MONDAY 17 The only reason we watch the Winter Olympics is to drool over the athletes’ skin-tight Lycra outfits—which by accentuating every taut muscle, succeed in dampening our nethers. However, we are consistently distracted from our reverie by the inane chatter of NBC commentators, who sincerely don’t know when to shut up. The inanity came […]
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Flat Tire
By noon last Wednesday, the Les Schwab station on Franklin already had four customers who had blown out tires at the roundabout at Galverston and NW 14th where gapping potholes were hammering tires—potholes, ironically, caused by the roads being chewed up by the very studded tires meant to keep drivers safe. And that is just […]
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On Day at a Time
MONDAY 3 Today in UGGGNNNHH: On Saturday, the New York Times published an open letter from Dylan Farrow (the adopted daughter of director Woody Allen) in which she describes being sexually assaulted by the director when she was seven years old. Again, UGGGGNNNHHH. The letter—which is simultaneously sad and horrifying—also calls out stars that have […]
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Sticks, Stones and Big Words
The Bulletin must have scored better on its SATs than us. Or perhaps not. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “imperious” (yes, we had to look it up) as “having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of someone who gives orders and expects other people to obey them.” In a recent swipe at the current—and seeking reelection—Deschutes […]
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Glass Slipper, Half-Full
At a packed neighborhood meeting last week, Oregon State University-Cascades representatives attempted to explain how the upcoming campus expansion could benefit the broader Bend community; particularly, transportation. Upgrades, like boosting busing services and greatly expanding bike lane infrastructure, were just a couple of the perks mentioned as Bend plans to greet a four-year university on […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 27 Righteous internet outrage ensued today after rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis—both white people—took home last night’s Grammy award for ìBest Rap Album of the Year.î To his credit, Mack quickly texted fellow nominee Kendrick Lamar to tell him, ìYou got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 20 It’s Martin Luther King’s birthday today—and how did Justin Bieber spend it? By dropping $75,000 (in ones!) all over the strippers at Miami’s King of Diamonds strip club. (Apparently, Bieber had a dream.) MEANWHILE…It’s Martin Luther King’s birthday today—and how did Madonna spend it? By apologizing for calling her son the “n-word” on […]
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Free (Market) The Booze!
Our Glass Slipper this week goes to Rob Patridge who heads a five-person policy panel for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and who is co-introducing (with the OLCC’s Executive director) a bill for the February session of the Oregon legislature to, hold on to your bowler hat, loosen the OLCC’s grip on liquor sales—potentially the […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 13 The early bird gets the worm—and while many celebrities are still snug and warm in their beds, Kanye West is out in the world, beating down 18-year-olds, and making the job for gossip columnists very easy indeed. TMZ reported that Kanye, perhaps justifiably, attacked a foul-mouthed teen today—for saying the n-word to Kim […]
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Not A Puff Piece
Last week, President Barack Obama declared in a New Yorker article he doesn’t believe marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol “in terms of impact on the individual consumer.” “As has been well documented,” he said, “I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice. (But) I […]
