THE X-FILES “Check it, Scully! Using my flashlight, I found the bathroom!” Home again, home again, jiggity-jig. Last night the fourth episode of the X-Files revival aired, and—just like in in past weeks—I’ve got some thoughts. Spoilers, obviously. • HMMMM. So an episode featuring harassed homeless people that features not only an evil, money-hungry real […]
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Celebrate National Pizza Day, Every Day
Apparently, it’s national pizza day. In honor of another holiday that no one knows about until that one friend tweets out the hashtag #natioalwhateverday, here’s some pizza content the Mercury published in 2015, which is a lot. **NOTE: It’s also national bagel day, but we didn’t have all that much bagel content in 2015. Sorry […]
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The Bachelor Recap: Episode 6 – Pigs to the Slaughter
Courtesy of @bachelorABC Then where are your juggling pins and motley? The Portland Trailblazers just won an intense 112-106 game against the Memphis Grizzlies in overtime. My heart is pounding. I’m filled with joy, and excitement. And now I have to watch The Bachelor. This is like when you get so high that you forgot […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: She Knows She’s Bi Now—But Does Anyone Else Need To Know?
I’m a 30 something, married female. I had figured I was bi since high school, but had never had the opportunity to really put theory into practice. Well, about 6 months ago I met a married woman and, with the consent of both of our husbands, we hooked up. I went into it with the […]
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Comedy Bang! Bang! Coming to Portland
One of the most reliably funny podcasts out there, Comedy Bang! Bang!, is coming to Portland this March—so scream “Hallelujah!” If you’re unfamiliar with the podcast (or it’s TV version on IFC), Comedy Bang! Bang! is a weekly show hosted by Scott Aukerman who welcomes some of the best names in comedy (most recently Zach […]
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Portland’s Now Expecting A $20 Million Surplus Next Year
Jeff Sheridan As everyone expected, the city’s budget outlook is getting better. Portland’s City Budget Office is revising its estimates for the upcoming budget year to include a general fund surplus of more than $20 million, up from a forecast $11.1 million last year. That money is largely a one-time thing, the office says, but […]
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Good Morning, News: Cart Pod Apocalypse Rumors, Legalized Portland Camping, and Cliven Bundy’s Coming!
The Goodman’s were smart to buy up the parking lots! High rises to come to the proposed “Ankeny Blocks.” The… https://t.co/gpYNVLWG9O— René Gillette Popnoe (@P_P_Properties) February 9, 2016 Downtown employees wept limply over the weekend, after the site Food Carts Portland put two and two together, and realized the surface parking lots the Oregonian had […]
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Homeless Portlanders Will Be Allowed to Camp on City Land Under Proposals Being Unveiled Monday Afternoon
Dirk VanderHart A prototype of informational cards the city will hand out to help homeless Portlanders navigate new policy. This afternoon, Mayor Charlie Hales’ office will reveal a set of policies that upend Portland’s past strategies for dealing with homelessness. In a City Council work session at 3 pm, Hales plans to lay out an […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—A new Coen brothers movie is better than Christmas. A new Coen brothers movie is better than your wedding. A new Coen brothers movie is better than that one time your parents weren’t ashamed of you. This new Coen brothers movie is Hail, Caesar!, and it stars everyone you like (Channing Tatum! George Clooney! Scarlett […]
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Remembering Jimmy Boyer, Legend of Tomorrow
Greg Homolka I moved to Portland on New Year’s Eve 1988, so maybe that means I have a decent claim in knowing some of what is referred to as “old Portland.” Some of these things are near legendary, even to those who hear about them secondhand… such as Satyricon with its smack-copping-friendly bathrooms, or a […]
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Veterans Not Interested in Serving as Trump Props
Donald Trump’s face looks like the belly of a labrador retriever after it just got out of a lake. a katz / Shutterstock.com They’re willing to fight in a war zone, but there are limits to what soldiers are willing to put themselves through. Appearing onstage next to Donald Trump was just too much for […]
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The Lady in the Van and Maggie Smith’s Arse Biscuits
THE LADY IN THE VAN “You obviously give no fucks, m’lady, but I’m not sure that’s actually a van.” There is a longstanding notion that a playwright should exhibit some degree of eccentricity. Alan Bennett (played here by Alex Jennings) does so by allowing a cantankerous homeless woman to live in a van parked in […]