Dr. Know Anecdotal reports suggest adults are once again getting on the Oregon Health Plan, after several years of the plan only (or at least, mostly) being available to children and pregnant women. Given that the state is broke, how did the OHP make this comeback? —C.K. Dexter Haven   More

Dr. Know The batteries in my vibrator expanded due to corrosion and are leaking a gray fluid. I am unable to remove the batteries. Obviously the vibrator no longer works, sadly. My question is how to properl ...   More

Dr. Know Hundreds of Canada geese have been making themselves at home in my business park for months. I thought geese were supposed to fly south for the winter! It’s January and these guys show no sign ...   More

Dr. Know So, my job released a new drug policy where they “reserve the right” to randomly drug test. Does this mean I need to stop smoking pot now, or are they just blowing smoke? —Amy Crac ...   More

Dr. Know So Brandon Roy has no meniscus at all in his left knee. “It’s bone-on-bone there,” Roy told The Oregonian. It seems like there’s a surgery for everything these days—can ...   More

Dr. Know They count the unemployed by the applications for benefits, but if I decide to rejoin “the workforce” by looking for a job, I don’t call the state to let them know. How do they cou ...   More

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Dr. Know One of the main reasons I stayed in Portland is because of the quirky, one-of-a-kind sensibility summed up by our civic slogan, “Keep Portland Weird.” But recently I heard that our quirk ...   More

Dr. Know Has there ever been as much road work going on in Portland as there is right now? I have to drive through, literally, five separate construction zones on my way to work. Is there a point where the c ...   More

Dr. Know We used to have to sort our recycling into paper, metal and plastic, but now we just chuck it all in any old hoo. Is there some machine that separates it again, or does some poor fellow have to root ...   More