Archive for January, 2009
This could get interesting
I didn’t want to get serious with this blog. But, heck, rules are made to be broken. What’s shaping up is a potential fight over the successor to the seat of the late Rep. Bill Grant. Although the state Constitution (and state law) seem to nail down the issue pretty well, that was all before [...]
Urban speak
This Christmas, one of my gifts was an Urban Dictionary word-day-calendar. I was grateful for it, but frankly I think some of these terms were made up by the authors during a brainstorming session at the local pub. But make up your own mind. Here’s the ones for Friday, Saturday/Sunday and today. w00t – An [...]
Notes on the apocalypse
I’m probably going to get killed for writing this, but here goes. When I’m sitting in a meeting (and I won’t say where or what meeting) people may note that I am often writing furiously with a stern look on my face. They assume this is because I am diligently writing down every detail of what is [...]
A stimulus, of sorts
This just in from the Outdoor Wire– BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In recognition of the unprecedented demand for firearms by nervous consumers, The Outdoor Wire, the nation’s largest daily electronic news service for the outdoor industry, has named President-elect Barack Obama its “Gun Salesman of the Year”. With the selection, Outdoor Wire publisher Jim Shepherd says [...]
Odds and Ends
So, of course, I had to run over to Whitman College and check out the scandalous statue. This came on the heels of a Jan. 7 letter to the editor. While the writer didn’t specify exactly where the extremely naked person in question was, it wasn’t hard to find. After all, how many reproductions of [...]
Rock on
I had a lot of fun roaming around the Odd Fellows museum a while back and shooting photos for the Panorama that ran Sunday (Jan. 4). One of the fascinating items which is going to be auctioned off on Jan 17 is the 1942 Wurlitzer jukebox sitting in the lobby. It’s one of two they [...]
