I learned tonight that in the Pacific northwest, a suicide — a drink created by mixing every flavor of pop from a machine — is called a “Graveyard”, which doesn’t even make any fucking sense. Immediate revision of my “The Thing I Don’t Like About Oregon” list was in order, doubling the list’s size and [...]

Winter so far has pretty much consisted of icy cold rains during the day and bitter cold and fog at night. This is a vast improvement over Wyoming’s winters, which normally involve a lot of trudging. I can handle Portland’s isolated attempts at snowfall if I never have to trudge anywhere ever again. Don’t miss [...]

(11:53:40 AM) Bill: so i figured out george michael’s ‘faith’ on guitar (11:53:45 AM) Bill: couple days ago (11:55:51 AM) Bill: … (11:55:53 AM) Bill: wow theres a conversation stopper

From Reuters: By Ed Stoddard DALLAS – More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin’s theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. It is the latest survey to highlight America’s deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart from much of the developed [...]

I’ve been on a Planet of the Apes kick for a couple days now, watching one a night until I finish all five. I was distracted one night by The Peanut Butter Solution and now I have been sidetracked again by a little 1969 film called The Valley of Gwangi. I goddamn hate westerns, but [...]

One night several months ago at the now defunct dudes’ house, a children’s movie called The Peanut Butter Solution was brought up in conversation. Out of the maybe ten people present, only two had seen the film and while neither could seem to describe in detail exactly what the movie was about, both were able [...]

Sure, for Thanksgiving dinner I may have had a Kit-Kat bar and a Newcastle brown ale, but I got my Waffles.fm invite today! As the site’s only a couple weeks old, it’s no OiNK, but it’s quite a bit better than the two other private sites I joined post-OiNK. Time for some new music!

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I went downtown tonight with a little MP3 player I have that has a built-in mic, hoping to record this acoustic guitar player I see playing the street corners from time to time (he’s really good). Well he wasn’t there, but another street performer was in his place. This guy, clearly about half-conscious, had a [...]