Dr. Know Recently the crappy AM radio in my even crappier Ford pickup truck has been delivering a KNRK spinoff that plays only Northwest music. I noticed this was awesome immediately; it took longer to notic ...   More

Dr. Know Well, Dr.know [sic] you don’t appear to “know” much. There is extensive evidence regarding the “seeding” of our atmosphere that goes back to the ’40s and ’5 ...   More

Dr. Know Last Thursday morning I was riding to work and I noticed what I understand to be “chemtrails” streaked across the sky. To me, it seems that these “clouds” are appearing more ...   More

Dr. Know I grow weary of having half my net income go to my landlord’s equity. Could I get myself a camper (maybe even build it myself) and park it around town—either in somebody’s backyard ...   More

Dr. Know Why do all the neighborhood ice cream trucks play that horrid, annoying “The Entertainer” endlessly? It’s not a traditional ice cream chime; why so common now? I expect to see some ...   More

Dr. Know Driving down Burnside this week, I was shocked to see that every Portlander’s favorite sculpture, the creepy devil’s-scrotum-on-wheels across from Powell’s, was missing its disconc ...   More

Dr. Know On Friday, Aug. 6, at approximately 6 pm, I noticed an eerie, multicolored shimmering in the sky over the West Hills. Was this an interdimensional anomaly, or simply the Energy Beings commemorating ...   More

Dr. Know Summer is passing me by, Doc, and I still haven’t thrown a barbecue. One problem: I live in a studio apartment. There is a park by my house, though. Can I drag my buns (along with my burgers a ...   More

Dr. Know When my Boston-born girlfriend complained about summer’s late start this year, I said real Portlanders know our summers start and end later than they do back east. She says I’m crazy, be ...   More

Dr. Know Recently, while walking to the MAX stop, I was attacked by crows. They followed me for a short distance, swooping at my head in turn. Five days later the same thing happened in the same spot, while ...   More