Capital City PrideDesserts & Delectable Delights Auction! Sunday, May 6th ~3-5pmat Ramblin’ Jacks520 4th Ave EDowntown Olympiahttp://ramblinjacks.com Carol Watson, Auctioneer Delectable Dining Certificates, Fabulous Cakes & Desserts, Wine & Spirits, Feast for the Self (pamper your body), Food for the Soul (art & theatre), Weekend Getaways, Privately Catered Dinners, Signed Ceremonial Bill Cover of the …
Saturday, June 16th is Noel’s birthday. He doesn’t know if he will be in Seattle or not, but we plan to be. We will be going to The Fremont Solstice Parade & Pageant. Fremont is a Seattle neighborhood and it is the Center of The Universe. See Fremont’s Urban Mythology Collected by Jon Hegeman from …
There’s a seething anger not far below the surface of many people in America today. It’s ready to explode at the least feeling of being slighted. You see it when someone gets cut off in traffic, someone doesn’t like how someone looks at them, a relationship breaks up, or the service in a restaurant is …
The United States has seen a series of astonishing gay advances in the past three weeks. When Connecticut state Rep. Beth Bye’s turn came to speak about the need for her legislature to approve gay marriage, she tearfully recalled her devout Catholic father’s loving participation in her civil union ceremony, then described the pain of …
Energy efficiency is the smartest step towards dealing with global warming. There are many ways that you as a private citizen can be part of the solution. Carpooling, using mass transit, bicycling, walking, buying a hybrid car, turning your thermostat down a degree in the winter, and up a degree in summer, turning off lights, …
In times of universal deceit telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell Watch this director’s final cut authorized version of America: Freedom To Fascism (AFTF) a 1 hr 49 min documentary by Aaron Russo. And be sure to read the biography of this amazing man. Aaron has listened to everyone’s feedback …
How did the mainstream press get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein to 9-11 continue to go largely unreported? “What the conservative media did was easy to fathom; they had been cheerleaders for the White House from the beginning and …
In my limited understanding of Jewish tradition this quote relates to what is below it: Questioning-asking has not only long been seen as a central component of Jewish educational practice but has also been thought to be part of a broader culture of Judaism. from: Beyond Questioning: Inquiry Strategies and Cognitive and Affective Elements of …
During my 23 years with The Times’ sports department, I have held a wide variety of roles and titles. Tennis writer. Angels beat reporter. Olympics writer. Essayist. Sports media critic. NFL columnist. Recent keeper of the Morning Briefing flame. Today I leave for a few weeks’ vacation, and when I return, I will come back …
Yesterday Alec and I went to Seattle to see Gem of the Ocean by Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson, directed by Phylicia Rashad, at Seattle Repertory’s Bagley Wright Theatre. It will be there until May 6th. ~ See it if you can ~ it’s excellent, very powerful! More on Gem of the Ocean in Wikipedia. …