Unless you are a model of political correctness, you are probably going to be forced to do a bit of shopping in the coming month, no? Just a heads up that over on MOD we’re cataloging events and sale announcements as they continue to constantly roll in, in hopes that it will make it easier […]
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Oregonians: Hungrier
Today marks the beginning of Blogtown’s (2nd Annual) Flash Food Drive. We’ll be collecting food for the Oregon Food Bank here at our office [605 NE 21st Ave., Suite 200] for the next six business days. Here’s why: According to a report the USDA made public on Monday, 14.6 percent of American households experienced “food […]
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Hamster Dance Roleplay
If someone asked me to describe the hotel experience of my dreams, I would probably talk about open bars, beachfront property and an elevator to the moon. If that person clarified by saying they didn’t mean my ideal hotel experience, but literally the hotel that sometimes I dream I am in, it might look like […]
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Kids These Days: Friendly Stalkers and Forbidden Meeps
I caught this ad on TV recently and was simultaneously creeped out by its content (which was the point) and impressed by its defusing of an entire world of “friendly” aggressive behavior with one handy phrase: “That’s not cool.” Meanwhile in Massachusetts, a high school principal has threatened to suspend students over “meeping“. From Salem […]
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Beaver Pees on Face: Another SFW Video
A morning news anchor gets a face full of beaver urine. I don’t know, man. This whole “water sports fetish” thing is just too kinky for me.
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Shopping Local for the Holidays Just Got Easier, with City-Supported Pop-Up Shops
A year in the making, the first two (of four) pop-up shops dedicated to showcasing the work of Portland’s designers and independent boutiques open their doors tonight. Open through December by way of donated leases in vacant retail spaces, they are part of the City’s plan to revitalize downtown along SW Yamhill and Morrison and […]
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Turkeys, Mohawks, and Money
So this is one way to raise money for charity: Bishops Barbershop is teaming up with Radio Cab this year to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need—something Radio’s been doing since 1996. The deal with Bishops is that you just make a straight-up cash donation at any of their locations ($20 = a turkey […]
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Animal Cruelty: Okay When Star Wars is Involved
Okay, so this guy dressed up his miniature pinscher as an AT-AT from Star Wars—which actually is the least cruel part of this video. The worst part is having an owner who not only enjoys humiliating you, but makes it insurmountably worse by ordering you to march around while he hums the Imperial March song. […]
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Shark Fin Trouble
There are times when the ethics of eating engage in uncomfortable frottage with my restaurant reviews. While these regrettable instance are few and far between, I occasionally find myself between what a restaurant wants to serve and what my readers want to protest. I consider it my job to eat food and foist my opinion […]
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Gore Vidal on Roman Polanski
Via The Atlantic: I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?
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At First It Was Hard To Feel Sorry For Them
Thomas and Amanda Stansel were having trouble conceiving so they opted to undergo fertility treatments. Hospitals, doctors, hormone shots, sperm injected directly into Mrs. Stansel’s uterus. And Mrs. Stansel wound up pregnant—with six fetuses. Their doctors urged them to “reduce,” or selectively abort, some of the fetuses or risk losing them all. It was hard […]
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Which Child Do You Choose?
Here’s the deal: Imagine for a moment that you can only parent one child for the rest of your life. And this child must be one of the kids in either of the following two videos. CHOOSE!! The 9-year-old Peruvian girl who performs a creepily sexual shot-by-shot remake of Britney Spears’ “Toxic”? Or this kid […]