Inside your soul… deep inside your soul… there resides a man. This man contains all the evil in the world. He waits. He patiently waits, debating on when the perfect moment will arrive so he can finally open his mouth and unleash the horror of one thousand hells unto an unsuspecting world. The moment in […]
Horrors
Posted inThe Twitter
Charlie Sheen on the Disaster in Japan (Oh, No…)
Don’t forget! Today is also National Unfollow Charlie Sheen on Twitter Day! UPDATE: Oh, and too soon, 50 Cent! Too… soon. (Better yet, how about never?)
Posted inNews
Tsunami Propagation Animation
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Tsunami Research, an animation of what’s happened, what’s still happening, and what will happen soon in the Pacific: ALSO: Proof that NOAA’s not kidding: One dead, three swept out to sea in Crescent City, CA.
Posted inNews
Earthquake Video Roundup
Here are just a few of the horrifying, confusing videos coming in from Japan following (and during) the earthquake. View from inside a Japanese grocery store. View during the earthquake from inside an apartment in Miyagi, Japan (AUDIO NSFW, and who can blame him?). Raw footage of Japanese residents AFTER the earthquake listening to a […]
Posted inNews
Japan Declares Nuclear Emergency
The devastating earthquake in Japan seems to have damaged a nuclear facility in the Fukushima Prefecture, leading authorities to evacuate 6,000 nearby residents during the night. However, the good news is there doesn’t seem to be any radiation leakage. From NYT: An analyst with the World Nuclear Association, a major international nuclear power group, told […]
Posted inNews
Tsunami Footage from Northern Japan… and HOLY SHIT.
For those like me who just rolled out of bed, we missed the news of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan which set off a devastating tsunami in the northern part of the country. There was an alert that the Oregon coast might get some tsunami blowback—but it appears that will result in just some […]
Posted inArtsy
Put a Weird on It: Soap
So I just got home from the Freddy’s on Hawthorne at SE 39th Ave. I bought a fifty pack of envelopes, ten mini bungee cords, a bottle of wine, and dishwasher soap. (Sidenote: who’s the MacGyver who can make a bong outta that stuff? I know you’re out there.) Anyway. I’m unpacking my horn of […]
Posted inFashion
Getting Married? Don’t Buy Her This Ring.
It’s funny right now, sure… until later when she decides to use it on you. Buy it here, hat tips to here.
Posted inHorrors
An Interview With the Poop-Seat Bus Driver!
Thanks to a tip from Blogtown’s own Al M, we now have the bus driver’s side of the feces-smearing saga that’s horrified so many of you for the past couple of days. Couple of highlights: They wanted him to spray the seat with some Lysol and drive the bus back to the garage. He politely […]
Posted inHorrors
Let’s Play “Find the Mistake” in this Week’s Mercury!
Did you win?? Sigh. Here’s what got left out: Graeme McMillan explains why Portland will be a nerd-free zone this weekend: Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con. Plus, my tepid review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (Nutshell: It’s… fine.) And a handful of arts picks after the jump, including a Bunk Bar edition of […]
Posted inPoll
Model Gets Tit Snake Bit
WARNING: In the following clip a model trying to act all sexy with a snake (can we put a moratorium on that, btw?) gets the shit bitten out of her tit. Now, that alone will make you wince—but there’s so much more going on here. There’s the guy who screams something immediately following the incident […]
Posted inGossip
Warlocks vs. Charlie Sheen… On Whom Doth Thou Wager?!?
As you undoubtedly recall, one of Charlie Sheen’s more memorable rants of late involved the term “warlocks.” Here’s what he had to say on the subject: We work for the Pope, we murder people. We’re Vatican assassins. How complicated can it be? What they’re not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails […]