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Confidential to Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
ATTENTION, BLOGTOWN READERS: If your name is not Wm.™ Steven Humphrey, you don't need to read this blog post. Hey Steve! How's it cookin'? Remember 2008? When your discovery of Yelle provoked you to...
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Woonwinkle
More exciting news for retail in the West End section of downtown: Woonwinkle! I love the word, which means "home store" in Dutch, and is the name of a design-oriented store a la Canoe that's set to...
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It's Happening Tonight!
FOOT BLISTERS—It starts at Mount Hood and it stops 197 miles later, on the beach. It's Hood to Coast, and it's the world's largest relay race. Tonight's the official premiere of an eponymous...
View ArticleAin't Nuthin' But a Glee Thang
Everybody who hates Glee, shut your eyes and ears! Here's what would be a perfect promotional vehicle for the show, if the network allowed such things—Glee's Heather "Brittany" Morris, Matthew "Mr....
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Confidential to Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
ATTENTION, END HITS READERS: If your name is not Wm.™ Steven Humphrey, you don't need to read this blog post. Hey Steve! How's it cookin'? Remember 2008? When your discovery of Yelle provoked you to...
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Health News Round-Up
I came across several interesting or odd health news stories today, and thought you should know about them. You know... because Portland hypochondria needs to be inflamed some more. First up from...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Game Junkyard Edition
Here's a fun little film to get you through your Tuesday. It features the Asian kid from Glee who doesn't sing... or something. I don't watch the show, these are just things that I'm told. Either way...
View Article"I Readily Admit I Have Waaaay Too Many Rats"
It's true, I pooh-pooh all those addiction/hoarding shows on A&E and TLC—but then when I learn I missed a show about a man who hoards 2500 rats? MY ASS IS STILL SORE FROM ME KICKING IT! I swear...
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Weekender: The Solestruck Spring/Summer '11 Lookbook
If you are a card carrying shoe fanatic it's quite possible you have already seen the slideshow for Solestruck's S/S '11 gets. If not, I recommend it for a good time. If you'd prefer just the Cliffs...
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Blazers vs. Knicks - Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers and the New York Knickerbockers huddle together to stay warm from Snowmageddon 2011™. There was supposed to be a basketball game tonight, but...
View ArticleLiving Proof - "Full Speed" Video
It's been days—days!—since we wrote about Full Speed, the fine new offering from local hiphop duo Living Proof, and we're not finished. Prem and Tope now have a fancy new video from the album's title...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!
More (but not necessarily surprising) info on Jared L. Loughner, including his need to "foster chaos" and the police visiting his residence on more than one occasion before the shooting. On the...
View ArticleGood Morning Simpsons Porno!
The first thing the internet gave me this morning was this relatively SFW trailer for a live-action Simpsons porno courtesy of the good people at Hustler. I am spreading the misery. The film is...
View ArticleSarah Palin Crawls Out From Under Her Rock...
...to point fingers, play the victim, and rewrite history, as Steve mentioned in GMN. Journalists and pundits have "manufactured a blood libel" against her, says Palin, elevating her imaginary...
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Tonight: Matt Fraction at Floating World.
Art from Casanova: Gula #1 by Fabio Moon. Via iFanboy. Just in case you missed his last signing, Matt Fraction—the great writer behind Casanova, The Invincible Iron Man, and a whole bunch of other...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Asshole Boyfriend Not Interested in Boyfriend's Asshole
I’m a 21-year-old gay man and have been with my boyfriend of the same age for 2 years now. I have an average-to-high sex drive and until now we have only had oral sex, which I should add has been...
View ArticleEvidence That the Answer to Gun Violence is Not More Guns
William Saletan examines the case of the "armed hero" who rushed to help when he heard the Giffords shooting—and almost shot an innocent man in the process. Now comes the tragedy in Tucson. And what...
View ArticleToday in Diving Board Comedy
Here's a question: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DIVING BOARD COMEDY? I can't think of one single stinking venue in town that will allow a good diving board comedian to perform at their club. THIS BLATANT...
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Let's Get Organized
Since the new year ticked over I've been working on an—admittedly OCD-symptomatic—system of cataloging everything in my wardrobe according to age and condition. My plan is to, once everything is...
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