Next Nick Reed
from an ESPN story
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4301884
Sleeper emerges
Defensive end Beau Yap (Pearl City, Hawaii/Kamehameha) was nearly impossible to block on the camp's final day. He impressed us with his motor and initial, quick feet off the ball as a speed-rusher. He also displayed good strength on his bull rush. On several occasions, he was able to turn into the blocker, deliver a blow and push him back into the quarterback. Hungry for his...
Big Transit, Big Building, Big $$$
In this week's paper, I reported on a fight between neighbors, the city and the developer who's building the four-story Albert Apartment building on the old N. Williams House of Sound site. Neighbors are upset about a variety of things with the project — some lament the gentrification of the area, others that the building is a different design character than the rest of the street. In the article I wanted to talk about historical importance of the site, so I didn't have space to discuss...
Stop the presses! Breaking News! OMG! etc.
It's Earl the Pearl in a normal tie.
A Slurpee in Review: The G.I. Joe “Liquid Ammunition” Slurpee.
If blue raspberries actually existed, and if they could go rotten, and then if those rotten blue raspberries could be distilled into some kind of fetid, greasy syrup, then that is what "Liquid Ammunition" is like.
Also, if you touch "Liquid Ammunition" with your skin, your skin will be stained blue for several hours afterward.
Also, the phrase "Liquid Ammunition" makes me uncomfortable.
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75+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties + Free Tickets | July 2-5
Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below. You can get the email and your chance to win...
Craft Beer Month: Day 2
Man, I just walked down the block to get a cup of coffee and man, it's hot out there. I mention this for no reason except it's a rare experience. One gal who knows how to beat the heat is hosting a cool event tonight, the pick of the litter Craft-Beer-Monthwise.
Session Black Release & Tailgate Party
Saraveza, 6-8pm
1004 N Killingsworth St
Join Full Sail brewers and the Saraveza crew in prosting to the newest lager in the Session line up over brats and dogs! On draft we’ll be pouring,...
Onstage this Weekend
This weekend, should you require more stimulation and spectacle than explosions, hot girls in cutoffs, and the mouth-watering scent of grilled meat on a summer's evening can provide—
Wait. Let me try that again.
Should you have a philosophical objection to observing the Fourth of July, insofar as it's a nakedly nationalistic celebration of American militarism that also scares all the dogs and cats, here are a couple other options for your weekend entertainment (both of which happen to...
Today’s Burning Question Burning Up Questionland!
Where can I purchase some American Flag bikini briefs for this weekend?
I was about to answer, "You can purchase a pair from my underwear drawer," but... mine are currently in use. SO HELP A FELLOW PATRIOT OUT, WHY DON'TCHA? (At Questionland.)
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Hamas’ Political Impasse: Between Principal and Necessity
By Ramzy Baroud
Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas' recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution.
Summer summer summertime!
"the way that people respond to summer madness"Keller fountain, Portland, Oregon."there's an air of love and of happiness and this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness. Summer summer summertime. Time to sit back and unwind."
Dept. of Corrections
No, that's not Lord of the Rings—it's Yale.
In this week's Mercury article on the Dirty Projectors there's a little factual error. Dave Longstreth didn't graduate from Yale School of Music (which is a graduate program) but plain old Yale as an undergraduate (in music).
Make sense?
Really frustratingly stupid when the whole point was me trying to clear up a misconception.
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Everybody feels the wind blow
Former Trail Blazer and lifetime Jail Blazer Zach Randolph has apparently been traded again -- this time from the Knicks Clippers to the Grizzlies.
26 years of student loans
This guy's a little behind on his $435,000 of education debt.
World of Warcraft Freakout… Now with a Convenient Remix!
Remember the kid who completely lost his marbles when his mom took away his World of Warcraft privileges? Well, he's back… thanks to this HEEEEE-LARIOUS remix starring the Kirby music from Super Smash Bros.! (I'm telling you, this tune is the Benny Hill/"Yakkety Sax" of the new century!)
Please stop putting that in your butt, and hat tips to Buzzfeed.
