Wow....look at me.....I even got the Olyblog nomenclature down.

Seriously - thanks to everyone for the warm friendship exchanged tonight. Lots of laughs.

Norm - I don't ever think I can take you seriously again, but I'll try.

Looking forward to next time.

I'll blog this week about Mrs Larry and I in the hot tub at Naches.

Huh....goodgawd.....too hot in the hot tub.

Thanks again for the fun

Well.....no sense in hiding this....LOL

" Why are we debating this, least of all bringing back the infamous Larry Hill, formerly of this blog? Really, I'm sure he is perfectly happy elsewhere and has much more time now to devote to his fundraising job with Thurston County Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

And why is BLUE! sucking up to him??
anon | 08.24.07 - 5:10 pm"

As I told someone on this blog, I'm not really all that Anonymous.  It's really kinda comical how far people will go when they think I'm going to get hurt.

I guess I'm a public figure (excuse me while I laugh at myself) therefore not subject to the rules of The Olympian's comments section. 

Luckily for me, I'm employed by one of the many fine community service organizations in our community.  Big Brothers Big Sisters has an impecable reputation and is growing in leaps and bounds (I'll share the REALLY big news in about two weeks, when I can release it.  I've promised a partner to not divulge until they speak first).  Great things are happening that will better serve the kids in the communities we serve.

I'm just wondering why "anon" has such a resentment.  It must be rather uncomfortable inside "anon's" skin.

... at the famous "666" sign as you pass McCleary on SR8 going west to Elma. Since this photo was taken the sign has been lowered-- probably in an effort to make it safer for all the inevitable copycats out there.

Here's a slideshow showing where we started back in June. There are more images that wouldn't fit here but it might be a while before I get to making them public.

Here is the latest chuckle on the LTE threads of The Olympian.

" Well, He sure kicked Larry's butt.
Anonymous | 08.24.07 - 9:52 am | #

You give me too much credit. Larry did much to himself. He had/has issues and I hope he resolved them.
A N M 42 | 08.24.07 - 10:30 am"

A N M 42 is, mostlikely, "Anony Moustache 42" a self proclaimed professor at a local learning establishment that claims to monitor and agitate blogs and then discuss the "results" with his class.  Anony Moustache 42, suddenly appeared after Emma and I posted at the same time and "Anonymous's" theory that we were one and the same person, fell apart.  He then went on to "diagnose" my "issues" (Issue #1 being I don't agree with him and think he is full of himself, as well as bovine fecal matter).

My only reason for sharing this today, is a continuation of our ongoing discussion of what is wrong with The Olympian's comments threads.  The moderator allows for antagonists like this, while banning people - like JstPlnOnry - for making a comment about her opinion of the managing editor.

Here it is, a couple months or so later, and I'm still the topic of conversation.  How did I become so powerful?

Another day, not much has changed.

During the last few months I have been seeing turkey vultures in the McCleary area. This is the first time (and I've been a resident, off and on, out here for over 40 years) that I have seen them in this vicinity. Until recently, we had to travel a bit south, to the Lewis/Grays Harbor County border to see them. Are there any ornithologists in the OlyBlog community who can explain this?