I'm Walking Here
by Anonymous To the woman in the white Subaru. You hit me with your car when i was walking down the side walk. In fact I had gotten off my skateboard to pass in front of your car blocking the side...
View ArticleStop Smoking, It's Fucking Disgusting
by Anonymous Oh, new state regs mean you can't smoke on bar patios? Cry me a goddamn river. Smoking is fucking disgusting. You litter your butts everywhere. The smoke pollutes the street for blocks in...
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Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight Is True Art
by Marc Mohan Moonlight is a movie about what it’s like to grow up male in America. Moonlight is also a movie about what it’s like to grow up gay in America. And Moonlight is, in addition, a movie...
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Patent Hypocrisy with Cannabis
by Josh Jardine ISTOCK/ALEKS LABUDAYOU MAY have seen the number 6630507 online—maybe posted in selfies, written on someone’s hand or arm. It’s a US patent number, issued in October 2003 to the...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff The Great Dictator So there's an election coming up, apparently? Did you hear? Or maybe you've been hearing about it for years and years and years and are now at the point where you...
View ArticleProbably Won't Be Invited Back
by Anonymous I had to leave because I had to fart; I'm sorry. We were getting all hot n' heavy in the bedroom and it was all I could do to hold it in. I really felt like one was going to slip out, so...
View ArticleTall 420 Dreamboat on Powell
by Anonymous You came into the dispensary I work at over Halloween and said I had a nice ass in my costume and I nearly melted, I'll never get your name wrong again you tall, pale, long haired, weed...
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Just How Popular Is Weed These Days?
by Vince Sliwoski ISTOCK/KELLYJHALLDear Pot Lawyer,It seems like weed is more mainstream than ever. Exactly how popular is it these days?You're right. The popularity of cannabis is at an all-time...
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Jinkx Monsoon is Back in The Vaudevillians
by Jenni Moore Jose A GuzmanWhen I was in high school, my friends and I would routinely sneak out of the house on the weekends to go dancing all night at the all-ages Escape night club in downtown...
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WFTDA Champs: Day Two Roller Derby Recap
by Kelley Gardiner Rose City fans in purpleKelley GardinerIt’s the second day of Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTFA) Championships, and your hometown Rose City Rollers are one of the eight...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff PWR BTTM, Bellows, Lisa Prank While most of Oliver Kalb’s music released under the moniker Bellows conjures the acoustic intimacy of Elliott Smith or Sufjan Stevens, “Orange Juice”...
View ArticleOld Fart in Trump Hat at St. Johns Food Carts
by Anonymous Trump supporter wearing your "Make America great Again" hat at the St. Johns Food Carts:I called you out because you chose to wear a fascist hat in my neighborhood .I have an adopted son...
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Things to Do This Week!
Things to do for November 7-10 by Mercury Staff Well, the calendar says there's a full week here, but everyone's heart, soul, brain, stomach, intestines, anything that can seize or clench anywhere on...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Rose City Rollers are World Champs, FBI Backpedals, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You would have thought I needed help with the feeling that I felt. So shook I had to catch my breath. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Let's start with some good news,...
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The Walking Dead Recap: Vote Negan/Daryl 2016
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hello! Did you watch last night's episode of The Walking Dead?Are you hungry for a dog food sandwich? Just curious! Meet me after the jump for some spoiler-filled recap of the...
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Hacksaw Ridge: Making Peace (or Not) with Mel Gibson
by Ben Coleman “From the acclaimed director of Braveheart and Passion of the Christ” is how the posters for Hacksaw Ridge have chosen to phrase it, hoping you’ll transfer your positive associations...
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WFTDA Champs: Day Three Roller Derby Recap (We Won!)
by Kelley Gardiner Rose City gets readyKelley GardinerWeeeee are the win-ners agaaaaaain.And we’ll keep on hugging…'TIL THE END!Yep, the your home team loves hugging so much, that they almost forgot...
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The Los Angeles Mural from Elliott Smith's Figure 8 Album Art Will Be...
by Ciara Dolan CC BY SADaniel WabyickSince Elliott Smith's death in 2003, the Los Angeles mural that served as the backdrop for his 2000 record Figure 8 has acted as a memorial where fans leave...
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What's Happening with Weed on a National Level? Your Election Day Guide
by Vince Sliwoski Voters in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana tomorrow. Additionally, Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North...
View ArticleSaturday Night Live Encourages Bipartisan Hugging
by Jennifer Campbell It's been a long and brutal election season. In this weekend's cold open, Saturday Night Live acknowledges what many of us have been feeling: gross. It started out as a basic...
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