Are you freaking FURIOUS that you didn’t win yesterday’s HUMP! ticket giveaway? HERE’S ANOTHER CHANCE! Email me before 5 PM TODAY (not accepting any after that time) with “Hump Me Some Hump Tickets, Humpy!” in the subject line and the lucky winner chosen at random will receive two passes to any of the following four […]
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Win Tickets to HUMP!
In case you didn’t realize, THIS WEEKEND is the HUMP! amateur porn fest at Cinema 21, hosted by Dan Savage (Oct 23 & 24)! One show out of four is already sold out, and the others are selling fast, so chop-chop over to our HUMP Ticket Site and get yours pronto! OR… if you really like […]
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Wash Your Filthy, Diseased Hands… the Sexy Way!
Apparently yesterday was “Global Handwashing Day.” I KNOW, RIGHT? I totally would’ve remembered to wash my hands if it weren’t for that damn balloon boy. Anyway, I suppose it’s never too late to begin washing one’s hands… that is if I could remember how to do it. Luckily, here’s a great video that turns the […]
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Good Morning, (Crashes Allegedly Caused by Oral Sex in Australia) News!
See, if you lived in Australia this morning, you’d be reading stories like the following. Police claim the reason a Humpty-Doo man crashed his truck into a concrete drain was because his passenger Allyson White was administering oral sex at the time. However, as you can see in the awesome quotes provided below by Australia’s […]
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Hump Up the Jam
Can you feel it? Portland’s got a serious case of blue balls. All this delayed gratification is HOTT, but I’m ready to Hump already. Thank goodness in less than two weeks some of the Rose City’s sexiest sexies will be stripping down and getting Biblical on Cinema 21‘s silver screen. That’s right! If you just […]
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More HUMP, Less Drunk
If you’re old enough to go to war, you’re old enough to watch amateur porn. While sober. You and your prom date are welcome at HUMP This just in: BONUS 18+ age screening of HUMP!, the finest and most handsomely endowed pornographic short film festival in the region! October 23rd, 7pm!!! This in addition to […]
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Are You a Pervert? There’s an App for That!
In case you’ve been looking for an iPhone app that allows you to cause the skirts of cute Japanese girls to fly up in the air… well, you’re in luck. Because now (sigh) there’s an app for that. So when are they gonna create an app that makes a phone scream, “CALL THE POLICE! I’M […]
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HUMP! or The Intellectual Life of a Mercury Intern
I was excited to become an intern here at the Mercury. I knew the experience would offer me the intellectual stimulation I craved but did not necessarily receive at my service industry job. I would put my writing skills and artistic inclinations to use, making my own small contribution to the honorable work of newspapermen […]
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What She Said
Maureen Dowd: In an ideal world, bosses would refrain from sleeping with subordinates, so as not to cause jealousy and tension in the office. But we’re not in an ideal world. Otherwise, we’d already have health care for everyone and Glenn Beck wouldn’t have any influence over the White House. After David Letterman acknowledged that […]
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Hump: An Edifying Experience, with Twats
The Hump! amateur porn fest hosted by Dan Savage, on its fifth year in Seattle, is making its Portland debut (with plenty of Portland submissions) at Cinema 21 on Oct 23 & 24—get your tickets here—and if you’re wondering what to expect, you may want to check out this video essay by Tommy Yacoe on […]
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Humptown
Psst! Hey, you. No, not you, your friend. You at the end of the bar, what’s your name? Portland? What do your friends call you? Stumptown? Hehehehe. Oh nothing… nothing…Look Stump, I know we just met, but I feel like I can trust you. You have a very honest face, you know. Ok here goes: […]
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HUMP! Hump NOW!
So the Hump amateur porn film festival, hosted by Dan Savage, has been going down in Seattle for the past four years. This year the Merc‘s big sister The Stranger asked Portland to come play—we got a ton of great submissions from Portlanders (if we hadn’t I would never allow anyone to refer to this […]