unseenportland:

While i’m not a fan of tooting my own horn publicly (at least while my pants are on), I wanted to thank everyone who nominated Unseen Portland for Best Blog in the Portland Phoenix. As a favor, if you could please take a couple minutes out of your day to vote for Unseen Portland HERE, I would…

“With all due respect to [Secretary of Defense] Robert Gates, this report is wholly inadequate,” said McCain. “First of all, it only takes into account the responses of some 115,000 troops. And second, there are absolutely zero accounts of openly gay soldiers sitting across from me in the mess hall, licking a spoon and undressing me with their eyes.”

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the North Pole’s management offices, mid- and upper-level elves were getting tight on eggnog. The annual Christmas party was the social event of the season, and most of the elves had quit putting in long days and hard work sometime in mid-November to be prepared.