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Movie Review: The Measure of a Man, AKA The Long, Depressing Ride on the...
by Suzette Smith French director Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man opens with Thierry (Vincent Lindon), an unemployed, 51-year-old father, explaining that his social worker just wasted 15 months...
View ArticleTo the Thief of "Bougie" Wallets, and His Date
by Anonymous You waited behind us in line at Eric Andre, and were so proud to say that you stole your wallet from "that local leather place, across from Powell's" because it was $60. Your date asked...
View ArticleSummer Freebies Make Me Feel Fine
by Anonymous It was I who took the "free" book shelf up for grabs in front of someone's Sunnyside house by the curb. (Thank you very much kind neighbor!) Saw it there earlier in the day and planned on...
View ArticleRoundabouts
by Anonymous How are these acceptable in Portland, Oregon? Roundabouts represent true democracy. Portland is having none of that! Lake Oswego, keep your roundabouts. In Portland, we let that one meek...
View ArticleTaco Tantrum
by Anonymous Dear childless hipsters at robo taco,OH EM GEE. I am so sorry that my two year old was being a totally uncool toddler (what kind of assholes even HAVE kids) and screaming bloody murder in...
View ArticleWhat... is... So... Funny?
by Anonymous To the four people who sat in my row at the revival screening tonight of Jason and the Argonauts (1963) laughing a little too hysterically at literally every shot of the film: what is...
View ArticleA City That Doesn't Care
by Anonymous For years I've heard the whining about the price of housing going up and during that time, the city has just sat there making vague statements about, "Oh yeah, we really need to do...
View ArticleLookie Loo
by Anonymous You could be at the best part of the movie. Reading the most interesting article. The most captivating part of the novel. In the middle of sending texts or emails. You could be making out...
View ArticleThings To Do Comedy
Funny things to do for Aug 28-Sep 11 by Chipp Terwilliger T.J. Miller, Kate Miller, Nick Vatterott You've seen T.J. Miller steal the scene in Mike Judge's great HBO series, Silicon Valley, where he...
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Things To Do This Week!
Things to do for Aug 29-Sep 1 by Mercury Staff The weather may stay this way for a few more weeks (or months—thank you, global warming) but this week begins the shift in focus towards more...
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Timbers Hammer Seattle, Get Season Back On Track
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers, be it through missed flights or missed chances or missing players, had their backs firmly against the wall ahead of Sunday...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Back to School, Trump Backpedals, and Nobody Wants to...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I'm sorry that you seem to be confused. He belongs to me. The boy is mine. LET'S GO TO PRESS.It's Back to School time for Portland students, and PPS is...
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Anthony Weiner Caught Doing What Weiner Does
by Dan Savage Everyone's favorite "disgraced" ex-congressperson Anthony Weiner was caught swapping sexts again. The New York Posthas the goods. For the last year and a half Weiner was flirting and...
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Developers and Businesses Are Planning to Fight A Terminal 1 Homeless Shelter...
by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1Dirk VanderHartAs a shelter at Terminal 1 plods forward, a handful of development and business entities are falling back on a standby for stymying new homeless facilities:...
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Civil War: Team Thor: A Friendly Reminder Taika Waititi Is One of the Best...
by Erik Henriksen "And who's this purple weirdo?"This Comic-Con reel hit over the weekend, and it's just delightful.It's delightful because it's from Taika Waititi, the director behind What We Do in...
View ArticleStarbucks Pecker Guy
by Anonymous yeah, you ride a bike and wear these super skin tight pants, and you don't wear any underwear as evidenced by the bulge and every shape therein being hugged by the thin cotton of your...
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Everything as Fuck: Dog Days
by Ian Karmel I got super stoned the other night trying to think of something to write about, and nothing came to me. Instead I ended up watching a movie where the Chairman from Iron Chef America used...
View ArticleFall TV Preview: Two High-Concept Sitcoms Are on Their Way
by Ned Lannamann Fall TV season is right around the corner, and we've already seen signs that there may be a dearth of original ideas in this fresh crop of shows. However, two new sitcoms appear to be...
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Gene Wilder is Dead; There is No More Good Left in the World
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey via WikipediaGet ready to bawl your goddamn eyes out: Gene Wilder, the comedic genius and star of such amazing films as Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,...
View ArticleThe Clinton Campaign Is Courting the Christian Left, Which Has Really Existed...
by Christopher Frizzelle Remember this Clinton campaign ad from four months ago? Did it have a religious vibe to you?Maybe not overtly, but a New York Times piece from yesterday puts it in fascinating...
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