Have you ever wanted to lead a group of zombie attack survivors through the wilds of Laurelhurst Park? Too damn bad. The Last Guy doesn’t do Portland, Oregon (yet). What it does do though, is give PlayStation 3 owners a chance to lead people to safety among hordes of zombies, insects and monsters on a […]
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Project Runway Wrap Up!
Last night’s episode of Project Runway was a huge step up for home girl Leanne Marshall, who last week found herself in the bottom two after creating a garment that the judges felt “had too many ideas.” (No thanks to her model, by the way, who totally turned on her during the judging. Check out […]
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Single Life Is Not this Depressing
The Garcia Girls‘ Wasted Summer
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer sucks all the fun out of summer love.
Posted inMusic
The Penny Jam Takes Laura Gibson to the Museum
The one thing I know about fans of Laura Gibson is that they love Chinese Dinosaur bones. Sort of like how Jimmy Buffet fans like Hawaiian shirts and spending my inheritance on overpriced margaritas and cheap weed (Mom, this means you). Anyway, Gibson followers are now in luck since the awesome crew at The Penny […]
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The New Trailer!
YES, I KNOW. 80 percent of you couldn’t give two poops about the new Harry Potter trailer. However, I’m posting this for the uber-nerds in the office… not you. ON THE OTHER HAND! This trailer does have two curious things of note that might be of passing interest to the casual observer: 1) Gay Dumbledore […]
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Make Me A Supermodel Season Two Tryouts
Man, remember when Bravo just showed old classics? Me neither! Returning to the present, Make Me A Supermodel is holding auditions around the country for its second season, and they’re coming to Portland this Sunday. Remember the first season? Me neither! Here’s an introduction: So, as far as I can tell, based on that clip, […]
Posted inMisc.
Biology Lesson: Tapirs
Mercury intern Sahar is wearing a shirt today that, amongst other things, includes a picture of a tapir.Tapir drawing by Robert A. Wilson; taken from tapirback.com “What the heck is that?” we cried. “Is it an anteater? Is it a dinosaur?” “No,” she replied. “It’s a tapir. It’s a sort of horse/elephant/pig thing.” “Wow!” we […]
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Good Morning, News!
Bush to American public: “The reason you have high gas prices is because Congress won’t let me destroy the environment! BLAME THEM!” The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt for ignoring a subpoena. Funny… I’ve held him in contempt for years. Ba-dum-DUM! Chssst! Southern California is shaken by a 5.4 […]
Posted inBikes
NYC Cop vs. Bicyclist… Who Ya Got?!
Looks like Portland isn’t the only city in the midst of a perceived “bike vs. everybody else” war. Check out this video of a Critical Mass ride in NYC on July 25 that gets ugly when a cop bodychecks a bicyclist. Cue righteous indignation… NOW. Tip o’ the helmet to Linkognito!
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Guinea Pig Tuesdays!
That’s right! This story is tagged “Food” and “Guinea Pig Tuesdays!” because… well, it’s BOTH. Check out this cheeky Brit report about Peruvian people who dress up their guinea pigs in adorable outfits — and then turn them into tempura. I’m not joking. Tempura guinea pigs.
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Portland TV
Damn it’s been a heavily televised couple of weeks around here, between this, this, and now this:
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Thou Shalt Not Ride a Motorcycle in Church
God puts up with a lot of shit. However, He really doesn’t put up with youth pastors trying to impress the kids by riding a motorcycle in church. (You can almost feel His mighty hand throwing that bike into the wall!)