Altruism is defined as a selfless act of kindness. While saying altruistic kindness is rhetorically redundant (like free gift or rhetorica...

My paramour Pam a native of this great land whom I think is grand I don't give any thanks today. For non-North American readers: today i...

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Bookstores A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number six . A conducive climate exists here, literally and figura...

Following in the footsteps of Mr Allen—of Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons —who enjoys Vonnegut and (accordingly) has, maybe, the best esote...

Charlie Kaufman has just become one of my favorite directors. The writer of such wonderfully bizarre films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotl...

Voting Simplicity A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number seven Step one: register to vote (like in every sta...

          Most people rarely contemplate the place they call HOME—even less question it.  Many people move away from someone else, while...

Art Theaters A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number eight . Cinema 21 , Bagdad Theater & pub , Hollywood ...

Urban Boundary Lines (UBL) A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number nine Decades ago, urban planners passed la...

No Sales Tax A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number ten Oregon is not unique in its lack of a sales tax; othe...

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Philo...

            As you know, it is not enough for a reader to pick up the little symbols from a page with his eyes ... Once we get those s...

Thank you, veterans. I am one, know many still serving and many more who once served. My thoughts are with you as I write: I, like most, h...

The Best American Non-required Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers My review rating: 4 of 5 stars A wonderful collection of articles, graphic ...

Full Service Gasoline A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number eleven Self-service gasoline stations are illega...

This inconsequential film would never have been released if it were not our current president's last daze in office. However, I suspec...

A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number twelve . In many other states and cities zoning restrictions rele...

digital rendering by veach st glines — 2008 The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more be...

I want to thank those of you who voted, stood in lines, voted for the first time (or first time in a long time). My opinion of my country h...

           On December 21st, 2012, the entire world is supposed to change in a manner that will come to the attention of every single inhabi...

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I want. I have wanted. I will want. I don't really understand why. I rarely have materialistic desires; when I do, I just wait. ...

death of the baroque by ~ irishwind on deviant ART This is a drawing I love by irishwind . I followed her work two years ago, and think s...

Chasing is the opposite of repoussé, which is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse s...

I found this wonderfully warm puppy in the window of a consignment store. I haggled, bought, built a light-box with rope-lights & piano...

The 'raise-the-alarm and spread-the-panic' machines have been consistent and loud enough, that I suspect most people have already he...

I (we) chose to move to Portland, Oregon, three months ago, on not much more than: gut-instincts, a hope that serendipitous events of yester...

Am I the only person who prefers an 'American translation' when reading British authors? This is only a book-reading issue. I pre...

          In March of 06 my paramour Pam, and I, quit work and began a rambling shuffle of job-searching (for her) and camping journey (for ...