Newsflash! from Ken of Lacey: Lacey Community Church voted recently to house the homeless tent encampment called Camp Coyote sometime in July or August. That’s Camp Quixote, not Coyote. Of Cervantes. Seriously though, information from that particular congregation and hosting Camp Quixote will be posted here.
Month: April 2009
Olympia WA (Rancid) by a band that’s never been
Well, I’m just guessing that the three fellas of Fitchburg Punx have never been to Olympia. But their straight-through but not so bad rendition of Olympia, WA lacks that sort of loneliness and homesickness that really makes this song worth it. Like I said, not bad, but with the flourish at the end especially, they…
Worst metonymizer of Olympia digest
Rich Roesler was top of the table, many points clear as they say in the soccer world in the race for worst metonymizer of Olympia. Even Rich’s blog name and url were metonymy. But, in the last few days, Steven Gardener of the Bremerton Sun’s Kitsap Caucus blog has grabbed the title. 1. Champion Gardener:…
I always knew the “Seattle chill” was bull shit
Depending on how you want to view it, Eric at Sightline’s piece about the “Northwest Personality” will either reaffirm your belief in the Seattle Chill or convince you still it doesn’t exist. From Eric: Northwest states are among the most open and least neurotic places you can find, but we are also among the least…
High time for metonymy (can’t wait for Sunday baby)
When the legislature folds up the tents on Sunday, I have hope my terror will end. But, as the engine of democracy begins its high pitch squeal towards sine die, the metonymy is getting way out of hand. 1. #olympia misuse on twitter continues. 2. From Seattle Courant: Olympia Says Seattle Property Owners Should Pay…
Driving the local in civic dialogue
Walter Neary, Lakewood’s blogging city councilman, conducted an experiment via twitter and facebook and got no comments from the locals: The news was that the city of Lakewood’s collection of traffic fines is up 40 percent for the first three months of 2009 compared with the first three months of 2008, for total of about…