I’ll come out and say it: Kids need to set reasonable goals for themselves—but! Sometimes they need help! Check out this list of goals written by a third grader, and supplied by I Heart Chaos. But what’s this? Looks like the third grader is drawing a blank on goal number 7! So let’s help him […]
Oh, You Kids!
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Who Wants to See a Trailer for Turkey’s Version of The O.C.?
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Nope, Nothing Creepy About Scientology’s Portland Ad Campaign
To get people to check out their new “Ideal Org”/L. Ron Hubbard’s Ghost Office, the Church of Scientology’s put some sweet new ads up around town! This one’s at SW 2nd and Oak. THERE IS NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT THEM AT ALL.
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Last Chance to Sponsor Team Mercuroke in the Charity Karaoke Marathon!
Dear Mercury friends! Tonight is the Ethos Karaoke Charity Marathon (called Ethos-a-Roke) which means TODAY is your final chance to sponsor the Mercury karaoke team (called Team Mercuroke) and help us raise money for this awesome local non-profit! If you’re unfamiliar with Ethos, they supply music instruction to local kids in the community who are […]
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Unicycling Darth Vader Struggles to Keep Portland Weird—with Flaming Bagpipes
You know… at first I was going to write, “This guy is trying too hard.” But you know what? THE REST OF US ARE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH! Keep up the good fight, Unicycling Darth Vader with flaming bagpipes!!
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Donate to Ethos! Sponsor Team Mercuroke!
FRIENDS OF THE MERCURY! As you know we give, and give, and give, and rarely if ever ask for anything in return. (Aren’t we awesome?) BUT! Today we’re asking Blogtown readers for a special, very rare favor: Sponsor Team Mercuroke in the Ethos Karaoke Marathon! Ethos—of course—is the absolutely terrific local non-profit that provides music […]
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When I Was Your Age, I Played Bloody Knuckles
I’m almost 30 so I’ve started to use phrases like “Kids these days.” But I don’t idealize my childhood like some people; I think Kids These Days are awesome. Sure, they might inadvertently spend $10k while playing Candy Crush on your iPad, but that doesn’t make them spoiled. It makes them healthy, modern children. In […]
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Fifth Harmony Are Coming to Clackamas Town Center
Fifth Harmony are five contestants from The X Factor, joined together into a mighty Voltron of Girl Power, and apparently they are taking the world… by storm? Can things still do that? Well, at any rate, they’re taking over the mall-pop section of world, if not by storm, then by hashtags and Instagrams and Tumblrs […]
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Protect Yourself!
Finally an award-winning advertisement for the rest of us. I kinda wish it featured women too…
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Breaking Bad: The Middle School Musical is the Best Thing Ever Created EVER
Rhett & Link—the geniuses behind tons of viral videos—have topped themselves and everyone on the planet by making this gem titled, Breaking Bad: The Middle School Musical. If you’ve ever wanted to watch kids sing and act their way through Breaking Bad seasons 1-5, then your dream has finally come true because this… is… so… […]
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Happy Birthday, The O.C.!
Ten years ago tonight, the FOX network debuted a teen nighttime soap called The O.C.—and the world irrefutably changed forever. Here’s a great montage of early season one clips set to The O.C.‘s theme by Phantom Planet: AND here’s my list of the top ten greatest characters from The O.C. in ascending order of greatness: […]
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Shut Up, You Stupid Baby Nerd: A Blogtown Poll
The internet was thrilled last week by the victory of adorable 7th grader Skyler Hornback—the all-time winner on Jeopardy‘s “KId’s Week.” HOWEVER! The internet was less thrilled by Jeopardy‘s treatment of kid contender Thomas Hurley III, who, because of poor spelling, had victory snatched from his grasp. Here are the deets: As the final buzzer […]