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The mainstream media is jumping up and down with headlines about the kicker Christmas present from the state. But Oregonians might be kicking themselves rather than kicking their heels in joy if they knew the true cost of the checks. A recent report from the Oregon Center for Public Policy found: Continue reading
The truth is, I first hated Chuck Klosterman. The reason for this is simple: The first piece of his that I read was the Lloyd Dobbler essay that starts Sex, Drugs, and Coca Puffs. The premise is that every woman of a certain age wants Lloyd Dobbler, the sensitive, kickboxing, eminently quotable character played by John Cusack in Say Anything. Continue reading
So I dropped the ball more times than I can count but here we are at the stand-in finale-of-the-season-so-far and I’ve got the laptop on my lap, ready to go. So what you get is a (spoiler-heavy) liveblog of episode 11 which is full of rambling, swearing, ire, small moments of happiness and a handful of questions. Needless to say, it will probably not make any sense unless you watched. Things, shall we say, are really a mess. Click here for the rambling commentary! Continue reading
Eugene’s new taser policy allows police to shock pregnant women if officers decide to. Here’s video of police shocking a pregnant woman in Ohio: Continue reading
Now that the big development scheme for downtown Eugene has failed, park advocates are talking options. New parks in Chico, California and Vancouver, Washington have reinvigorated those cities’ downtowns. Both large parks cost less than a third of the price of just one new downtown parking garage in Eugene. Here’s Chico: Here’s Vancouver, Washington: Continue reading
If you don’t like the neighborhood speed humps in Eugene, maybe this would be better. Effective, but I’m not sure how it translates. Continue reading
¡ASK A MEXICAN! Letters AN INFORMED CHOICE Continue reading
Y’know, I really like to blog. I really do, though my numerous excuses as to why I don’t blog often enough take up almost as much space as my blog posts. I like to have opinions about things. I have them, oftentimes, whether I want to or not. But there’s this thing going around — I think it’s called the “holiday season.” You know what it does? It eats time. I swear there are currently only 22 hours and shrinking in each day. So all I have are links. They are good links! No, seriously! Come back! Continue reading
Via Cute Overload, which owns my soul. Continue reading