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Internet Superstar May Sue Those Who Made Her a Star
Last week, all humanity thrilled to the footage caught on a mall security camera of a walking-and-texting woman falling into a fountain. This week, the once-anonymous woman is doing an...
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Your Nightmares Just Got a Little More Horrifying
Oh, Jesus. Via. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleToday in "Actual Emails Sent By My Boss"
If you happen to walk around a corner and see me in my underpants, you have no legal grounds to sue me for harassment. Also see: this post. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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New Cotton Jones Track- "Egg On A Sea"
A new Cotton Jones song is never, ever a bad thing. Though, this song is exciting because it 1). originates from a new EP, Sit Beside Your Vegetables, from the prolific Joneses (it's so damn hard to...
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A Mandatory Blog Post About Roger Ebert's Prosthetic Chin.
ROGER EBERT: Smooth criminal. In an email subtly titled "YOU WILL BLOG THIS!!!", my esteemed boss, Wm. Steven Humphrey, politely informed me of a fact: It is your sworn duty as a film journalist to...
View ArticleMy Portlandia Review: How Much Full of Shit Am I?
As you may have already read, I reviewed the first two episodes of Portlandia for this week's print edition of the Mercury—and to the surprise of absolutely no one, the comments are already rolling in...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Krizz Kaliko at POH-Hop, Jarad Miles in Birdcloud, and more
POH-HOP: KRIZZ KALIKO, JFK, KENNY MACK, SAPIENT, MANIAC LOK, & MORE (Backspace, 115 NW 5th) Hiphop heads unite, it's time for the 12th POH-Hop festival, the annual salute to all things hiphop....
View ArticleHit the Fertile Ground Running!
Fertile Ground, the city-wide arts festival of new works, blasts off this weekend! ARE YOU READY?? You can check out my article about the festival in this week's Arts section, and here are a few...
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Gold Star: The Mercury's Web Comment of the Week!
This week's Mercury web comment of the week goes to PR Walters, for this comment on Ezra's post "Marcus Camby Partially Tears Meniscus." If tragedy + time = comedy, this is... still tragedy. Most...
View ArticleGood Afternoon, Television!
American Idol—complete with a new judges panel, including JLO and Steven Tyler—debuted last night and... oh. Had a 13% drop off from previous years, making it their most disappointing debut yet. TOO...
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NuMex Jalmundo!!!
During the research and development phase of the current drinking issue, I dutifully sampled the best that Lombard and 82nd's deep fryers had to offer. While I had any number of good mozzarella sticks...
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From the Seedy History Files: The Glory-(Hole)-ous Past of McMenamin's New Hotel
We announced earlier this week that McMenamin's has finally set an opening date for its new Zeus Hotel in the building around the corner from the Crystal Ballroom. Just OutThis place. McMenamin's has...
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OSU Students Petition to Get Sex Writer Back to Campus
Not at OSU, please. This morning, the internet was in flames with the news that Oregon State University un-invited national sex writer Tristan Taormino from their Modern Sex conference. In October,...
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Today In Awesome Black Flag Bars Logo Mock-Ups
How do you top a Black Flag bars logo made of cats? With snacks: Color me SATISFIED. I got a gun in my back! h/t Laura Claar and Derek Erdman [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Blazers vs. Clippers - Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers come in having won six of their last seven contests, mostly due to Blake "Ginger Dynamite" Griffin....
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Good Morning News!
Can States Declare Bankruptcy? Several cash-strapped states are thinking of just declaring themselves bankrupt. Chinese President vs. Tibet: On the last stop of his big US tour, Chinese President Hu...
View ArticleThe Crystal Meth Hallucination Championships
While a fair amount of hullabaloo has been raised about Portlandia and the TV version of the Onion News Network (both debuting tonight on IFC at 10:30 and 10 pm respectively, yo!), a super quirky and...
View ArticleA List of the 100 Programs Republicans Want to Abolish or Cut
The Weekly Standard says: ...roughly $2.3 trillion of the $2.5 trillion in savings from the Republican Study Committee's Spending Reduction Act would come from cutting non-defense discretionary...
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The Best McDonalds Idea Ever...
...HAVING THEIR EMPLOYEES DRESS UP LIKE RONALD McDONALD!!! "Look, I don't have time for your fucking bullshit, pal. Do you want fries with that or not?"via [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: She Who Will Not Be Ignored
I've written before, but didn't hear back from you. Probably because my email didn't contain flogging or santorium or whatever. But I won't be IGNORED, Dan. I'm a 32-year-old female. Second marriage,...
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