Hot Guy in Black Jeep @ 7/11
by Anonymous I know you think I'm hot, too. Lol that atm was broken in there should have mentioned that to you, said anything, lol. Hope to see your face on Tinder! Lol. But you could be married for...
View ArticleThings To Do This Week!
Things to do Sept 12-15 by Mercury Staff One of the best things about art: it can give voice to the things you're feeling but don't quite know how to say. This week's worth of events in Portland...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Malheur Refuge Trial, Timbers and Thorns WIN, and a...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I took one girl outside with me. Her name was Lonnie, she went to Junior High with me. I said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash? I guess a whole...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Your Pussy Had a Plan
by Dan Savage I'm a 22-year-old woman and my fiancé is about to turn 31. We've been together for three years. In the last year we moved up to Seattle, WA, just as a change of scenery from Colorado. We...
View ArticlePortland Thorns Recap: Thorns Burn the Flash 3-2
by Erin O'Regan Another victory celebrated with record breaking crowdsPhoto Courtesy of Portland Thorns FC HITCH KICKS AND TOE FLICKS! The Thorns have done it again! With their 11th win of the season,...
View ArticleThe Search for Spock in For the Love of Spock
by Erik Henriksen There are Star Trek movies just about everyone can enjoy—like this summer’s Star Trek Beyond, or that one with the whales—and then there are Star Trek movies only Trekkies turn out...
View ArticleTBA Review: Narcissister’s Sublime, Ab Fab-Approved Spectacle
by Katie Pelletier Narcissister sheds identities like Russian dolls.Briana CerezoIn a 2012 episode of the British sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous, Edina, hoping to impress an American actor, suggests that...
View ArticleDon't Miss the New... I, Anonymous Comedy Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You are undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features...
View ArticleRuPaul Wins First Emmy
by Dan Savage ENews:In July, the RuPaul's Drag Race host received his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, and on Sunday, he won that award,...
View ArticleEating Weed Without Flipping Out
by David Schmader We still get stories of weed eaters overdosing and winding up stranded in some twilight gulag of horrors.The StrangerAnother week, another story of someone eating weed and going...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Apparently Goes to Work When She's Sick. You Probably Do Too....
by Megan Burbank If you're among the majority of American adults who go to work sick, congratulations. You have something in common with Hillary Clinton.East Asia and Pacific Media Hub U.S. Department...
View Article"No" is Just Fine
by Anonymous Here's the deal, ladies. If I ask you for your number and you give it to me, then great! I promise to call or text and meet up. If you say "no" or "I can't " or "get lost" then that's ok...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bundy Trial Begins, a Bloviating WashCo Deputy, and the...
by Dirk VanderHart Banks, Oregon: Home of the Barthas and where they'll be remaining in the future, thank you very much!Wikimedia CommonsTODAY IN TOP STORIES: A Banks man named Dennis Bartha and his...
View ArticleNever Thought I'd Jump on this Bandwagon
by Anonymous Hey asshole bike rider who almost ran into me today coming off of Harbor onto Front. Crosswalks are for PEDESTRIANS. If you choose to ride your GD bike the wrong way across a cross walk,...
View ArticleFirst Day with Your New Bag, Huh?
by Anonymous My bus trip in the AM is about 1hour you got on 30 min into my ride and sat next to me (Blonde hair w/green and white striped shirt) Coffee in hand and your Oversized purse. Its not like...
View ArticleWhy, Yes. I Would Like a New Song from Bell Biv DeVoe!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It's easy to scorn "nostalgia tours," but when the group in question still has the chops—or in this case, the "New Jack Swing"—who's complaining? Check out this new single from...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: The Bitter Pill
by Dan Savage I’m not sure if you’ll read this but if you do I could use some advice.Hi, I'm a woman, I live in Utah, I'm 20 years old and I'm NOT a Mormon. I have been in a monogamous relationship...
View ArticleTBA Review: When Watching One Part of Morgan Thorson’s Still Life, Another...
by Suzette Smith Dirty walls, dancers moving in unison, check marks happening on the back wall.Suzette SmithSince Friday, Morgan Thorson’s Still Life has been playing at the Portland Art Museum, on...
View ArticleNew Hate Crime Indictment For The White Supremacist Charged In Black Teen's...
by Doug Brown Russell Courtier and his girlfriend Colleen Hunt were indicted for the murder of Larnell Bruce, and later re-indicted on hate crime charges. Courtier is a documented member of "European...
View ArticleKeith Olbermann On Donald Trump: A Demonic Messiah in Oompa Loompa's Clothing
by Dan Savage 176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President—The Closer with @KeithOlbermann, Episode 1 https://t.co/s54r0KpFad— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) September 13, 2016In the first installment...
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