News On October 24th, Destin Gerek, "The Erotic Rockstar ," invites you to attend his O's For Obama sex rally . The main event goes down in San Fransisco but will be simulcast online; Gerek hopes to inspire parallel happenings across the globe—"a large scale orgasmic breathing experience culminating in a simultaneous group energetic breath-gasm ." Breathgasm? "A rip-roaring, full-body, ...   More

News It's Friday , by God. And on Fridays we look forward to the week's end and celebrate by freaking ourselves out a little bit . Do you know what a "rat king " is? Meditate on this image. A rat king supposedly occurs when a nest of rats are living in such close quarters that their tails become intertwined, glued together in a tangle of feces and filth . The rats eventually kill each other ...   More

News Was there something in the Book of Revelation along the lines of "Behold! And they shall bake their children into meats and pies and eat them whole," or am I just making that up? Either way, I think this may be a sign of the coming apocalypse : [youtube _-wj6ppCYM8] I probably shouldn't be so pessimistic. I mean, yeah, shit's kind of hitting the fan right now , but at least this ...   More

News Did you guys happen to watch the debate last night? What did you think. I thought McCain looked saltier than a giant pretzel wrapped in potato chips and dipped in the Pacific Ocean . The thing is, my fascination with the presidential race has more or less stemmed purely from a fascination with the grotesque , but at no point did I ever plan to actually vote. Until now: [youtube MksTs29bjNI] I ...   More

News As we laid our heads upon our pillows last night, long past bedtime, the still, quiet air seemed like a blank slate. Unfamiliar feelings of hope , optimism --sheesh, fucking patriotism , of all things--swelled and crested, and our eyes moistened, over and over and over. We woke to find that it had not been a dream. The chilly drizzle outside was balanced by our morning coffee, and the world seemed ...   More

News Sarah Palin in her sportscaster days. Yes, that says "Lots of Dogs." We're almost there, folks. 24 hours from now, we will almost certainly have a new president. If our luck holds, it won't be the killah from Wasilla. Still, if tomorrow evening is the last we ever hear of America's first female vice-presidential nominee for the Republican party (unlikely—she's not going anywhere ...   More

News Gift Guide, drops on November 26th, and you, O Shopper, can look forward to reading all about the cream of the high-tech cream. (in addition to the cream of books, music, sporting goods, kitchen items, etc...) Here's a preview roundup of some of the wildest gadgety cluttering the blogosphere. Much of this is still in the realm of prototype or commercial-only applications, but giftable incarnations ...   More

News This just in from the department of "don't let the door hit you on the way out:" There's a proclamation (PDF) before the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners tomorrow to declare Dec. 18, 2008, a "Day of Appreciation" for outgoing commissioners Lisa Naito, Lonnie Roberts and Maria Rojo de Steffey, whose terms all end in a couple of weeks. And who could forget all the good times? The days ...   More

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News You know what sucks? A two-and-a-half hour "bus and on foot odyssey" through snow-screwed Portland just to make it from Northeast Portland to WW Headquarters in Northwest. You know what's awesome? Sharing snowflaked horror stories about your two-and-a-half hour "bus and on foot odyssey" and other other tall tales of SNOWPOCALYPSE 2008 with your numb-fingered co-workers. Here's what I've gathered ...   More