes,” and “absofuckinlutely” to those three questions, consider the Heathman for tomorrow night’s chocolate dinner, or Saturday’s […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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Knock Out
Good Enough to Make You Do Something Rash
Even though Bar Avignon is a mild-mannered wine bar, the food is good enough to make you do something rash.
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Food News
There are a handful of new and anticipated restaurants planning to serve us lucky Portlanders
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The Fatty Melt
I dig extreme meaty dishes. For proof, you need look no further than my story about the Luther burger et. al. And it seems that I’m constantly adding to the ever increasing list of foods I plan to ingest when I’ve decided to leave this big, beautiful, fatty world and fly to the arms of […]
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CNN: Making Bush Sound Stupider
The banner was supposed to read: Bush Pledges We Are Going to Overcome This Economic Crisis. Man, that intern is so fired. But at least, he/she gave us all a puerile chuckle. The banner has since been changed. God, I love taking screen shots!
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McCain: Not the Breast Man for the Job
There’s nothing like a political issue advocacy organization with a sense of humor. Meet the American Titty Committee, which is “Dedicated to the Protection, Elevation, and Support of the American breast.” Yes, kind of like an ideological bra! I’m still not sure if this organization is hoax or not, but they do have a full […]
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Do You Think We’re Headed for a Depression?
Well that’s the belief of 60% of 1,000 Americans polled by CNN. Those polled cited their shabby memories of grade school American history class as their primary reason for fears of breadlines and Hoovervilles. According to the report from CNN, those fears may be just a teensy bit overblown. The unemployment rate in the 30’s […]
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Autumn Boozy Goodness: And the Winner Is…!
Unofficially Official I know that the only real judge is our Lord in Heaven, but I have to say that if you want me to judge something… I’m there. Cocktail contests, beauty pageants, cat shows, worlds best mustache competitions. I don’t care what it is. Bring it on. This last Wednesday at Bluehour, I helped […]
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$700 Billion Heading to Wall Street
Our Saviors! Well, they passed the Bailout Bill. The government would like to thank your family for the $6,500 that you donated to the cause and would like to reassure you that this is an investment. Which means that you should totally get that money back…. Definitely… Someday… Maybe… I feel better already! I guess […]
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Do You Have Balls in the Kitchen?
Which is not to ask if you can tackle a souffle without breaking a sweat. No, I mean, do you have actual balls? You know, testicles? Oysters in the Rocky Mountains? You don’t say! No? Then don’t bother downloading the worlds first multimedia all testicle cookbook, written by Ljubomir Erovic. The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With […]
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The Beauty of Bacon Today
Mike Kirsch, aka Mr. B, loves bacon more than you do. In fact, he has a blog devoted to his passion, called Bacon Today. Just reading the damn thing will likely raise your cholesterol. Here’s his treatise on the crispiest of meats: Bacon Today was founded on the simple principal that a world of bacony […]
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Bailing Out Rum and Racetracks
The U.S. Senate is hard at work trying to push through their version of the Bailout Bill in Washington today. The 451 page bill includes some interesting tax breaks. Here’s a sample courtesy hotair.com: New Tax breaks in Bailout bill Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)6 page […]