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I happened upon Bruce “Shorty” Allen on NW 19th Ave., about half a block from Burnside, while walking up to Fred Meyer to get some peanut butter. It was the Eve of Thanksgiving Eve, and Shorty sat on a knee-high concrete wall that acted as a divider... more »

As our society continues its slide towards “populist” fascism, corpostate-mandated totalitarianism and cultural depravity, America’s dwindling middle-classes might at least consider sitting up and taking notice. After the Putsch, wouldn’t you agree that… more »

I am the New World Order, living off the backs of others, fucking the planet over for a buck. You are the New World Order, manifesting your desire to be ruled like gimps and kept like pets. more »

“Get in the truck. It’s what we do.” Kip Geraldo–vagabond and wino who earns his keep by panhandling at various intersections scattered along the handful of thoroughfares that snake through the small town of Springfield, and Eugene, Springfield’s collegiate cousin–uttered these mysterious words not long ago. Jamie Spencer, an old buddy I’ve known since the mid-’80s, has dwelled in Springfield’s desolate Thurston neighborhood for the past couple of years. Replete with meth casualties, biker bars and low-rent strip malls, Springfield is routinely dismissed as “Springtucky” by the eco-hippies, academics and other upright and overly-edumacated citizens of nearby Eugene. Jamie brought Mr. Geraldo’s words to my attention shortly after I had arrived from Portland for an extended visit. more »

Sofia Angelina is all smiles the morning her orthodontist ended a two-year ordeal by removing the braces from her teeth. more »