I’ve added a new photo gallery, Olympiad. It covers the part of our big late May trip from when we left Seattle on the ferry, so we could have lunch in Winslow with my friend Christine before driving up and around the corner to Port Angeles. It’s also got some of the first full day we drove around the edges of Olympic National Park, and some coastal stuff. There are a lot more photos to add in the next albums, which will cover a day trip to Victoria, some hiking near Hurricane Ridge, and a bit of the Hoh Rain…
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Blues star Long John Baldry dies Damn. One of the few legends of rock and roll I’ve actually seen perform live, and he’s gone and left us. “Long” John Baldry enjoyed some popularity in the U.S. because one particular song got airplay in the late 70’s and early 80’s on college and album-oriented rock FM stations. I first heard him on the Eugene AOR station, KZEL. Yeah, in the mid 70’s and early 80’s, so sue me, I’m caught in fit of boomerstalgia. Anyway, in those days, ‘ZEL was a wild-eyed ex-hippie of…
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Several killed in Egyptian blasts Shit, here we go again… apparently the entire world is heading into “flap mode.” This has just happened, so there’s very little information as yet. The Sharm el Sheikh/Naama Bay is a popular resort destination. One local described the blast in the Old Market area, saying “I saw the fire in the sky.” I wonder if this has anything to do with the anti-terrorism fatwa issued by British Islamic leaders? Probably not.
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Here’s a drug bust story with a twist: sekrit tunnel built between Canada and the US, pretty much under surveillance by US and Canadian authorities almost from the beginning of construction, with sekrit cameras and microphones placed during a “sneak and peek” inside the US endpoint, an abandoned house. Hundreds of pounds of “B.C. Bud” seized when the smugglers were pretty much under the eye of authorities the whole time other than when they were underground. Look for this to show up on an episode of “The Wire” soon, except with no dipshit locals in flannel shirts. All of the…
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My problems don’t amount to much compared to yesterday’s events. But yesterday was a right crappy day. “Thursdays. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.” Lunch was crap. I went out to Burger King, waited a really long time in the drive through, waited some more, finally ordered my Whopper Value Meal (with Iced Tea), waited some more to pay for it, got to the food window and was handed a suspiciously light bag. Drove back to the office to listen to the radio in the car, and discovered that I had some kind of chicken tenders meal, with…
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Hey, family members that live in Utah! Here’s three reasons to vote for Pete Ashdown for U.S. Senate: He started XMission, the first ISP in Utah He reads BoingBoing. He’s not Orrin Hatch. BONUS: He’s a living, breathing Democrat. Weird, huh? So come on, family! Look him over and see what you think. Even though he does look a little… oddly computer-generated. Note the carefully worded biography statement, which doesn’t actually say that he attends church, although it alludes to his pioneer-and-emigrant roots. This probably means that he’s some kind of three-headed atheist, but he looks like a nice guy…
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Doohan’s ashes to be sent into space – Access Hollywood – MSNBC.com Right. Now I’m all choked up again. This had been planned by the family; his ashes will most likely be launched from Vandenburg on a Falcon 1 rocket. Space Services, Inc., is handling the arrangements. It’s surprisingly affordable if you just want to launch a gram. It gets a lot more expensive if you want a fancy engraved capsule with 7 grams of remains, or if you want to go to the Moon, or if you want to go to deep space.
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Not Again Originally uploaded by StickerEsq. Two weeks to the day and now there are more reports of explosions in London. My resentiments exactly.
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CNN.com – London Tube stations evacuated – Jul 21, 2005 Ivan McCracken told Sky News: “I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there was mass panic. “It was difficult to get the story from any of them what had happened but when I got to ground level there was an Italian young man comforting an Italian girl who told me he had seen what had happened. “He…
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‘Star Trek’ Star James Doohan Dies – Yahoo! News Damn. He was so cute in the recent broadcasts of “Trekkies” on cable, talking about the people who’ve touched his life in the years since “Star Trek” went off the air. I knew about his retirement from public life due to Alzheimer’s, but still today the news made me sad. It’s simple to find images of James Doohan – just Google “Scotty Trek” and there you are. There are a lot of candids that people have taken at fan events, and there are a lot of screen grabs, TV Guide covers,…