Some idiots broke off the little deciduous trees along the slope down from Capital High School along Cooper Point Rd. last night. It looks like they walked down the sidewalk and took a swing on each of them until they were all broken. This is just completely disgusting behavior.

A celebration of the sacred through the uplifting music & dance of the world

Saturday May 13, 2006 at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Olympia WA USA

Suggested donation $5-10 at door

Check out the schedule right here.

I had to sign a form today to buy sudafed. You can only buy three packs a month with photo id and signature. Does this really combat meth production? Could the governments of the world keep tabs on the half dozen makers of psudoephedrine maybe.

Eli will not be charged (not sure how I feel about that).

Check out this video.

I have my procession morning pretty much planned out. April 29 is also lowland lakes opening day. I usually go out to the rear end of the Kitsap Peninsula to a couple of small lakes (~10 acres) pearched above the Hood Canal. But, this year I'll be likely heading into the hills northwest of McCleary to kill my poor little trout. Then, off to Procession.

From Tribe.net:

For more than 500 years the Occidental Man has attacked the Indigenous of the Americas with little impunity. First on the Occidental historical agenda is to change the names of people and places to attack identity and claim to land. The Wixarika alas are renamed by Spain, the Huichol.

Other cool stuff from the Olympia Free School here.

From the Tacoma News Tribune:

Law professor Michael Santana has developed a new program to help prospective law students get a jump-start on their studies.

Legal Writing Prep will be offered weekly from May 1-Aug. 14 and is limited to 10 participants per week. Legal Writing Prep is at 2512 Division St. N.W. in Olympia. For more information, call 360-480-4722 or go to www.legalwritingprep.com.

From the Olympian:

OLYMPIA — Prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against Procession of the Species founder Eli Sterling over his acceptance of public reimbursement for services he never paid for, they decided Thursday.

Olympia police began investigating Sterling in February 2005, after city officials discovered he’d asked for reimbursement of $14,000 for Web site services that had been donated to Earthbound Productions, the nonprofit agency that runs the annual Procession. The popular event is paid for with grants, donations and money from the city’s lodging tax fund.

A prosecutor has been reviewing the case for months, determining whether the evidence shows that Sterling intended to defraud the city. The evidence does not meet the standard for proving criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Wheeler said in a letter explaining his decision.