Yesterday around 10:00am I bought a teriyaki beef stick from the Handy Pantry. By noon I was vomiting and continued to do so every hour and a half until 8:30 that night. Ironically I bought the tainted meat to justify bumming a pack of matches to light my cancer sticks.

Anyway I'm writing for two reasons. Stay away from The Handy Pantry's teriyaki beef sticks. THEY'RE POISON!

2nd, anyone out there have some advise on how to repair the damage to my intestinal flora? Without being graphic it's clear to me I'm not digesting very well. Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Our neighbors to the WAY south, and by that I mean Ashland Oregon, may have a somewhat 'blue' was to attract more people downtown. From the Mail tribune: Ashland city ordinances allow nudity anywhere in town, but genitalia must be covered in city parks and the downtown commercial district.

Yea, yea, no local content. Just thought I'd share. 

This Sunday, June 15th 2008 Editorial Board of the Olympian officially came unhinged. In an editorial titled End the blight, approve the height they went on a hysterical name-calling rant worthy of, if not inspired by, their on-line comments cesspool. Interestingly enough, the comments sections on both the editorial and the front page article were 90% anti-Triway.

Y'all know how I feel about the Triway proposal. I feel there is there is no need to critique this unpaid advertisement for Triway as written by Oly2012 for it is so over the top it is embarrassing. I suspect it will backfire on it's authors. Weigh in on the editorial and reportage if you's like but I think it would be fun for people to suggest alternative to the End the Blight, Approve the Height cheer leading chant. Here's a couple from the Olympian's comments section

I've never been good with rhyming and poetry and stuff but I'm confident other Olybloggers are. Let's see your whit in verse.

Edit. 16 June 08.

I have willingly removed two offensive sentences at the suggestion of a docent. The sentences were equating prostitutes to the Olympian editorial board.

Oly2012 presents its self a citizen's group offering moderate, well-reasoned suggestions for the future of Olympia when in fact nothing is further from the truth. Oy2012 is a tiny group non-downtown residents who are getting much more press than their recycled and discreditied fantasies deserve. I apologies for quoting the enterty of their missive but I think the document must be taken in whole.

Introduction

When OLY 2012 formed, the members of the steering committee pledged to conduct independent reviews of the issues impacting the revitalization of downtown Olympia.

Over the past several months the steering committee has met with and talked to dozens of individuals and groups interested in improving Olympia’s downtown. We have confirmed that the majority of our area’s residents (Magically accomplished without talking or polling the majority of residents) love downtown and most are passionate about wanting it to be even better. (Don’t presume for me. I want to make downtown it worse!) Our community places a high value on access to the waterfront, including substantial view corridors between Budd Inlet and Capitol Lake. There is a clear desire for a “walkable” downtown with continuous streets of small retail shops, trees and flowers, good lighting and signage, adequate parking, nightclubs, and sidewalk cafes. Creating downtown housing for all ages and income levels will significantly increase the downtown economy and reduce the need for automobiles to get us to where we work, shop, and dine out.

Sleet, rain and snow turn the air silver.

The sky is coal.

A muffled roar soundtrack.

To my learned touch.

The machine leaps to my will.

Blank.

And as I piloted my industrial strength lawn mower in dozens of half-acre lines I sang to myself:

Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound
But while you debate half empty or half full
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown [8x]

Your love is gonna...

After an extended period of unemployment I have begun working for the Parks and Recreation Department of City of Olympia as a groundskeeper. Whack, mow and blow dontcha know. Working for the City is very nice for reasons I will elaborate on later.

While making the city a prettier place to be I began to reflect on the best and worst manual labor jobs I’ve had and a funny thought came to me. You know you’re an Olympian Working Class Hero if:

• You know at least two guys at the parts counter at J&I Power Equipment by name.
• You now call that little shit you went to Capital high school with Sir.
• Your resume includes the phrase ‘Strong mechanical aptitude’.
• You don’t drink at the Broho out of respect for what it once was.
• KCPQ 13 is all the TV you need.
  
• A seasonal position with Lacey or Olympia is the best damn job you’ve had in years.
• Driving around Thurston county you point out to your passenger the trees you’ve pruned and the stumps of the one’s you’ve felled.
• You’ve whizzed in a cup in the bathroom of building 405B of the Capital Medical Center.
• Fones road is all about Home Depot.
• Harbor Tools sucks!

"Over on Olyblog Laurian insists that she's a woman. Her middle name's Martin. The reporter apparently believes Laurian to be Male. Others on Olyblog have made the same assumption. Oh well, you know how it is with some Tranny's in Olympia. Laurian is 48 - no wonder s/he hates music, s/he's gotten old. CCM Fan | 04.08.08 - 12:46 pm | #"

Anybody know who the aurthor might be? I sure would like to threaten the them with a suit or challenge them to a duel.

Sir, I say Sir, those are fighting words.

Ya know, as bad and crazy as the debate can get around here, we are Angels compared to the mouth breeders lurking around the Zip.

As sexy as the debate over the proposed noise ordinance was, the Planning Commission had other two other items on it’s agenda.

Kraig Chalem from Olympia’s Community Planning and Development briefed the commission on changes and clarification on Temporary Use permits. These are the kind of permit you get to site a demolition debris dumpster, to have a garage sale, (Bet ya didn’t know you needed a permit to sell that crap in your garage?) or to annex some sidewalk in front of your restaurant for tables and chairs. Most of the proposed changes were to clarify definitions or to eliminate redundancies in the OMC.

Preceding Mr. Chalem was Mr. Andy Haub, Planning and Engineer Manager for the city. He briefed the Commission on the projected impact rising sea levels will have on Olympia.

The Climate Impact Group (http://cses.washington.edu/cig/) predicts the sea level rise (SLR) in the South Sound could be as much as 22” by 2050 and 50” by 2100. Downtown Olympia sits between one to three feet above sea level. A one-foot rise would cause ponding on some streets and flooding during extremely high tides. A two-foot rise would interfere with stormwater pipes and even causing the flow of water in them to reverse. A three-foot rise will flood most of downtown. These predictions are based on the most dire SLR scenarios.