There’s a great little unsigned editorial in today’s Oregonian replicated on the newspaper’s blog with Bob Caldwell’s byline, that you might have an opinion about. It’s focused, using the somewhat desperate example of Wayne’s World, on “Generation Y-Bother Getting My Own Place.” But rather than focusing on what Caldwell describes as a “striking new social […]
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Portland Comic Book Writer Kicks Ass, Takes Names on Zuda Comics.
Slowly but surely, comic book publishers are starting to acknowledge that people like reading comics on computers: Dark Horse has Dark Horse Presents, Marvel has Marvel Unlimited, and DC Comics has Zuda Comics–a showcase/contest of sorts, in which 10 comics are featured each month. Those 10 stories are voted on by the public, with the […]
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Backfence PDX Returns
Portland’s unrehearsed storytelling social returns next Wednesday, August 13th, with folks such as Adam Arnold and, hell, ME, telling 6-minute yarns on the theme of “true colors.” June’s “summer love” edition was well worth the trip up to Alberta, and this time, it’s being held at Urban Grind on NE 20th and Oregon. Right around […]
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Whatever Happened to Renaming 42nd Avenue?
Remember late last year, when a group of folks wanted to rename a street in Portland for one of their heroes? No, I’m not talking about the Cesar Chavez effort. I’m talking about the move to rename 42nd Avenue for Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In early January, Aaron Duran of […]
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What Does Sam Adams Think About Peterson’s?
Sam Adams has the power to save Peterson’s convenience store, but he’s not going to do it. Commissioner Dan Saltzman, as you may be aware, is trying to save Peterson’s convenience store from eviction. But it appears he’s getting the cold shoulder from our “business friendly” mayor-elect, Sam Adams. Commissioner Saltzman is understood to be […]
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Bikes Vs. Cars: Video Edition
Thanks to Geno for sending me this Youtube of a code-modified Grand Theft Auto, which he appropriately describes as “so Portland right now.” Our esteemed editor, Wm. Steven Humphrey, even witnessed a near fatal collision between a biker and a tow truck this very morning. He was feet from death, personally, or so I understand.
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Blog Off!
Call me a geek, but I’m really very excited about this: August 18-22, the Portland Water Bureau and the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross are having a BLOG OFF to see which is the best! See, the Water Blog gets all kinds of attention for being an innovative way to communicate with […]
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Port-a-Potty Decoration Squad Strikes Again
On St. Patrick’s Day this year, Water Bureau inspectors arrived for work at a Mt. Tabor reservoir construction project and discovered that overnight the site’s port-o-potty had been transformed into a sparkling leprechaun home! “The residents affected by this project have experienced inconveniences to their lives due to the noise and depth of this project,” […]
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Today In PDX
From homeless advocate Barry Joe Stull…this was taken at the entrance to the downtown chapel at NW 6th and Burnside. “I just couldn’t resist sending you (all) this photo taken at the best place to puke on a WW for over twenty years,” he writes. Email your pics to: todayinpdx@portlandmercury.com. Or, stick ’em in our […]
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Greg Higgins: Extended Interview
For this week’s Mercury, I spoke to Greg Higgins, hoping to learn about his role in the Portland food scene of 1988. What I got was an amazing history lesson. I’m sure there are many more people with a perspective on the birth of Portland’s foodie culture, but Higgins is a great place to start. […]
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Bond Spotting!
Shawn Levy at the Oregonian is reporting that Daniel Craig is in Portland: Why is Daniel Craig in Portland? I heard he was at Higgins on Saturday night and AGAIN for lunch today. Anyone? I have no idea, Shawn, but perhaps our kind readers could be on the lookout with their cellphone cameras at the […]