SL Letter of the Day: In The Neighborhood
by Dan Savage Originally posted on September 24, 2014.My wife and I are in an open relationship. It started because my wife found flirtatious text messages I sent to a coworker. She confronted me...
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Truckers Are Lashing Out At an Attempt to Make Them Pay For City Streets
by Dirk VanderHart Commissioner Steve Novick is hustling to prove he's serious about making heavy trucks pay for Portland roads. And trucking companies showed yesterday they're serious about pushing...
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Dear Makers of Telephone Books: NO.
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Found outside our office door:NO. NO.NO. NO.NO. NO.NO. NO.NO. NO.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleHey Lover Releases Bizarre Sinking Ships Infomercial
by Ciara Dolan Portland's Hey Lover made an awkward, borderline frightening Wayne's World-like infomercial for their new album, Sinking Ships (out tomorrow on Hovercraft Records). The video is...
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Video Tonfa: Seven Years of Tim Goodyear's Movie Zine
by Suzette Smith My friend stole a copy of the Cometbus Omnibus anthology from the bedroom of a shady anarchist in San Diego. She sent it to me with a card reading, "Now who doesn't believe in...
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True Dating Story o' the Day: Make Up Your Mind Already!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Sometimes a blind date works out just fine... other times? It goes sideways. Check out this true (and anonymous) dating story from our Portland Dating Dispatch blog, titled,...
View ArticleThings To Do Tonight!
by Bobby Roberts #FUBARThe latest in this city's ever-growing array of storytelling showcases is #FUBAR, a night of yarns from military veterans who attend Portland State University, and have...
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Clinton Campaign Accidentally Makes Pro-Trump Ad
by Matt Baume "Why, I never."a katz / Shutterstock.comI was lying naked in bed last night, my partner dreamily slapping my ass when he said, "You know what the problem with Hillary is?"There was no...
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Portland Veterans Speak Up in a New Storytelling Series
by Joe Streckert "Inevitably, everyone in the military has experienced some sort of trauma," says Ryan Stroud. "In military life, all the rules of society are turned upside down."It's a world that's...
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Portland Man Brought His Gun To An Egg Fight
by Doug Brown William Dean ThomasThey egged his house, twice, last night and he responded with a bullet, Portland police say. Southeast Portland resident William Thomas, 68, was arrested just before 2...
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The Mercury Endorses: Sharon Meieran for Multnomah County Commission, District 1
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force THE COUNTY COMMISSION'S always been that important, boring provider of justice and social services whose political intrigues—absent the occasional bout of...
View ArticleThe Nerve
by Anonymous You sat in my section for lunch. You ordered water without ice, then tepid, then slightly warmer. You asked about every item on the menu, as if you'd never seen a menu before, then took...
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James Urbaniak, Known for Playing Crime Show Red Herrings, Added to...
by Megan Burbank You probably don't think you know who James Urbaniak is, and you are wrong! The comedian, who was just added to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival lineup, currently appears on Hulu's...
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Why Rescheduling Cannabis Won't End Prohibition, and More Pot News
by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue Excitement is growing as the Drug Enforcement Administration decides whether or not to reschedule cannabis, which it's expected to do in the next few months. But as Erwin...
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Portland Police Show Up Again to Oversight Meeting, Score Victory in...
by Doug Brown Matthew Klug, white shirt, was appealing the police bureau's handling of his complaintDoug BrownPortland police finally showed up again to its civilian volunteer oversight committee...
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Good Morning, News: Trump's in Eugene, the State Protects Transgender...
by Dirk VanderHart This is a big deal: The Oregon Department of Education on Thursday formally laid out a wide-ranging series of protections for transgender students in state schools, including rules...
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: To Infinity and Bore-ond
by Ned Lannamann I'm not sure how we got to this particular moment in cinematic history—a moment in which a biopic about an unconventional mathematician seems nothing short of a rote cliché. But here...
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The Mercury Says: Vote YES on Measure 26-173 (Gas Tax)
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force THERE'S SO MUCH ANGER and mistrust around transportation cash in this city, but the fact is, nothing substantial has been done to help fix Portland's...
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What to Do Tonight: See The Aces Present Animal Kingdom
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey OBJECTIVE FACT 1: The Aces are Portland's most hilarious comic duo, and if you haven't seen sketch artists Shelley McLendon and Michael Fetters work the stage, you are missing...
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Where Candidates Stand: Homeless Camping
by Dirk VanderHart Kenneth HueyThere's been so much said over the course of this year's primary that it can be tough to keep everything straight. We've laid out reasons for our picks in local races at...
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