Category: Culture
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Seahawks vs. Cardinals
Oops, I didn’t watch the Seahawks vs. Cardinals game today, but I had my reasons. One reason was that the game was apparently on Thursday, not today, silly me. The other, foremost reason that I didn’t watch the game was that, oh yeah, it’s still the take-a-knee 2017 NFL season. So today, not Thursday, I…
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A Strange Chapter
Indeed a strange chapter in Oregon’s history and in my life. At that time, way back in the 80’s, I was attending college at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. There I had a roommate Tom, who was actively seeking acceptance into a commune called Rajneeshpurem just south of us in Oregon and he was…
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Seahawks vs. Redskins
It’s November 5th and we all know what that means. It means I went on a bike ride in place of watching the Seahawks game. We had a cold strong wind from the North this morning so I just rode an out and back ride from Hovander. I parked in the Fragrance Garden parking lot…
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Flag Etiquette
There’s a big picture of Tomi Lahren wearing a US Flag headlining a story over at the Bellingham Herald site. It’s titled “Conservative pundit dressed up as the American flag. Did she violate the Flag Code?” Don’t go Googling the Flag Code, because I don’t think you’ll find the real answer there. The answer is…
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Houston at Seattle
Houston vs. Seattle – The NFL afternoon game that I won’t be watching today. And guess what? I’m not watching it and that’s perfectly fine. I did get in a nice ride this morning. Started up the south side of Galbraith a little after 6am, in the dark. It was absolute calm as opposed…
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Ferndale School Bond
Last night was the first meeting of the newly formed FSD Bond Task Force and I was there. I know, yet another task force aimed at passing a bond to repair/update/replace schools and facilities. Wait, didn’t we just do one of those? Well, yes we did just do one of those a couple of…
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