GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Back to life, back to the present time. Back from a fantasy, yes. Tell me, now, take the initiative. I'll leave it in your hands until you're ready. LET'S GO TO PRESS.
A Northeast Portland man doused himself with gas and lit himself on fire in an encounter with cops yesterday. He's alive but suffering from life-threatening injuries.
Councilman Tam Nguyen of San Jose, CA stayed in Portland's Right 2 Dream Too homeless camp on Friday night to research how to help his town's growing homelessness problem.
Big-Ass Sandwiches, one of the first very popular food carts of Portland that went brick-n-mortar last year, surprised everyone yesterday by announcing their immediate closure. They will be missed!
The main stage at Sasquatch! music festival in Washington's Gorge Amphitheater was shut down yesterday due to high winds. No word yet on when the main stage will return for the weekend long fest.
Today in 1948: Vanport, the city built in North Portland to house workers and minorities, was destroyed by floods. Newbies to the area should definitely check out this story to learn more about the history of Oregon racism.
The Portland Thorns remain the sole undefeated team in the NWSL after a 0-0 draw with the Seattle Reign yesterday.
Here's a report from the Guardian that examines how things were going so right, and now so terribly wrong for Hillary Clinton.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders fans are making fun of Donald Trump for refusing to debate their candidate.
#ChickenTrump or Donald Cluck? 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/7XZUoHQMgC
— Tay Jayne (@tayversusworld) May 27, 2016
Hmmm. I feel this could've been funnier.
And for those who insist on choosing "none of the above," you may want to take a look at the LIBERTARIAN candidate for president, Gary Johnson.
Because guns keep us safer, at least one man (maybe more) went on a shooting rampage through a Houston neighborhood yesterday, killing one civilian and injuring others.
A transgender man has died after being savagely beaten in Vermont. Police aren't ruling out a hate crime.
Cincinnati zoo officials feel they were forced to shoot one of their own gorillas to protect a child who had fallen into the enclosure.
OH MY GOD IT'S COMING RIGHT AT US! Oh... actually, it's not that close... but Mars is still going to be within 46.8 million miles away tonight! PANIC!!!
Here's one way to celebrate Memorial Day—by burning a Confederate flag.
Now let's look at the MEMORIAL DAY WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly sunny with a high of 80 today, but look out! HOT weather returns starting tomorrow!
And finally, things get even MORE horrifying when Jar Jar Binks is substituted for raptors in Jurassic Park.