Corvallis – Home of the Beavers

The Farmer’s Insurance Group issued a study of the "Most Secure" places in the U.S. this month, and I have to wonder to myself – what kind of paranoia has to take hold of someone that they’re actually willing to take advice on where to live from a list upon which Boise, Idaho is ranked … Read more

Boned

Noam Chomsky says a well-informed populace is a necessary ingredient to any democracy. In other words, we’re boned. Newspaper readership is down, and showing no signs of reversing the freefall. And since they’re not reading, Americans are forced to rely on such reliable political indicators as gut instinct, party affiliation, and the ever popular "he’s … Read more

Fido the Pimp

Crotches are rarely sniffed or nuzzled within the first five minutes of a first date, yet even with ten first dates occurring simultaneously in a crowded Warehouse District coffee shop, this was no ordinary dating scenario. The distracting backdrop of panting, whining, pawing, and the occasional licking of naughty bits, in fact, might evoke thoughts … Read more