It probably isn’t a first (but it’s the first I’ve witnessed), but the online news blog, for lack of a better term, Pubicola, has been bought into by private invester and green developer Greg Smith. Aside from being giddy about the prospect that it may be the first of many local/regional blog sites to be more than self driven, self funded ventures, it’s yet another step away from the predictable traditional sources and analysis (read - newspapers). Although some are better than others, there isn’t a newspaper in Washington State that hasn’t thematically and/or ideologically distanced themselves from it’s readers. And as we watch newspapers fold across the nation, it’s clear something is broken. keep reading →
Man… Yakima… Yet another reason I don’t like to go there. Yet another reason people laugh at you. And I always wondered why people called Yakima the “Buttcrack of Washington”.
By Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima City Council is cracking down on what an ordinance delicately refers to as “cleavage of the buttocks.”
Responding to [...]
Every year, usually more than once, I set out on one of my favorite day rides. The route scenery is a mix of dry desert plateau’s and mountain forests wandering through south-central Washington and from where I come from to get here, starts just outside of Mabton.
If you are a Republican in Franklin County Washington and weren’t at the last central committee meeting, you probably should have been. Your county party has been officially hijacked! At the last meeting, word is the overly-zealous-anti-everything-hyped-up-on-teabagging-evangelical-wing-of-marginal-Republicanism voted to “censure” Washington State Representative Maureen Walsh (R-16) over her vote on Washington’s Domestic Partnership bill. Finally, [...]
It’s National Outdoor Intercourse Day! (AKA - 69th of March)
Sadly, it almost seems the tradition has faded. But with all the uptight people in this country, perhaps it’s time for a revival? What say you?
(image via spaceandmotion.com)
Quicky note… good friend and old drummer from the Uncle Dirt Nap day’s has been in and out of town here in the Tri-Cities. That has inspired some impromtu get togethers of which one was last night at Richland’s Uptown Bar and Grill. It’s been a long time since we have had more than a [...]
One band I’ve been following is Heartless Bastards. I’d hoped they would have a decent website but unfortunately it’s still pretty much only a link to a MySpace page (ick… enough of MySpace already). But what brings this post about is I recently saw they will be playing at Sasquatch Fest so bonii! Honestly I [...]
Surfing I found a review of the Zero S electric motorcycle over on engadget.com. Here’s a pic:
(photo via engadget.com)
Hmm…. looks fun huh? Does it wheelie? Probably since from the description it’s a torquey little bastard. But what struck me from the review was this:
Like most great bikes the motor is fully exposed for you to [...]
