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Submitted by chris allert@to... on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 11:51pm.
you may have seen toy piano tokens ( http://toypiano.org/tokens ) hidden around town and given away at various merchants. or maybe you've noticed the toy pianos that you can't buy but can trade for tokens at dumpster values, last word books, and fire and earth on 4th. maybe you're even lucky enough to already have toy piano of your own.
» as you are well aware, there are many benefits of being a member of olyblog.net, and today there is one more: as a member of olyblog, you are also a member of the toy piano forum ( http://toypiano.org/forum ), a place to talk about toy pianos. at the toy piano forum, you can share your own music, photos, and thoughts on toy pianos. to log-in, simply go to http://toypiano.org/forum and enter your olyblog username as "yourusername@olyblog.net" along with your olyblog password in the login form. likewise, all toy piano forum members are now members of olyblog, and can login here as "yourusername@toypiano.org/forum" if you are using a toy piano in any upcoming performances, please post them to the events calendar so everyone can see that olympia is a toy piano town.
Submitted by Mike on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 10:37pm.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.
Submitted by POLDF on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 10:30pm.
[promoted by Rick] This is not meant to be objective -- when you're targeted, you have to have an opinion I am Pat Tassoni and have been in Olympia for over 30 years, which is longer than most of the transients we call the Olympia City Council, who came in the 80s. I have lived and worked in historical buildings downtown for the past 20 years. I have been fighting city policies that target the poor for nearly 15 years now. Simple facts:2000 - Time magazine declares Olympia "Hippest" town in West [because of downtown] 2002 - Downtown business owner's son murders and dismembers frequent transient [his head is still missing!] 2005 - Major insurer declares Olympia 2nd safest city in the nation [they set their rates to their word] 2006 - Micro-chain Mcmenamins buys the Spar in downtown for a sizable amount of cash [obviously they aren't worried about the boo-hoos] Downtown HistoryWhen I was a kid, my parents used to bring us downtown to shop -- and there were department stores here -- JC Penney, Mongomery Wards, Sears to name just a few. Where did they go? Well our city officials, the forerunners to the current council, in their grand wisdom pursued a policy of sprawl and allowed the Capital Mall to go in the early 80s. And all the stores left downtown -- in fact the city made it easy for them to leave -- so downtown was pretty empty in the 80s. Me and my friends used to come downtown to skateboard and ride bikes because the streets were empty. Also during this time, affordable housing was being demolished and in some cases buildings were renovated to suit businesses. The city of Olympia was slow to respond and has scarcely replaced the number of units that were lost. And during the late 80s is when the downtown walking patrol was formed -- before that we would see a cop every two hours downtown, and they were mainly confused as to why we were there at all.
Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 7:11pm.
From 1982, I think. 
Submitted by Mike on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 6:35pm.
Norm has stated: "I'm liberal on a few issues....or at least liberal of right"
» I am not real clear where liberal of right falls, maybe to the left of Genghis Khan (who I saw loitering downtown earlier today, if I am not mistaken), but from my position to the west of authoritarian, I am trying to coax it out of Norm. He is playing it pretty cautious so far, but has indicated that his liberal tendencies are not in the area of women's suffrage. I think we need a distraction, so I figure maybe a guessing game is in order and Norm gets to name the winner who will receive a jug'o'suds courtesy me at the Broho at a date to be named later. I am thinking that Norm's liberal weakness might be that he believes that interracial marriage should be legal. (you got a thing for Condi, Norm?) The floor is open, make your guesses.   "Can I draw you a beer Norm ?"
Submitted by enpen on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 5:56pm.
Straight from The NYT.
» While this administration has certainly overseen its fair share of immediate debacles, the long term implications of its standardly tested education system are frightening to me. Having spent the last four years of my life teaching people how to improve their standardized test scores I feel completely confident in my assertion that standardized tests test nothing of intellectual value. Standardized tests are remarkably good indicators of two things: 1) how good you are at standardized tests 2) how well you prepared for a particular standardized test. As standardized tests are intentionally constructed to elicit a curve (nothin' natural about it) they simply become means of protecting the status quo: those who can afford to prepare for the test push down those who cannot (this is a multi-generational handicap as educated adults have a greater likelihood of raising educated children). I'm pretty much in shock over this proposal. The underlining reality here is the that the mondo corporations want state funded training facilities with tests in place that ensure future plebes will have skills necessary to those corporations, NOT skills necessary to the individual, or even skills necessary to participants in an educated and free society. If this is not struck down we will see state schools lose their federal funding within 10 years, guaranteed. Educators jobs will be threatened by politicians who do not know how to educate. What a fuckin' travesty. For a little local perspective, let's try this analogy: The huge corporations are business interests who want to make more money in downtown Olympia.
Submitted by POLDF on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 4:39pm.
The majority of arrestees and all those facing trial in October have been lumped into an afternoon for what promises to be a fun hearing. Come hear how the prosecutor is going to lay the foundation for showing that people can actually trespass on public property [close down the parks!], how trespassing translates into property damage [and maybe even murder!], and why activists have no right to protest and certainly have no right to talk about it in court [Bush may be responding to a subpoena on the illegality of his war in Iraq]. Come see the defense make motions with their right hands and their left hands, focusing in particular on one finger of each hand [appearance of renowned lawyer and professor Alan Dershowitz is anticipated!!!]
Submitted by enpen on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 10:41am.
Has anyone in OlyBlog land seen this? If so, how was it? I've seen a lot of the original footage cited within the film before, but not an overarching analysis.
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Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 10:28am.
How do we deal with our sometimes strong emotions when we discuss our downtown?
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Submitted by Domenica the Mouse on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 9:54am.
So, I just recently started getting involved with this year's Olympia Film Festival. I first attended the Film Festival in 2001 when I moved here when I was 18, except I only saw two things: a Fritz Lang movie and a collection of shorts by the Tiny Picture Club. In 2002, I also didn't see much, but that was the first year I first saw All Freakin' Night, which is probably my number one favorite thing about Olympia. 2004 was the first year I got a pass and saw a bunch and this year will be the first that I am involved in helping beyond my volunteer lobby supervisor duties.
» I bring all of this up because I am supremely excited. The movies that have been chosen for this year are AMAZING, but I can't tell you anything, except after what I perceived as a lackluster year previous, this year is going to be great. BUT I CAN'T SAY WHY! ARGH! I couldn't possibly give away what I know.. Some films and events are already posted at www.olympiafilmfestival.org Hooray for monster movies!
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