Go over to Rob's blog (Ultraquiet No More) and click through to the submarine's blog:

Drop on by to the newest submarine website, Olympia717.com, the official website of the USS Olympia (SSN-717). The boat elected to try an online forum style, a "message board". There's a ship's store, forums, and other features coming online in the next month or so.

From The Olympian:

OLYMPIA -- On a small lot tucked in a dead-end street on the east side, residents come to grow tomatoes, squash and cabbage and talk gardening.

They gather for monthly work parties, take food home for dinner and donate the excess to the Thurston County Food Bank.

This garden may have to move, but the article includes a list of other opportunities to garden in Olympia.

In the spirit of "High Fidelity," here are my top five music discoveries of 2005:

1. Dogs Die in Hot Cars -- Please Describe Yourself
2. The Dresden Dolls -- The Dresden Dolls
   
3. Kaizers Orchestra -- Ompa Til Du Dor
4. Nellie McKay -- Get Away From Me
5. Postal Service -- Give up