• Jun
  • 02

The 6 Most Innovative…Brothels(?!) From Around the World

As with all things, whorehouses must adapt and change with the times. Prostitutes must become better, stronger and more resistant to disease. Here are the 6 most innovative….

According to our friends on Wikipedia, these were officially organized by the army, meaning at some point in time, someone in the French military basically held the rank of pimp, which is probably the coolest thing anyone in the French military…

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  • May
  • 30

Our 7 Favorite Heroic Dogs from the News

Although a pack mentality is natural for a dog, their bravery, loyalty, and selflessness can boggle the mind and warm the heart. Here are a few stories that illustrate what dogs are all about.

Brenda Owen was walking her labrador retriever Penny by the Elwy River in St. Asaph, Wales about a month ago when she spotted a wheelchair on the shore and a body in the water. She shouted, Fetch!? and Penny did. She jumped into the water and…

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  • May
  • 06

Acupuncture is not just for people. It’s also for cities

Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city’s “chi,” or vital energy, needs some help. An artist who arrived from New York four years ago, Kuby says the acupuncture project is an attempt to get people to see the city in a holistic way.

Teetotaling lumberman Simon Benson, hoping his workers would show up reasonably sober, gave the city the ubiquitous “Benson Bubbler” brass drinking fountains a century or so back, promoting pure water. Portland's beer consumption…

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