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Blogger Aaron Duran has come out with his 3rd Annual Geek In The City Real Portland Haunts, which include a poltergeist at Beaverton’s Valley Theatre, a burly ghost in the surrounding woods in Forest Grove, a female ghost at Old…
Brits review and love The Simpsons (Movie)
Good news. The UK”s Guardian newspaper blogger, Daniel Martin, reviewed the first 10 minutes of The Simpsons movie and squawks, unless these were literally the only 10 fun minutes out of 90, The Simpsons Movie seems as brilliant as it…
A Pit Bull Trained as a Hearing Dog causing a Stir
According to The Virginia Pilot, legally deaf 22-year-old Jeff Hayman completed a course training his pit bull, Bob Marley, to be a certified hearing dog. Some canine organizations are skeptical: Robin Dickson, president of Oregon-based Dogs for the Deaf, said…
Sign of the times
Seen today on the movie marquis of the Sellwood-Moreland Theater: ATONEMENT ENDS THURSDAY THERE WILL BE BLOOD FRIDAY…
Police chase escapee calls friend to brag, but gets a cop
There’s nothing like bragging to your friends about the times you’ve gotten away with something. Except when that friend happens to be the cop answering a cell phone from another related suspect. Courtesy of the Sellwood Bee: http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=119118526714726700…
Snake Got Yer Tongue?
Oregon gets an Honorable Mention in the recently-announced 2007 Darwin Awards for Bite Me!: Man Sticks Rattlesnake In Mouth To Make Point which chronicles an amateur snake collector who “caught a 20-inch rattlesnake on the highway near Maupin. Three weeks…
He is so smart, S-M-R-T
“I bet Einstein turnedhimself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.”Matt Groening is a genius, according to a poll of 4,000 Brits. Falling just under a tie between smarty pants Albert Einstein (yeah, that guy) and Tim…
Shop the friendly skies
Harriet Baskas, travel columnist of USA Today, writes about where to find great holiday shopping: in airports. Here’s what she says about our own PDX International Airport:In Oregon, where there’s no sales tax on anything, Portland International Airport’s (PDX) annual…
Aw, for glaven out loud
From the “See, I told you so” files… “>From’D'oh’ to Dudley: How Science and ‘The Simpsons’ Became a Match Made in Heaven Case in point: (Frink) Brace yourselves gentlemen. According to the gas chromatograph, the secret ingredient is… Love!? Who’s…
So a Duck and Walt Disney walk into a bar
True or False: The University of Oregon has a special agreement with Walt Disney to use Donald Duck as their mascot. According to the premier online magazine of comics, Comic Book Resources, the answer is True. This and other comic…
Idiot TV Plot Lines
While scanning rec.arts.tv I found this gem by Mark Nobles on idiot plot lines for television. There are a few plot elements that get repeated way too often and weren’t good the first time. Meant to build tension, I think,…
BSB, Chinese students and Dancing Cockatoos
I’m not sure but I’m beginning to believe the Backstreet Boys’ music is infectious. And not in the good way. Remember those Chinese students who were immortalized with their lip-sync version of “I Want It That Way”? I swear, I…
A Day In The Life of Tonya and Nancy
The San Jose Mercury (free registration) wrote a clever piece comparing the daily lives of Tonya and Nancy. Here is the first entry:6:30 a.m. Nancy: Awakes with a coo to alarm set to local lite rock station. Puts on robe…
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