You learn something new every day, at least when you randomly search blog posts for “Archie Binns.” FromGruesome Cargoes blog, a blog about early 20th century “horror fiction,” Binns wrote a story called The Last Trip: “I would have died long ago if it hadn’t been for her. I was blown up and shot to…
Month: June 2008
Now remember, we live in a Republic
One of the funniest things I hear from conservatives is “now, remember, we live in a Republic, not a democracy,” and then they spout off about how that actually limits our own control of government. Anyway, that’s not what Republic means. Rather than direct democracy, the framers assumed that citizens would be so damn close…
Lakewood is lucky to have Neary
Good lord. I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t that Walter Neary was typing and blogging that first ticked off the public commenters at a Lakewood City Council meeting last month, it was that he disagreed with them at the time that the city could do anything at all about the Clover Park School District. The…
Mt. Rainier scenic railroad, well worth the money
The whole family plus some friends motored down to Morton this morning to take in an hour long train ride in the foothills. The entire ride was well worth the experience. Our two year old was beside himself nearly the entire trip and everyone helping out on the train ride was extremely friendly. Taking him…
TVW embed tool is live
Its official, TVW has added customized embedding for all of their internet content. This includes (as I realized this morning how important this would be) the audio content. I would estimate 70 percent of the really good stuff (state legislative committee work) is audio only. Via email from Greg Lane: We’re pleased to announce TVW…
I hope that used to be our man Jorge… shows the Ms why they were wrong
I used to so be into Jorge Campillo, it was a little obsession of mine. He was a great Mexican junkballer, that the Mariners for some reason kept in the minors. And there’s nothing cooler in baseball than a junkballer. Even a stupid knuckleballer, though people can’t seem to stop writing about them. Just my…
TVW does the right thing and Mark Gardner is wrong
Mark Gardner is wrong, TVW is not fighting a battle with bloggers, Democratic, amen, or otherwise.Mark Gardner is so freaking wrong because no campaign will suffer, because TVW is doing the right thing and developing a tool that will help citizens and bloggers get easy access to the great stuff TVW produces. There won’t be…