Author: Emmett O'Connell (Page 49 of 176)

In honor of Mathias Eichler’s recognition of being the best person in town (Awww-SUM), I give you Mathias’ best idears as copied by other people and as told by Discover Thurston.

And, when I say “copied” I mean borrowed without credit seemingly being given. Credit may have been given at some point, but not in these videos or anyplace else I could find.

1. First, is obviously, First Friday: “First Friday began in December of 2007 at the hands of business owners Mathias and Trixy Eichler.”

And, as told by Discover Thurston: “The first one we started was in September (2011).”

I don’t know what chocolate has to do with November.

2. Also, Table for Olympia: on Olyblog in 2009.

Then, as told by Discover Thurston: “Tonight we’re having a Table of Ooooaaah… South Sound.”

TJ, you almost blew it, you almost said Olympia.

To be honest, I don’t have any problem with people taking ideas and running with them. I do it all the time. But, it is at least polite to give credit where it is very much due.

1. But, if you were to google “Sh*t people from Olympia Say,” you see a video that achieves a greater hilarity than the average for the meme. Damn, don’t google it, just here it is. If you haven’t see it yet, have fun.

2. One of the two times I’ve seen the Vagina Monologues was at the Midnight Sun. Now, Alec points out, they’re in trouble. Help save them.

3. Washington Our Home is a decent looking localish blog. I particularly like this post about stumbling onto the Ft. Eaton historic marker on the way out of town.

4. Speaking of history, the Olympia Historical Society is doing something pretty awesome. Even more awesome than the Olympia video.

They’re taking questions they get and answering them online.

5. By the way, the second least popular idea for a building in West Olympia is a Boys and Girls Club. Pretty steep fall from a 7-11.

6. And, a movie you haven’t watched. The Illuminated Ball, a fundraiser for Procession.

Well, I did post one olyblogosphere up on Friday, but that’s not a true link post. But, people seem to be interested in the topic. And, if “Lunch Scholars” was a spoof, then they did a bad job labeling it.

1. Krista and Jess come late to the blog post about the weather party, but the pictures are well worth the click through.

2. Olyeats combines two things I like. Well, she always does the slow back in to talking about food blog post thing (which I always like). But, this week she also does the categorize Olympians thing, this time with the “OlyGrrrl au Natural.”

The mantra of the OlyGrrrl au Natural is ‘Love your mother (earth)’. A free spirit, her home (if she has a permanent one) is co-housing or a bus parked on someone’s property on the West Side. Her news source is Democracy Now! and she probably enjoys listening to Scatterlings of Africa and the Polynesian Hour on KAOS. She is most definitely a wanderer, likely hailing from somewhere else originally. The open and communal atmosphere, the beautiful natural surroundings and the great hiking drew her to feel at home in Oly more than any other place at the moment.

Red more here.

3. Over at Thurstonblog, sidrat38 has a great commentary the day after the state house’s vote on marriage.

4. For my taste, Cecelia Carpenter is one of the best historians with a local focus ever. But, One Pissed Off Vet does a decent review of a book that covers the ground Carpenter spent a life covering.

5. The legislative building with Mt. Baker from Paul T. Marsh (@PositivePauly) on flickr. This made me think of the historic possibility of Whatcom County running off with the capitol. I’m not sure they were ever really in the running, but still a great picture.

Snow. Damn snow. Now you all know why I hate snow.

1. Calavara brings us two comics about the snow. The first of which I identify with very much.

2. snow! blog Elaine. And then, On being a ped in the snow:

What can be done about sidewalks & crossings? I understand that there aren’t resources for city to clear any sidewalks and that it’s not legally the city’s responsibility. However, a week & a half after start of the storm, several days after melt started, sections of arterial sidewalks are still nearly impassible. There’s multiple areas VERY slick ice, never shoveled, trampled down into hard crust over the sidewalk.

3. And, just to round out snow related blog posts, Flummel, Flummer, Flummo: we gots Snow! 

4. Of course there are a lot of snow related videos posted lately, but these two speak to me. Kids going down a little hill (from clwtrip).

And, of course, trying to make sure everyone gets treated fairly.

1. From our corner brings us a sunrise over the FLOD. Grsshpprkm bring us a sweet sunset:

2. Another great local webshow is “Around Thurston County.” Its also on local cable, but the creator is posting his shows online as well. Here’s Olympia’s new mayor.

3. Here’s a post from the Yelm Highway Project blog on what the what is with the signals at Rich Road. Which, for people heading west every morning (to me it seems as I pass them heading east) is a big deal. Its a nice reminder of a good local government blog, but also because I now know that Setina is that business at that corner. They build bumbers, which is pretty cool.

4. Erica’s Garden writes about sun tracking, with a pretty smashing graphic she made herself.

5. I feel bad linking to this one, but you have to know that the county spent money on a video about our bridges.