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A Haiku: A serious film star, The Rock is Dwayne Johnson now. Who smells Oscar? Roger Ebert’s review of Race to Witch Mountain ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. Race to Witch
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A Haiku: A serious film star, The Rock is Dwayne Johnson now. Who smells Oscar? Roger Ebert’s review of Race to Witch Mountain ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. Race to Witch
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Daniel Furry Friend, my Olympia sidekick (don't tell Bandito Betty), surprises me at every attempt, and without fail. Note our recent morning text session: Me: Are you working today? Dan: No, I actually just got to the China Clipper for a few cocktails. Come play. Me: Damn. It's 8:30 a.m.! Dan: It's a classy
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THE CLASS: A high school classroom turns into a microcosm of French society in this brilliant film about student-teacher dynamics. Based on a novel by a teacher, Francois Begaudeau, who plays himself, it shows a teacher who wants to excel and finds it is the students who, in the end,
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THE CLASS: A high school classroom turns into a microcosm of French society in this brilliant film about student-teacher dynamics. Based on a novel by a teacher, Francois Begaudeau, who plays himself, it shows a teacher who wants to excel and finds it is the students who, in the end,
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Earlier this week The News Tribune reported that Tammy Blount, president and CEO of the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, has been asked by someone higher on the food chain than herself to stop describing Tacoma as “gritty” when selling Tacoma to the masses. Although Blount won’t say exactly
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Earlier this week The News Tribune reported that Tammy Blount, president and CEO of the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, has been asked by someone higher on the food chain than herself to stop describing Tacoma as “gritty” when selling Tacoma to the masses. Although Blount won’t say exactly
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Officials at the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau are reporting that tourism spending in Pierce County increased by nearly 10 percent between 2007 and 2008. That translates to about $979 million spent on widely classified tourist activities in 2008, up from $893 million in 2007. Can’t wait to see
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Officials at the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau are reporting that tourism spending in Pierce County increased by nearly 10 percent between 2007 and 2008. That translates to about $979 million spent on widely classified tourist activities in 2008, up from $893 million in 2007. Can’t wait to see
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There are too many genres. Emo, screamo, twee pop and crunk. Who really knows what any of these classifications mean anymore? Bobble Tiki certainly doesn’t. Awash in brands, genres these days mean next to nothing. Mustache rock, however, now there’s a musical classification Bobble Tiki can get behind — all prickly
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There are too many genres. Emo, screamo, twee pop and crunk. Who really knows what any of these classifications mean anymore? Bobble Tiki certainly doesn’t. Awash in brands, genres these days mean next to nothing. Mustache rock, however, now there’s a musical classification Bobble Tiki can get behind —
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Roger Ebert’s review of The Last House on the Left ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. The Last House on the Left Rating: Two-and-a-half out of four stars Stars: Tony
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Roger Ebert’s review of The Last House on the Left ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. The Last House on the Left Rating: Two-and-a-half out of four stars Stars: Tony
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Openings THE CLASS: A high school classroom turns into a microcosm of French society in this brilliant film about student-teacher dynamics. Based on a novel by a teacher, Francois Begaudeau, who plays himself, it shows a teacher who wants to excel and finds it is the students who, in the end,
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I know I don’t look the hottest when I’m sporting my workout clothes and no makeup, but that’s no reason to run away when I arrive. I couldn’t even catch one name of the three adults working the Nisqually Bar & Grill on Martin Road in Nisqually; they were way
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I know I don’t look the hottest when I’m sporting my workout clothes and no makeup, but that’s no reason to run away when I arrive. I couldn’t even catch one name of the three adults working the Nisqually Bar & Grill on Martin Road in Nisqually; they were way
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Ronald Magden isn’t so sure we’ve turned the corner when it comes to racism and what amounts to terrible treatment of immigrants in America. Those were among topics at a recent panel discussion about Japanese-American internment camps at the University of Puget Sound, where Magden was accompanied by author David
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Ronald Magden isn’t so sure we’ve turned the corner when it comes to racism and what amounts to terrible treatment of immigrants in America. Those were among topics at a recent panel discussion about Japanese-American internment camps at the University of Puget Sound, where Magden was accompanied by author David
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I really, really, really hoped I’d be wrong. But, unfortunately, in a situation some might call rare, it appears I was right on this one. As I predicted a few weeks ago in the Weekly Volcano, Tacomans have chosen to protect their wallets rather than invest in the future of our
