The Ever-dawdling State
Published 10:38 pm Saturday, February 28, 2009
It’s unofficial: All these years you thought our state nickname was “The Evergreen State,” but it’s not set in law anywhere, so a state lawmaker has a bill to fix the omission.
A companion bill would change the state motto from “Alki,” a Chinook Indian word for “bye and bye” to the Chinook word for “We’re $8 billion in the hole; stop wasting your time with ‘official state whatevers’ and get busy fixing the budget!”
Poke! Facebook, the online networking site that is increasingly eating into the time adults spend playing solitaire on their computers, says it will allow users more input in setting policy.
Members were angered recently when Facebook announced policy changes it then reversed.
Facebook founder Mark Zukerberg relented when users threatened to SuperPoke him, ignore his Friend requests and write mean things on his wall.
Coming soon to eBay: The Arts Council of Snohomish County has scheduled its version of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow,” and is inviting all to scour their attics and bring in potential treasures to be appraised Friday (Page L1).
Fair warning: The antiques market is saturated right now, so you’re not going to get much for your complete VHS library of “Judge Judy.”
