Check out Ehver Green's review of the Timberline/Capital game.

Funny how memory works. For a brief moment I allowed my mind to be calm, a flat plain of sand. But then a tiny and almost overlooked little bubble of air popped up through the serenity. And the Geoduck Song came back. Not the TESC song. No. This one predates it. It was a 45 single maybe 37-40 years ago and was a big hit here on Puget Sound radio stations.

The Geoduck Fight Song was written in 1971 by the greatest librarian who ever walked the earth, Malcolm Stilson (and he used his vast power for good, not evil). The lyrics go like this:

Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let's go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Easily the greatest of all the college morale-building songs. But, as I said, this is not the song that came to mind. My brain dug deeper into my memory. And I'm sure, given the subject matter that resulted, Freud would've had a field day. But then, like him, I smoke cigars too. Sometimes a geoduck is just a geoduck.

...what are you doing? I'm going to the Timberline/CAPital game tonight! Just got an e-mail from Mike Thrasher presents (music promotion company) and Bright Eyes is playing Capitol Theatre Sunday night! Whoa...you don't see that very often. I do remember (sort of) seeing The White Strips in Olympia several years ago.

Tickets are still available for the Bright Eyes show.

Read the story just posted by the Manium (downtown Oly music and performance venue) Collective on their myspace page.

Curveball writes in the comment thread here an update on the petition to change the OFS bylaws:

There were 250 signatures turned in Tue. to the OFS board. Presently, they are verifying that there are approximately 200 valid signatures; the estimated number needed to call for a special meeting of the membership.

Almost every week this is the "What's on the city council's plate this week" review. I don't cover everything, so if you want the full rundown, read the packet and agenda yourself.

The only thing that looked interesting to me are edits the city is making to its homeless encampment ordinance. Honestly, they look pretty plain-jane to me, but this ordinance has been pretty topical, so maybe someone else can see something I'm missing.

The first edit has to do with how the encampment will contact police if they have to ask someone to leave. Instead of leaving it up to the person staffing the camp to contact authorities, the ordinance requires them to contact police and let them know what happened (this is on page 5 below).

The second edit changes the term "executive committee" to "designated representative." Probably easier to get one person instead of a group.

There have been numerous references to the fun vent lately in Olyblog and I think it is about time to bring it into the light of day.

The fun vent was accidentally discovered by three anonymous Olybloggers during a recent conversation on the patio of the Brotherhood. Leaving out all the technical jargon, the fun vent is a one-way orifice that exudes…well, fun. A healthy, open fun vent benefits not only you (can’t have fun just building up inside you and going no where), but it benefits everyone around you. Estimates are that the average fun vent spreads joy in a 10 to 15 foot radius. Particularly healthy or recently unclogged fun vents have been known to affect people and even plants over 30 feet away.

The fun vent is not any old orifice, it’s a one-way vent. It’s location is a mystery, though some believe it is a nomadic organ. While the vent function is primarily autonomic, we are able to exercise considerable control with a little practice.

So where is your fun vent today and where will you be venting this weekend? Pictures anyone?