Kalah Allen While 2017 may have sucked for many, it inspired the people who submit to the I, Anonymous Blog to really kick it up a notch! Here’s one from October 2017, in which the anonymous writer confesses to some very naughty behavior—possibly with your socks? We both work as servers in a restaurant. I […]
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Today on Craigslist: Anybody Need Any Haunted Nightmare Bones?
Haunted bones, free to good home. Courtesy Craigslist From the keen eyes over at Portland Reddit comes this very bizarre Craigslist ad for “Free Haunted (nightmare inducing) Bones from Alcatraz.” Here’s the description: My roommate scavenged these miscellaneous (animal?) bones from her recent trip to Alcatraz Island and brought them back to me as a […]
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Lars Larson and His Listeners are TERRIFIED of Pacific Northwest!
patty_c / Getty Images We already know that the GOP and its followers thrive on one emotion: TERROR! They are absolutely TERRIFIED of the following (in no particular order): women, equal pay, health care, Black people, Brown people, some Asian people, LGBTQ people, Atheists, immigrants, Russia investigations, sexual assault investigations, protesters, and especially SCIENCE. (Science? […]
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The Tell Tale Tooth: Chitter Chatter… What’s the Matter?
[Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like to call… THE TELL TALE TOOTH. […]
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The Tell Tale Tooth: The Doctor Will See You Now
[Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like to call… THE TELL TALE TOOTH. […]
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Reader Poll: Pick the Mercury‘s New Mascot!
As you know, the Mercury has had several failed mascots in our 16 years as a journalistic enterprise (most notably “Constance, the Mercury Ear of Corn”). However, as I previously reported, the historic and beloved Helen’s Pacific Costumers is closing its doors after 127 years (!!!) of doing business, and is currently selling ALL of […]
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The Tell Tale Tooth: Scared Straight
CREDIT:CSA IMAGES/PRINTSTOCK COLLECTION / GETTY IMAGES [Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like […]
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The Tell Tale Tooth: The Missing Mouth Jewel
[Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like to call… THE TELL TALE TOOTH. […]
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The Tell Tale Tooth: By the Skin of My Teeth
[Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like to call… THE TELL TALE TOOTH. […]
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The Tell-Tale Tooth: Dr. Nick: Mini-Mall Dentist
T. ROWLANDSON [Editor’s Note: Halloween is a time for horrors… but the most horrifying experiences are often those that occur in every day life. Like for example, the horror of dentistry. Get ready to shake in terror upon reading this true life tale of dental-related horror in an anthology we like to call… THE TELL […]
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Okay, But How Are You Supposed to Clean the Ash Off Your Car?
It feels like we are living inside Dante’s Peak. Getty / DutchScenery Is your car covered in ash in the wake of the fire in the Gorge? Same here. And while certainly the least of our worries right now, it’s still a problem—like taxes and bill upkeep—that we’re going to have to deal with eventually. […]
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A Portland Woman Says She Saw Teens Start the Gorge Wildfire. This is Her Story.
It’s entirely possible one Portland woman saw the exact moment the Eagle Creek Fire began. Liz FitzGerald reached out to several media organizations on Monday, saying she’d seen a group of teenagers light a firework and toss if off the Eagle Creek Trail on Saturday afternoon. A short while later, she saw the area filled […]