Do you ever get into those crazy self-destructive funks? You know, the kind where you’re not actually depressed enough to put a gun barrel in your mouth, but you want to kick yourself around a little? So, whaddya do? You go out for some good old fashioned chain smoking/binge drinking. Or, you have unsafe sex […]
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You’ve Been Warned…
This week, I was lucky enough to find a couple of videos that speak to the real me. One is an incredibly catchy song about cake, featuring a singing kitten! The other is a prairie dog singing Another One Bites the Dust. I’m hoping these two videos will make your Friday afternoon go that much […]
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Eat at the Modern Toilet!
In an attempt to create a Blogtown “disturbing post” trifecta, I submit Tiawan’s infamous Modern Toilet restaurant. Marvel at the bathroom decor! Stare with gaping mouth at the toilet banquets! Be horrified by soft served ice cream shaped like a coiled turd (okay that was obvious, they just took it to the logical conclusion)! The […]
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Coming to Terms with Starbucks
The Starbucks on 20th and Division closes today. Believe it or not, I’m kind of sad about that. I’ve been buying my morning cup of joe at this particular location for about three months. I know what you’re thinking: “Why on earth would the food editor from the hippest Portland weekly be buying shitty Starbucks […]
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Off-Road Velociraptor Safari!
Off-Road Velociraptor Safari. Those are words that don’t seem like they should go together. But oh, they do! I’ll explain. Yesterday, a friend sent me a link to the trailer for a new game called Jetpack Brontosaurus. It is exactly what you probably imagine. Just in case your imagination isn’t so hot, here’s the trailer: […]
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Cakey! The Cake from Outer Space
Ask anyone around the Mercury office and they will tell you that I am absolutely kooky over cake. I’ve even tried to cajole my comrades into putting out an exclusive Mercury cake issue, complete with recipes and contests and fun facts about frosting! But no dice… They’d rather talk about oral sex and bacon. The […]
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Three Men and a Distillery
Portland’s Newest Micro-Distillery and Their Boozy Waterbed
It’s hard work running Portland’s newest micro-distillery, but at least the guys from Artisan Spirits have a comfy place to crash.
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Tales from a Media Preview, Episode 3: H50
Two weeks ago, before I was sucked into the maw of TBA, I attended a media dinner at H50, the new restaurant at Hotel Fifty. Now, it’s quite possible that if I continue to write posts chronicling my media dinner experiences, I’ll most likely be blacklisted from the roll call of every PR agent in […]
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I Never Liked the Bloodhound Gang
So you can imagine that I was probably not the best person to hop on board the “scavenger hunt” organized by the art rock duo of Brother and Sister. I put scavenger hunt in quotes because it implies that you’d be running around town collecting a list of objects. Instead, we were running around town […]
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Touring Tilburg with Khris Soden
Yes, Tilburg is a real place in Holland, and for eleven days, it was the ghostly double of Portland—if you squinted your eyes juuuust right you could barely make it out. As Khris Soden lead groups of tourists through the streets of Portland, he was actually following a route in Tilburg. The Tilburg map had […]
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Mike Daisey at T:BA
Here is a brief survey of topics in Mike Daisey’s new work, If You See Something, Say Something: Airport SecurityThe Department of Homeland SecurityThe Trinity Nuclear Test SiteApocalypseThe Rand CorporationHerman KahnThe Neutron BombPickpocketingWorld War TwoGeorge Washington’s Farewell AddressThe Worst Hamburger in the World Looking over this list, you might think this performance would be a […]
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Saw Something, Saying Something
Here is a brief survey of topics in Mike Daisey’s new work, If You See Something, Say Something: Airport SecurityThe Department of Homeland SecurityThe Trinity Nuclear Test SiteApocalypseThe Rand CorporationHerman KahnThe Neutron BombPickpocketingWorld War TwoGeorge Washington’s Farewell AddressThe Worst Hamburger in the World Looking over this list, you might think this performance would be a […]