According to oral tradition, the TESC campus is host to a Ley Line power point. There is a pedestrian walkway between the CAB and Rec buildings. Under that walkway there is a loading dock, sort of like an artificial cave. The road that leads to this loading facility is now called "Hidden Springs Road," although I don't recall this stretch of asphalt having any name when I was a student. The entrance area to the loading dock, right before the opening to the "cave," was supposedly the power point.

The fog has been beautiful these last few evenings. I've been curious about how it is described in KUOW weather reports........freezing fog. John Moe especially seems to pronounce this phrase with such relish. I don't remember hearing so much mention of  this weather phenomena before. 

Any meteorologists out there who can enlighten us? One definition I find is: "A fog the droplets of which freeze upon contact with exposed objects and form a coating of rime and/or glaze."

Perhaps we will have a white Christmas after all, but not of traditional snow, it will consist of freezing fog. Brr! 

This is a story that everyone who works for peace should check out. From Crooks and Liars:

I applaud our fearless leader and his attempt to clamp down on the treasonous and very dangerous Quakers. I was almost sucked into their evil cult and heinous plot to demonstrate against this war that was cooked up in Lake Worth when I visited my father last year in West Palm Beach. You can't tell a book by it's cover and these elderly, harmless looking bingo players are much more dangerous than they appear.

Also check out this post. 

The Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture Series is delighted to have Evan Wolfson, lesbian/gay civil rights leader and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, speak in Olympia on Tuesday, January 24. 

If you are interested, a short biography follows: Long-time lesbian/gay civil rights leader Evan Wolfson lives in New York City, where he launched Freedom to Marry, the gay and non-gay partnership working to end discrimination in marriage nationwide. Wolfson now serves as Freedom to Marry's Executive Director.

This seems like good news to me. From The Olympian:

OLYMPIA -- A deal that would have brought a Lowe's home improvement store to the west side has lapsed, officials said.

The city was on the verge of signing an agreement to sell the old dump site to Tacoma developer Southridge Properties, but officials could not secure a guarantee that Lowe's would be the tenant, City Manager Steve Hall said Wednesday. "Before we could sign the purchase and sale agreement, it became clear that we were not talking the same language," Hall said. "Because we own the site, we want to have a good understanding of what's going there."

"In October, Florida became a very dangerous place -- and if the National Rifle Association (NRA) has its way, Washington is next."

On October 1 of this year, the "Shoot First" Law went into effect in Florida, giving the people of Florida the right to use deadly force as a first resort when they feel threatened, even in a public place. (You can read more about it at www.shootfirstlaw.org.)"

But the Shoot First doctrine isn't just staying in Florida. The NRA has made no bones about the fact that it will export "Shoot First" legislation to all 50 states in 2006. This could become a national disgrace and take us back to the days of the Wild West -- unless you speak up today."

If the use of deadly force is allowed as a first resort, it will remove the time-honored duty of citizens to walk away, call the police, or find a safe refuge. Under the NRA's dangerous legislation, innocent bystanders and their families would have no civil recourse against the shooter if they are injured or killed in the crossfire -- even if the shooter initiated the confrontation and fired recklessly on a crowded street."

The Shoot First bills are just another example of the craziness of the NRA that allows citizens to use deadly force in public places as a first resort to counter perceived threats. The legislation is so overly broad and expansive that everyday occurrences such as road rage incidents or a fistfight in a bar could have deadly consequences for both the people involved as well as innocent bystanders."