Behind the Ironic Column

In theory, I *should* be practicing my gull identification skills.  They're walking around in the Park blocks and making themselves about as available as it's possible to be.  I like to watch them as they're out for a stroll -- checking on whatever leftovers the lunchtime folks have left, and ...

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Now that I've emerged from the 31st Portland International Film Festival, having seen a total of 68 films, I intend to do what the groundhogs did at the beginning of the month:  take a look around and see if I want to come out or go back inside for a ...

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Sometimes we think humans are the only ones that binge.  But other animals do it too, especially when it's related to food and survival.  That's likely the original reason behind the human tendency to eat every chip in a bag of Doritos.  The food is there and you should take ...

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A few days ago I overheard a couple talking as they waited for the streetcar.  The original topic of their conversation wasn’t clear, but the final line was “It’s obsessions that run the world.”  They could have been talking about politics, given this election year, or it could have been something ...

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