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In Season NW: Shop for Fun at Farmers’ Markets
"Summertime in the Northwest is a double-edged sword.
"The kids are out of school (or perhaps the spouse is on vacation). They want to be 'entertained' and they need to be fed. But who wants to be stuck in the house—let alone in the kitchen with the stove seething—when the siren song of the outdoors beckons so sweetly?
"The solution: Portland's farmers' markets."
Check out my article in today's Arts & Entertainment section of the Oregonian titled "Shopping for Fun: Farmers' markets offer...
Readers’ choice
Looking at blog stats earlier this morning, I noticed that my post about the closing scene of Richard Strauss’s Salome, Kiss of Death, still gets a ton of hits, a month after it first went up. For some reason, in just the past few days it’s gone way out ahead of entries about Neda Soltan and [...]
The West Wide Web
2127.I am now using Firefox 3.5, and I'm well pleased. This is a good update. And, judging by the popularity, me and over eight millions worldwide rather agree.
Firefox never debuts without a little flash and style, and they've provided one in the form of the live download monitor at the location http://downloadstats.mozilla.com. The thing, which is really quite nifty, provides a graphical view (via a world map) and tabular view (below the map) which you can reconfigure on the fly as you...
The First Helpful Info From the OLCC All Year
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission took some moments away from its routine business of rapidly creating paperwork for its paperwork and registering bureaucrats for its Bureau of Redundancy to send out this genuinely helpful note:
"Check ahead for July 4th liquor store hours:
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission reminds customers to check holiday hours at your local liquor store. State law provides that liquor agents have the discretion to open or close on holidays and Sundays."
Thanks,...
Can PDX get by on one runway?
An alert reader writes:
PDX has been choked down to one runway for the last several weeks. Well, 1¼ if you count the Dash-8s using the cross-wind runway to fly to Seattle every half hour.
Have there been any delays? Have airlines had to cut flights? The place doesn't look like it's all that...
One is Silver, the Other Gold
Tough news for editorial boards who want to raze Memorial Coliseum. As reported on OPB, the 49-year-old building is headed for National Historic Register designation, which will mean any group looking to demolish the Coliseum will have to jump through a difficult new set of hoops. What's not clear is whether the designation will cover the whole building or just the outside — some redevelopment ideas include scrapping the interior bowl.
Meanwhile, downtown plans are in the works for an...
Republican Cynthia Davis: Child “Hunger can be a positive motivator”
Missouri State Rep. Cynthia Davis is against free summer lunches for kids. "Can’t they get a job during the summer?" asksthe politician / Bible book store owner. The editorial board of the St. Louis Dispatch reports: State Rep. Cynthia Davis,...
The Tension Between Art and Commerce
Charlie Papazian has a very insightful (if slightly scattered) post up today about the trajectory of German brewing. He set the stage yesterday with a post alluding to the huge changes both in the drinking culture and beer of Germany:
There are many reasons for this. The competitive nature of the beer business is purely based on price, forcing many to call it quits. Large breweries buy out small breweries to eliminate competition and international global brewers buy out large breweries to do...
U of O index: jobless recovery may follow end of recession
Professor Duy released the U of O Index of Economic Indicators for May this week.
The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators™ fell 0.1 percentage points in May to 85.0 (1997=100). The relative stability in the UO Index over the past three months is consistent with a pattern of economic stabilization, but falls short of a turn that would conclusively mark the end of the recession.
As a general rule of thumb, a decline of 2.5 percent (annualized) over six months, coupled with a decline...
Sie müssen eine Bremse auf Ihrem fixie Fahrrad haben!
2126.In case you thought the fixie-haters only lived in PDX, think again; they don't like 'em in Berlin either.
Yes, Berlin … the one in Germany, not the charming little hamlet down in Linn County near Lebanon.
If they find you riding Deutsching around on your fixie in der deutschen Hauptstadt, they'll take it away, fine you, and only return the machine if you pay the fine and promise you either won't ride them in der Straße or get that brake installed.
You can start making your bicycle-Nazi...
