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is Gala Bent’s art on the cover of this week’s Stranger. I haven’t read the thing for months, sworn it off really. I finally have a reason to pick up a copy:     Posted in chilly Tagged: Gala Bent, The Stranger

Last night I dreamt about a sort-of cabinet of natural curiosities. I was working in a store that had this large wooden case with lots of tiny drawers and shelves, and inside each one was something different. Snail shells, dollar store junk, bitter scrolls that taste like honey...

I found this letter to the editor about five years ago in the Muncie, Indiana Star Press. Now I never liked Bush at all, but this guy? He takes the cake. Please, please read the last paragraph. I can’t believe it actually made it into print. ...

They comfort you all year long. Comfort them this holiday season. Posted in chilly, dark by five Tagged: pet snuggie, Snuggie for dogs

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PDA alert on the owners of Delancey From Voracious: First, for the Weekly, we see the two in a side-by-side clutch. Then the Stranger photographed Brandon kissing Molly. For yesterday’s edition of Pacific Northwest mag, the kiss got much steamier. ...

I love this MoMA interactive site from their exhibition Paper: Pressed, Stained, Slashed, Folded. So simple it’s genius. Check it out here.   Posted in chilly, still bright foilage Tagged: Folded, MoMA, Paper: Pressed, Slashed, Stained

Nothing new happened today. Posted in cloudy

The very hyped reproduction of Jung’s Red Book, retailing for $300, is both overblown and out of range. ...

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When you’re really pregnant, I mean maybe days away from the big event, your feet still look the same in shoes.   Posted in chilly

Buy Olympia’s office/warehouse space in Portland: Posted in showers, still bright foilage, sunny Tagged: Buy Olympia, Portland

“Getting a swine flu shot,” dad says, “is turning out to be harder than getting you a Cabbage Patch Kid for Christmas in the 80s.” Posted in showers, windy Tagged: Cabbage Patch Kid, dad, H1N1, swine flu

Some Christians say that Christ mysteriously hovers around the bread and wine (if you’re not, say, Catholic or Lutheran or Episcopal or Eastern Orthodox) but doesn’t embody it. Bu...