While I’d love to talk more about the fine Korean taco options we have available in the Portland Metro area, I’m instead going to post this picture: And this quote: You know what? I’d be more frightened of what’s in that Taco Bell monstrosity than what I get handed to me through a taco truck […]
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Today in Mercy Killing: The Last Moments of a Clothes Dryer
Super hat tips to Blogtown Tipper humanclock who sent in this video of clearly dying clothes dryer that needs to be put out of its misery. Happily around the :50 mark, the owners do exactly that, and the dryer perishes in A WILDLY DRAMATIC FASHION. Dudes, I’m totally going out like this. Got a hot […]
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War is Over? Operation Iraqi Freedom Draws to Close
It began in March 2003—with “shock ‘n’ awe,” an unmistakable display of overwhelming force. Now, more than seven years later, the end comes almost with a whisper, the last combat forces somberly crossing the border with Kuwait early Thursday morning local time. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The […]
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Hey Look, Everyone I Know, the New York Times Wrote an Article about You!
And amaaaaazingly, they titled it “What Is it About 20-Somethings?“ I just need one more minute to appreciate that headline… Okay! Moving on. We’re in the thick of what one sociologist calls “the changing timetable for adulthood.” Sociologists traditionally define the “transition to adulthood” as marked by five milestones: completing school, leaving home, becoming financially […]
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Every Problem Has a Solution; In this Case, Sharp Steel Spikes
The Portland Business Alliance is always looking for new, creative ways of hustling the homeless out of the downtown business district—so maybe they should steal the following idea from the Chinese, who in turn, stole it from a German artist.In at least one Chinese province, you have to pay to sit on park benches, which […]
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Faux Celebrity Tila Tequila Assaulted by Faux Clowns
In a real bullshit move, and also one that will not do wonders for their rep, the Juggalos attacked internet celeb Tila Tequila with rocks, bottles and feces at their annual Gathering. Says Tequila to TMZ via Daily Swarm: “I went onstage and immediately, before I even got on stage, DUDES were throwing HUGE STONE […]
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Nerd Alert! Nerd Alert! Nerd Alert! Tax Chart!
Shaking off that Friday morning hangover? OK. This won’t help. But be sure to show this to your unreformed relatives out in the suburbs come November. More about it. WASHINGTON POST
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“Kenneth Watson Had Maggot Growing Inside His Eyeball”
These are the only stories the Mercury will be covering from now on—AND YES—we will have dramatic CG representations of a maggot eating an eyeball. YOU’RE WELCOME. via
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Shark Week: Sharks Icing Bros
It’s still National Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, people! What did you get me? Well, I got you this clip from Shark Attack Survival, which is about sharks, attacks, and surviving shark attacks. So what did I learn from this seminar?1) To survive a shark attack, first be a douchebag who calls other guys […]
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Sharks: Don’t Try to Slip One a Pot Brownie—He’ll Only Spit it Out
Happy National Shark Week everybody! And while I tend to pooh-pooh shark week in this week’s TV column (after all, Shark Week’s been going for almost 30 years, and yet there hasn’t been a single “Crocs on Meth Week”), last night’s episode of Ultimate Air Jaws—basically an hour of sharks leaping out of the water […]
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Kid Cudi Punch Party!
Does listening to Kid Cudi make you feel like taking a swing at him? Me too. Still, I probably wouldn’t climb up onstage and actually do it. But for one fan at Cudi’s hometown show in Cleveland, the urge proved too impossible to resist: And watch Kid Cudi fight back! This isn’t the first time […]
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Why it’s Probably Not a Good Idea to Masturbate
Because, obviously, this might happen. Courtesy of Meneo.