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Yesterday, I stood outside the front of my new building waiting to let a few of my friends inside to see our place. As I was standing there, checking my phone, a beat-up 90's Corolla drove past me on its way across the St John's Bridge. It honked. I looked up. The passenger flipped me off. The duo was white, probably in their 20's. Male or female, doesn't matter. I want to say I flipped them off right back, but my reaction time to aggression is never fast. I just stood there. There's a lot of hate among native Portlanders for Invaders. Housing prices have gone up exponentially, so we say "All those Californian's are buying up our houses, and we can't afford to live here." An influx of young professionals means old houses are torn down and apartment complexes are put up. It's natural growth, and it has major problems, but it's also bound to happen. If you want to live in a West Coast city and you're not in tech, Portland is really th...

Everything is packed into three suitcases and two small carry-ons. Moving feels real weird, man.

If you like writing and you like mysteries (or if you make totally sweet commix), you should absolutely apply to be in this collection. If you are chosen to take part, you get paid at least $40 (more based on profits made from selling the collection). Read the directions, and apply the heck out of this. Tudor Close, a Collection of Mysteries The Apiary invites you to submit your work to Tudor Close, a collection of short mysteries. Please read guidelines carefully, because the instructions are very particular!      Our short story collections are unified around a single element – for example, the stories in our adventure collection,  The Egret’s Crossing , all mentioned a bar in Tangier. In this collection, all stories will mention a mansion called Tudor Close.      We know that there’s a limited market for mystery shorts, so to submit to this collection, please send a sample of 1,000-2,000 words, written in a style that ref...

I have new prints up on Society6 ! They come with or without the pithy greetings. They are dirty Portland pigeons--for all the PDX natives who can never find the right visual representation of their city. Print 1: Portland Pigeons enjoy trash outside of Big Pink. Print 2: Pigeon enjoys its perch/poop spot on the top of the Kvinneakt (or "naked lady") statue, made famous by of Bud Clark and his "exposure" to art . Prints 1.5 and 2.5 have greetings and welcomes. CLASSIC PORTLAND. Special thanks to Hobart and Aaron Burch for inviting me to make these for an interview piece that will be coming out soon. I'll link to that as soon as it's out. You'll definitely want to read it. You can buy my prints (mugs, t-shirts, stationary, etc etc etc) here .