Dr. Know What the fuck is the city doing at the Southeast Clinton Street railroad crossing on 11th and 12th avenues?   More

Dr. Know I keep asking my friends and family to keep an eye out for a Dr. Know compilation book for sale somewhere. Does one exist? You crack me up and keep me well-informed about the world every week. T   More

Dr. Know I work graveyard, and my days off are Monday through Wednesday. Where can I meet folks with the same work hours? Is there some special place they meet, like a coffee shop or gym, or do they just    More

Dr. Know It’s Groundhog Day and I heard he didn’t see his shadow. Early spring maybe? When groundhogs get up in the morning on   More

Dr. Know I watch exactly one football game per year, the Super Bowl, and I have no idea whom to root for. Is there any reason for an Oregonian to prefer one side over the other? The Seahawks aren’t pla   More

Dr. Know Why do hundreds of crows gather in the trees at Southwest 5th Avenue and Salmon Street around 7 every morning? Their sound is deafening, and pedestrians have to dodge their droppings. What attra   More

Dr. Know Never mind the world’s largest fungus [“Dr. Know,” WW, Jan. 2, 2013]—it’s harmless. Wasn’t some new type of microscopic fungus discovered in Oregon a couple years back? A deadly one, that    More

Dr. Know A large pole with multicolored lights sits on top of the Standard Insurance building downtown. The lights shine either white, green or red. Is this Portland’s answer to Gotham’s Bat-Signal? An   More

Dr. Know Someone recently told me Oregon was home to the world’s largest mushroom. Is it as big as a whale? And where is it, so I can avoid it? It sounds creepy. —Another Liberal Arts Major Puny huma   More

Dr. Know I keep reading that The Oregonian’s print circulation is declining because of shrinking advertising revenue. How can Willamette Week   More