http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-1462-1-.html Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19616-magic_kingdom_does_being_cool_matter_at_a_competitive_magic_tournament_with_%243000_on_the_line.html There was no stigma when I started playing Magic: The Gathering. In 1996, the game caught on like wildfire at my parochial school in Akron, Ohio.]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20731-vanifest_destiny_when_in_roam_why_i_left_a_comfy_job_and_sweet_apartment_in_ohio_to_live_in_a_van_in.html I’m lying on the backseat of a busted old conversion van that reeks of oil and cigar smoke in the parking lot of a Space Age gas station near the Portland-Gresham border. It’s not quite 6 am, ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20732-vanifest_destiny_who_lives_in_that_van_.html Look down your street. Even if you live in the West Hills, there’s a good chance you’ve got a van or two parked nearby. Vans are everywhere in Cascadia—and some of them double as houses. VO]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20758-vanifest_destiny_stealth_bomber_first_rule_of_vandwelling_don%E2%80%99t_let_anyone_see_you_vandwelli.html The cops may be on to me. It’s 10:30 on Monday night and I’m walking “home” to the van where I’ve lived for a week. I’ve got one eye on a police cruiser as a black-and-white Radio Cab ]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20788-vanifest_destiny_the_shower_scene_the_logistical_challenges_of_waking_up_without_a_place_to_piss.html It’s 8:30 in the morning and I have to pee. This is a common problem, I know. For most people, it is easily solvable. For most of my own life, it was easily solvable. But now that I live in a ]]>