The videos are rolling in… What it’s all about here, more videos at the “It Gets Better” YouTube channel here, and lots more videos to come.
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Posted inHomo
Give ‘Em Hope: It Gets Better
Do you know about the It Gets Better Project? Dan launched it in Savage Love this week following the tragic suicide of Billy Lucas who was the victim of homophobic bullying. This project helps me remember that YouTube can connect all sorts of people (with something besides epic-FAIL and/or Bieber-Fever jokes). Read Dan’s New York […]
Posted inMedia
Good Morning from Moses, the Sinkhole Camel
Usually, the area surrounding our NE Portland office is pretty dull, no offense to the beloved Club 21. But this morning I exited my car to see across the street in the KATU parking lot, MOSES THE FAMOUS OREGON CITY SINKHOLE CAMEL! He was so excited to see me that he peed! And he was […]
Posted inCrime
Portland Police: Hey, Kids, Cool It Now!
After an alarming rise in gang violence this summer—culminating in a stretch that saw nearly two dozen shootings last month—the Portland Police Bureau has announced a “Cool Down Mission” this holiday weekend in hopes of forestalling a new round of trouble. The shootings began to subside after police flooded hot spots with extra officers and […]
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Chinese Women: Still Leading the World in Animal and Robot Mimicry
Meet Miss China, a candidate for the Miss Universe pageant, whose talents include dating advice, gift giving, and wildly adorable impersonations of cows, rocket launches, and… robots?
Posted inCats
Kitty Plays Nintendo’s Duck Hunt
You’re welcome. That dog is totally laughing at you kitteh! Are you going to take that? via Nerd Bastards
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Happy (Early) Birthday, Ray Bradbury!
Ray Bradbury is a very prolific author. He turns 90 on Sunday. That’s so old! But really I just want to make sure you all see this: HOW FUCKING ADORABLE IS THAT! It is such a great cultural moment to be a nerd. And no I don’t want to talk about how that statement is […]
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Seen on the Mercury Boy Date: Nerdlings
Every year, we auction off dates with Mercury boys and Mercury girls for our annual charity auction. The Mercury boys are on their date right now—we’re turning the office into a menstrual hut in their absence—and all of this is to explain why they’re currently at Sellwood Park, where Film Editor Erik Henriksen took this […]
Posted inComedy
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis RETURNS!
…and this time Steve Carell is on board, and he’s not about to put up with any of Zach’s horseshit! Prepare for a juggernaut of hilarious fat and big nose jokes!
Posted inMovies & TV
Rom-Coms Ruining Romance? No: You Are Your Damn Self
A new study out in Australia indicates that watching romantic comedies has a destructive effect on real-life relationships. Nearly half of the thousand polled were whiners looking for something to blame, claiming that such films “have ruined their view of an ideal relationship,” and hold them accountable for being “expected to know what their partner […]
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Today in “I’m Not Paying for Those Ruined Wedding Pictures, A-Hole!”
Hey wedding photographer! NEWS FLASH: This is not YOUR special day, it’s THEIR special day, so can you stop pulling focus by being such a clumsy fuck? (Oh, and by the way, the happy couple will NOT be paying for those photos, and you WILL be getting a bill for splashing her gown!) Hat tips […]
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The Wife You Wish You Had
Hey guys. Here’s the wife you wish you had… playing Rock Band… naked. (Too bad about the kids, though). Only so slightly NSFW-ish!