From an editorial penned by Marty Davis in the current issue of Just Out: “How many times do we have to go down this road?” read the email from a clearly frustrated and annoyed Karl Wilgus, owner of the Portland gay bar Casey’s. Wilgus was writing in response to additional questions presented to him by […]
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Oh. So This is What Portland’s Like
BREAKING NEWS!! NPR Visits Portland; Finds Food Carts, Unemployment, Young White People.
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Grammy Meltdowns
As Fnarf points out, normal Americans (plus Rosie O’Donnell and Tawny Kitaen) are wigging out over the Arcade Fire’s “Album of the Year” win. (Sample comment: “I seriously just heard of them….Anyone who wins album of the year should be known by EVERYONE!” Um, okay. Did people wig out this hard when Herbie Hancock won […]
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Scientology: It’s About More Than Alleged Physical Assault and Alleged Child Labor™
Seeking to counter the the New Yorker‘s amazing, million-mile-long incrimination of the organization, the Church of Scientology has started running this two-minute commercial during The Today Show. Even when they’re trying really hard to not look crazy, they look crazy. Enjoy! Thanks for the heads-up, Jezebel.
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Loyal Dittohead From the Hoosier State? Or Just a Paid Actor?
A confession: On occasion, at times in my life when I was forced to endure long, spirit-wrecking commutes, I would frequently flip over to conservative talk radio programs—if only to spit and rage and steam at something other than the sad sardine cans inching down the road alongside me. But when I wasn’t shouting at […]
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“That’s Randy Leonard’s Crack House Right There”
This crack den cost only $150,000! The Portland Tribune unveiled a slightly (or, rather, very) heavy-handed story today about a crack epidemic in Old Town. A lot of it was derived from a predawn tour of the rough-and-tumble neighborhood led by Officer Daryl Turner, the Portland Police Association president. Early on in the piece, Turner […]
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The Briny Kiss of Death
Recently I’ve been confronted by a wave of “health reports” decrying America’s dangerously excessive salt intake. (Long story short: Salt’s already in everything and then we add it to everything and our HEARTS EXPLODE.) These reports were often linked to other health reports supplying tips for how to reduce one’s salt intake. I enjoy not […]
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Because Teabagger Monthly Was Already Taken
Wonkette points out that teabaggers are about to singlehandedly save America and publishing at the same time by putting out a new magazine, Tea Party Review. (Note to those visiting the TPR site: “Please be advised that Explore (sic) is not showing our webpage (sic) correctly. Use Firefox, Safari or Googlechrome (sic).” So there.) The […]
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“I have a tie. You don’t have a tie.”
Did you watch Bill O’Reilly’s petulant pre-Superbowl interview with President Obama? O’Reilly comes across looking like a total fucking dick: I didn’t realize it was possible to be a creampuff interviewer and a douchebag at the exact same time. It’s like if you crossed Barbara Walters with a hungry rat terrier.
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The Littlest Darth Vader
Once again, the ad world proves that the best ads are the ones that don’t directly address the product at all. This one is pretty frickin’ cute. It doesn’t hurt that the dad is kind of a hottie.
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Short Review of The Daily
I spent some time with The Daily last night, and here’s my review: It sucks. The idea of it doesn’t suck, but the execution sucks sucks sucks. The more I use it, the more it sucks. The interface is just laggy enough to drive you a little nuts. One of the big strengths of iOS […]
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The Existence of Bill O’Reilly Proves There is No God
In one of his low rent “backstage conversations,” Bill O’Reilly tries to outwit the Atheists with one simple question: “If there is no God, then how did the moon get there, PINHEADS?” (Yes, he actually ends the question with “pinheads.”) His logic: If Mars doesn’t have a moon, then why do we have a moon? […]