Feb 19, 2007

Lobby Day visits with Karen Fraser, Gary Alexander, and Kathy Haigh

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On a drizzly Monday, several WEA members joined up to lobby area legislators, including Karen Fraser, Gary Alexander, and Kathy Haigh. What...

you answer the call

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A little while back I noted , Ed asks his readers to give what they can to help Connie Lynn , who can't afford some pretty expensive me...

take no part in this nutritious breakfast

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When I first heard about the peanut butter salmonella outbreak, I warned my wife to avoid food, period. "Especially organic food,...
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lobby day for the WEA

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Here are some things we'll be chatting about with the legislators this lovely Lobby Day . Via email: Smaller class sizes will improve s...

some WEA issues on the lobby day agenda

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Here are some things we'll be chatting about with the legislators this lovely Lobby Day. Via email: Smaller class sizes will improve st...

let's all go to the lobby day: part II

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Part I: last year . Other locals and I spoke with Karen Fraser, Brendan Williams, and Sam Hunt. This time, my wife is coming along. She ge...
Feb 18, 2007

join the dark side: become a principal

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While we're talking " dream jobs that aren't ," might as well mention the MSN puff piece about " surprising salaries ...

drug war cowboys

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The next thing you know you're inside, clearing rooms like a SWAT team on "Cops," firing only at targets with odd numbers. The...

the cash goes straight to your classroom

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Welcome to the future of educational philanthropy : Today, DonorsChoose has won several awards as the most innovative nonprofit in the Unite...
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big plans for the Olympia waterfront

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Yesterday my wife and I were wandering about the downtown as we are wont to do. This time, in search of urban hiking footwear ( for her ), ...
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around these parts: an ego trip

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You'll notice some new links on the sidebar: WashBlog and Olympia Time, the former involving and the latter exclusive to Emmett O'...
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Feb 17, 2007

MSN Careers' "Dream Jobs That Aren't": some astounding omissions

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Not sure why they missed these ones. The Dream Job: Astronaut Floating above Earth in the absence of gravity, dangling from the mother ship ...
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Habermas and the LD UN resolution

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In a post that accidentally pertains to the current LD resolution , neighbor Helmut recycles a quotation by Jürgen Habermas. The universal v...

reporters may get shield; bloggers stick with dagger

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Unanimously, the House has passed a bill to provide journalists the same confidentiality allowed only to spouses, lawyers, clergyfolks, and ...
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red light cameras ticket wrong cars

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When I first read that Lacey is adding red light cameras to reduce red-light-running (after installing useless and expensive "blue lig...

Apophis given 1 in 45,000 chance

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Great. One more thing to worry about while spooning out the morning gruel. An asteroid named Apophis has a .002% chance of striking Earth ...

Adam Morrison and J.J. Redick Watch: Feb. 17

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Last night Morrison (and the other rookies) got torched by the sophomore class , 155-114. The greenhorns allowed 74.7% shooting, which pret...
Feb 16, 2007

interjection collection, er, what's your predilection?

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Not much for "meh," myself. But Ben Yagoda explains who is, and why, with a pronouncement: Interjections are suitable for online...

being deprived of hope is not despairing

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So says Albert Camus , probably after reading this NewScientist piece reviving hopes for invisibility cloaks [sub. req.]. Many believe that...

caculating student mobility

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