So, for several years I heard how cool Portland was but never felt pulled to visit. In the past couple years I've met several—SEVERAL—people from Chicago and NYC who moved there (usually to work for Nike) and immediately started plotting their returns. Their gripe? That once you leave the small "downtown" area it…

Yay for religion!

Yes, that's why people scream...because they think it's going to cause something to stop. Not at all because it's a compulsory emotional reaction.

Although I do it all the time with the help of medication and booze, I'm terrified—TERRIFIED—of flying. Extreme headaches from the heart racing, sweating bullets, difficulty breathing are some of the characteristics without the meds and just mild anxiety with. And yet I feel drawn in to watch these types of videos…

Demanding an apology??!! Lol...um, kind of tone deaf, right? Nice try, coppers.

Oh, so many GOOD ideas...what a shame. Dubai is really a hot mess—a shining example of all that is wrong with humans. And I can't imagine a worse place for a feat of engineering than India with its lax regulations and corruption.

Wow, unfuckingbelievable. I would still report it. To the sheriff's office AND the press. Really, the cops are just going to protect their own, but get them some loud, bad press from HuffPost or something and they start tapdancing.

I don't know why but I find the blood sport of tracking canceled new shows to be fascinating. Even more so when they're uber-hyped. I was really hoping Terra Nova was going to be great—I think it was Steven Spielberg-produced—but it was terrible.

Yeah, you're reading too far into the insult. It's really only meant to signify the savage lack of civilization and respect for humanity. That's it. Not referring at all to the religious or political motivation or the publicity tactics.

Why don't they use it to house all the East Ukraine Russian separatists? I'm sure Ukraine would be happy to be rid of them, the separatists would have fancy new apartments. Win/win. Of course, there'd be no work and little food, but that would be the case in most of Russia, no?

That made me a little misty seeing all those strangers inspired by his courage to pitch in and follow his lead. He's a here and a leader.

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! So long, nerds! Back to the basement video consoles for you!

I'm trying to think of a fate more terrible than being a woman and choosing to marry someone so depraved for the sake of some distorted storybook romance I've conjured up in my sad, lonely adolescent mind and I'm having trouble coming up with something. Damn, read a Twilight book or something.

Is "IS" a Gawker term? I've read ISIS and ISIL, but is IS an official term somewhere that I haven't read?

I'm going to say this:

I'm terrified of flying and yet I've watched and read about that crash obsessively. It's just so frightening and miraculous.

Once again confirming the insufferable nerdiness of fan fiction fanatics.

aw, what a disappointment. I was expecting a chic gut job and it was basically an airplane with the seats ripped out packed with some guys random stuff. But thanks for posting.

The inclusion of the stray dog really completes the whole sad story.

I really miss the ays of he skin tight pants to the knees with stirrups. Those pants look like sloppy sweatpants.