Category: olyblogosphere (Page 4 of 12)

1. Sue Gunn, despite sounding environmentalist, is still holding the conservative line in Thurston County. At least according to Ken of Lacey.

2. One little post about Moving to Olympia becomes the meta-fight of the city.

Says one:

Statistically we have a much higher population of youth homeless than is common.

Says another:

You’re still focusing all of your energy onto the symptom and not the problem.

And, another:

Young people choosing irresponsibility in life shouldn’t be the burden
to bear of those who are responsible enough to pay our own way through
life.

 Move to Olympia. Get more of this. Just don’t move here without a job. Seriously.

3. Ryan Williams lives around here and he’s a pretty good writer. The Myth of the Day Off. Look, here are all of the books by him.

4.There are a lot of local guys in professional baseball. More than you think.

5. Via Olyblog, through a tweet by me, copying and pasting an email I got which included an attachment of an essay by Bethany Weidner. Things are getting warm in the Planning Commission.

1. On one hand the pro-People’s House people hated the Olympian’s editorial.

2. On the other hand, the anti-People’s House people hated the Olympian’s editorial. At least we all can agree on something.

3. Here’s Rick taking us on a ride around South Puget Sound CC.

4.The person who runs the Nuit House (who knew it existed?) points out that 200 people would like to relocated to a low cost home for artists.

5. Hey, go back up to #3 and think to yourself, speaking of old time Olyblog people. Our favorite Sarah from McCleary is back. Apparently spurred by the reappearance of Nazis in Olympia, which is obviously a sad event. But, its good to have Sarah back in the saddle. Boy, it was almost 8 years ago now that the Nazis and Sarah first crossed swords.

1. Everyday Olympia is back! And, pointing to a really nice Sunday morning conversation about Olympia.

2. Berd’s ears were hurt by the fairly common sign of spring, the Pacific tree frog.

3. The late Joe Dear honored in a Youtube upload at Evergreen. Apparently Dear didn’t like being called “John Dear.” I once heard about an interoffice delivery that was sent back from the governor’s office because it was addressed to John Dear. Nope, no John Dear here.

4. There was a stickup at out SPSCC and some sort of system didn’t work.

5. And, the rebirth of a massive awesome building project in downtown Olympia, covered by Janine’s Little Hollywood.

1. Now, this view is surprisingly nice.

2. Happy sappy love day from the re-use folks.

3.Ken went to the Olympian, along with tons of other folks apparently. Not to knock on the Olympian doing a good thing like inviting the public in to talk to news staff, but I remember when the Olympian literally had a public newsroom. Back in the late 90s, I remember you could walk straight back into the newsroom without having to check in.

4. Janine’s Little Hollywood turned her RSS feed back on this week. Which is great for someone like me. Showing how much I care, here’s a great post on some Tumwater brewery planning.

1. Did you know that freshwater clams are all over Capitol Lake? Now you do.

2. Did Freemasons have a hand in the landscaping of the Capitol Campus? Why should you care? Find out here in what is easily the best post over at Olyblog in a long time. And, bring a hat. Fez or tinfoil will do.

And, there’s a follow up post here.

3. It must be the energy of the legislative session. But, Heather posts about something up on the hill too. This time, George Washington’s face.

4. And, talk about hidden secrets: Panorama City has a thrift store. Damn.

1. Over at Olyblog, we have the question: What is there about Olympia that makes it different than any other city?

2. Answer one: A refreshingly honest blog and a great idea (Olympia as a place to call home on vacation as you explore western Washington).

3. Answer two: Have you ever met Berd? Interesting fellow. If you don’t appreciate his time lapse of lower Budd Inlet, there’s something wrong with you.

4. Answer three: People make things in Olympia, and sometimes they make a Queen Bee Scarf. I can’t really appreciate it, but I can see how people would.

5. Answer four: Jim Anderson is blogging again. Enough said.

1. I’ve been up to this spot before. I wish I’d had thought to take a picture like this one. Amazing.

2.  Good idea:

I am planning to make my windows less reflective so other birds don’t attempt to fly through them. It
doesn’t make sense to create an environment that enhances our
bird-watching pleasure if it is fatal to the birds we are attempting to
attract.

 3. There’s a lot to be said about the King Tides this last week. Here’s Mojourner up at Mission Creek.

4. And, here’s the state of some wonderful blog up there in McCleary looking down upon us from the hills. Here’s to you Steve.

1. Dig through the muck, find the history (from ArchaeOlygy):

Rip into it with heavy machinery, as happened when Mission Creek was
restored this Fall, and the stratigraphy makes the depositional history
that much clearer. The modern beach has been accumulating atop the
slumping clay fill of the road that dammed the creek a couple or three
generations ago. The yellow clay beneath the asphalt calved off and
melted away over the years after the road was built, spreading itself
thinner down the beach, taken by the very tides and waves that bring the
gift of gravel, sand, and shell from the north (including quit a few
Olympia Oyster shells, which  probably died decades ago in polluted Budd
Inlet).

2. The Yodelling Lama wonders about freshwater otters and shellfish. Maybe they’re freshwater shellfish.

3. Holy cats. Ask on r/olympia what you should know before moving to Olympia? Brace yourself.

You will have a tough time making friends because it’s a college town
with a transient population. Locals figure you’re going to split in a
year or two so they don’t bother trying to get to know you. #1 rule:
stay out of the drug culture. Heroin is huge here. It is everywhere. You
may out of loneliness and desperation for interaction be drawn in.
Every year some Greener freshman turns on and falls in and the army of
undead living in the woods grows. On every corner holding a piece of
cardboard is some asshole that I can say “Damn, I remember when she was
new and cute.” It’s really sad.

4. Marcus and family heads over to the Lights at Ken Lake. Hey, by the way, thank the sponsors this year (Eastside Big Tom and A+ Services). Another awesome Olympia light display is Olympialightstravaganza!

1. Icy, icy, coldcoldcold at the Deschutes falls and dams.

2. Log Lugger Loses Load!

3. Now this is a fascinating post. I suggest you read about Allison Dickson’s conversation with an unnamed Olympia bookstore. But, it boils down to “we don’t want your reading because people can buy the ebook.”

4. Camille is trying to coax the light back during the dark Christmas time.

1. Just when I thought there were no new Olympia blogs, Mojourners launches ArchaeOlygist! Oh my! No new bloggers, but new blogs!

2. No one knows who the secret artist is in Olympia, even Alec Clayton, other than Olympia isn’t his home, just his  canvas.

3. Do the folks who got arrested down at the old WDFW shop last spring deserve the Oly 6 name? The Birmingham Six were sentenced to life in prison for something they didn’t do. Arrested for trespassing? I don’t know.

4. Ken writes about the Ports Lies. I’ve been reading a lot of environmentalists on the other side of the political spectrum from Ken this week say the same thing. This is exactly how Sue Gunn got elected in the first place.


5. Rebels By Bus is a great blog. Finally they post again.