News DON'T GOT MILK: Well, I guess there's one person who won't be seeing Gus Van Sant's new movie about slain gay civil rights icon Harvey Milk. *GAY TRIBAL MARRIAGES: I think I have a little Cherokee in me. Or maybe it's just Cher. Does that count? BEAN COUNTER: Local business man and queer activist creates a ripple across the pond with his new LGBTforObama website he created with this guy. *rad ...   More

News SPRINGFIELD: Not that Springfield. This Springfield. PHELPS FEVER: The only clip that's really worth watching is here. GUITAR ZERO: His parents should be put in jail. DEAD MAN STANDING: So sweet...or gross. You decide. OREGON IDLE: That American Idol chicklet, Kristy Lee Cook, who says she lives in Selma Oregon, (but if gossip is to be believed really lives in either Nashville or L.A.) ...   More

News Yesterday it was all about registering your wang and weenies who can't "debate" or "show up for late night tv shows": [youtube MCkbiyuh44k] So in honor we give this week's Weenie Watch 2008: EXPLODING WEENIES: Phillies ballpark evacuated by ballpark franks. I'M ON A ROAD TO WEENIES: Remember those weenies hanging out on the on-ramp to I-405 and NW 23rd Avenue? We first reported about ...   More

News (Above: Dining on the bones of a broken economy) EVEN THE SMART ONES GET IT WRONG SOMETIMES: There's a local angle to yesterday's failure of Seattle-based Washington Mutual, which became the largest bank failure ever. Many Oregonians will remember the Texas Pacific Group, the wildly successful leveraged buyout firm that came to Oregon in 2003 and hired former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt to help ...   More

News (Above: Oregonian columnist Chelsea Cain and Oregon icon Pennie Lane at Nordy's fashion show for PICA) TWATCH WATCH 2008 : The Twilight Kids (and Moms) weigh in on WW"s fashionable take on the most anticipated movie EVER ! At least they thought this: was better than this: DECEMBER MORN : The Decemberists pen a little ditty about Valerie Plame [mp3]? Who knew? [New York ] GOSSIP ...   More

News I don't know about those folks on Wall Street, but down here on Main Street things are awful tough. I can't even afford a new pair of blue jeans, and you have no idea how bad I want one now. Hell, these women have to steal just to buy shirts. Things are so bad, even the elderly have been reduced to stealing. To make things worse, a friend showed me this video to cheer me up, but it's had nightmares ...   More

News Okay! Now that we're about to actually see Sarah Palin in a national debate for the first (and, we hope, last) time, it seems like the best possible moment to haul out all the Palin-related weirdness we've been sitting on for the last month. She's a liar: Rolling Stone rounds up the top 10, but there are many more . She's got skills: She'll win the talent and swimsuit contests handily. [youtube ...   More

News Sometimes all I want in the morning is an antacid tablet. And the Internet? It ain't helping. SUPERSIZED Mc-OCD: I'm actually more worried about what kind of product the Big Mac-stuffer is putting in that bad-ass hair of his, than what he's actually putting in his stomach. [D-Listed] THE MIGHTY DUCK 'N COVER: Matt Damon compares Sarah Palin to a really bad Disney movie. I think it's more ...   More

News SARAH SINGS: It's pretty easy to pick on Sarah Bin Laden...oops,I mean Palin. The woman is a treasure trove of material. Especially when she sings. Yes, sings! Here's the Fey-looker singing (and dancing) with the Wassila Singers. The Pop-Up video bits are genius. Oh, yeah. And The New Yorker has a nice piece here, too. [youtube KNVuuhurbZA] (Hat tip: World of Wonder.) (FORMERLY) PREGNANT MAN ...   More

News Did anybody watch the Emmys last night? What the hell was that? If you missed it, the show was emceed by the five nominees for Best Reality Show Host: Jeff Probst, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest and Tom Bergeron. Their opening bit went on for what seemed like an eternity as they took turns essentially saying "We're just reality hosts and we don't have anything funny to say. Really, ...   More