Here's a good song for "26" that really makes me feel an incredible sense of doom as I get closer to that age.

Du's Grill on Sandy is the moderately famous one that I would recommend. I think I've been to that one on 82nd (south of Foster, I think?)

It ALSO just occurred to me that a big cultural distinction in PNW teriyaki and what you find elsewhere is the linguistic marker of referring to grilled chicken with rice and a salad as "teriyaki" (which refers to the sugar glaze cooking method) vs. "bento" (which is a traditional Japanese lunchbox).

I'll also add that while Portland probably inherited the movement from Seattle, the two cities share enough of the same demographic and cultural factors that they may be the only places that can really get it right: a sizeable Japanese/Korean population, large working-class consumer base (although this is shifting in…

I'm from Portland, and this article hit on everything I've ever thought about teriyaki but never had the platform to preach to the masses. It really is a perfect meal: savory, filling, balanced (with the perfunctory salad), and cheap. My favorite spot is just the one that's closest to me (Soy Grill in Clackamas), but…

The ultimate paradox being someone who wants to have their soup and eat it, too.

The whole premise of this article is fucked, but luckily it gets to the right answer. There is only one reasonable verb that goes with "soup" and that is "to have."

No love for the Mountain Goats' "Anti-Music Song"? Complete lyrics:

Especially weird given that Jezebel wrote a pretty favorable review.

Tallahassee ends with Alpha Rats Nest.

"TMNT 2… gross!"

The Avalanches, "Since I Left You."

This might be my favorite Futurama joke of all time, especially because it just rolls on from the wonderful set-up of Calculon not needing to explain the scene. My brother and I say that second line at every oppurtunity.

I think my problem with Fables is that the first 75 issues establish a really breakneck pace with the characters accomplishing some new, insanely cool thing every five issues, and that grinds to a complete halt around 80. Fabletown is destroyed, which takes a way a lot of the sense of community and place that I liked…

It was a real Hindenburg.

I saw Trainwreck at a screening last night. It was really not good, but I may have just seen a rough cut.

Jupiter Ascending RT rating: 35%
Speed Racer RT rating: 39%

NBC… We comedy!

I got a Terriers notification for this!?

People complained about the lack of writer's room plots in the later season, but they were obviously forgetting that the writer's could never carry a story.