Category Archives: Portland
I have to do it, because I am from Portland…
I said I would post it didn’t I? Yes, I did. Here is the “Shit Portlanders Say” and it is pretty spot on in my opinion. I am guilty of saying many of these things:
There is a multi-volume historical dictionary of American slang?!?!?!
I think I am in love…
Happy Oregon Statehood Day…also known as V-Day or that other day
Today is a big day… in 1859 Oregon officially became a state of the United States.
Somebody that I used to know.
Who the heck is Gotye? (pronounced “go-tea-yay”)
All Patriotic and stuff…or “Ode to Portland”
It is funny how leaving a place can make you pine for it, often even if it is a shit hole & backwards type of place.
An unexpected Christmas Present…
For my birthday I asked for a few books from my husband, one of which was a students textbook about how to be a better writer titled, “Writing Academic English, 4th Ed.” by Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. First of all, the book shipped from Powells in Portland, YES!!!
“It’s Always Sunny…” drinking game…
Apparently, with the popularity of the FX television show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia which debuted in 2005, many people have created drinking games.
Dorli Rainey is an Inspiration to Everyone
By now most of you have likely seen this picture:
Portland versus Occupy
By now you probably know that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) began on September 17th in New York City and all over the country Occupy camps are being evicted.
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