Tipping is once again in the news (as well it should be)—but this I, Anonymous Blog writer wants to remind you of another group of employees who deserve tips as well…. Please, tip your porn clerks. Yup, we deserve it just as much as your waiters. In fact, we deserve it ten times more than […]
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The Puppets (and Heartrending Poignance) of Anomalisa
ANOMALISA Yep. Puppets are still creepy, no matter what. In his screenplays for Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Adaptation, Charlie Kaufman demonstrated two things: that he’s fond of exploring themes of identity, memory, romantic love, and self-loathing; and that his own un-spotless mind is a fevered, neurotic wonderland. Kaufman’s latest, […]
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Just the Tip
Now we understand that it’s not customary to tip your average retail employees, but… please, tip your porn clerks. Yup, we deserve it just as much as your waiters. In fact, we deserve it ten times more than those guys. Why? Because they don’t hear about every awkward, personal and sometimes concerning aspects of your […]
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Constitutional Glory and American Freedom
Well, I’m gonna do it. I didn’t win the lottery so I decided to follow my inkling and head yonder to southern Oregon in support of the good folk down there. I’ve been reading and watching the news and it all just seems as plain as day to me now. This country hasn’t really been […]
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I’d Kick ‘Em Right in the Eye!
If memory serves, we met each other about 16 years ago. At such an unexpected venue; two non-religious teens meeting each other at a Hyper-Christian youth group. We hung out for a couple years and then, as life goes when one is young, we wandered our separate ways. I’ve realized recently that the memories of […]
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This Week’s Style Event: Varsha Pop-Up at Mabel & Zora
January is typically a dead time in the fashion retail and event world, as everyone is still recovering from the overbearing craziness of the holiday season. However, things are starting to pick back up with a vengeance, and here is one event that will get you back on the fashion band wagon. This Friday and […]
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Should Drivers Who Use Studded Tires Be Taxed? Commissioner Novick Thinks So.
ON JANUARY 6, Commissioner Steve Novick had just heard a glowing recommendation for one new source of money for Portland streets when he let fly with another idea. The 10-cent gas tax Novick wants to put before voters in May, cheered on by the City Club of Portland at the meeting, would be a small […]
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Rhea Butcher Talks Streaming Comedy and Beautiful Suits
Between Take My Wife—her first TV series on the NBC streaming channel Seeso—a web series on Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls network, and appearances at SF Sketchfest, 2016 is shaping up to be an enormous year for comedian Rhea Butcher. As one of a growing number of stand-ups signed to Portland’s Kill Rock Stars label, Butcher […]
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Watching Charlie Kaufman Movies Stoned, Part III: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hey, can I use your cell phone? In preparation for this weekend’s release of Charlie Kaufman’s latest movie, Anomalisa, I’ve been rewatching ALL THE FILMS (six films) written and directed by the critically acclaimed, eccentric screenwriter (and sometimes director). I saw most them in the theater as they came out, and felt okay about them—but […]
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The Three Biggest Patriots Watching That Terrible Donald Trump Dance
PSA: There are exactly three people worth watching in the refreshingly cringeworthy video of Donald Trump’s theme song that’s been making the rounds this afternoon. Ignore the horror show up front. The USA Freedom Kids are cheap hucksters. The real money’s in the audience. •First, the stoic gentlemean in the Trump shirt directly behind the […]
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Alan Rickman is Dead and My Inner 12-Year-Old is Devastated
Via Tumblr ALAN RICKMAN: At left, an actor who was so much more than Severus Snape. After the news of Alan Rickman’s death at age 69 broke this morning, it seems like every outlet on the internet is taking a “SEVERUS SNAPE HAS DIED” angle. This is short-sighted and adds sadness to an already sad […]
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The Lives and Deaths of David Bowie
Jimmy King Since David Bowie’s death, his lyrics have taken on an eerie second life. I don’t just mean the lyrics specifically from Blackstar, the exquisite, gutting farewell album that came out on his 69th birthday, two days before he died. Bowie’s entire catalog is littered with prescient lyrics about passing on from the material […]