Hizzoner the Pierce County executive is lecturing the media for not paying attention to his race for attorney general.
We’re the first to admit we’ve been distracted from the Third Most Important Race of All Time. (Behind only lieutenant governor. And Usain Bolt in the 200-meter dash.)
But since it’s been obvious for months that John Ladenburg would face Rob McKenna in November, we preserved our precious attention span.
Good thing J-Lad badgered us out of our stupor this week, providing a helpful list of 10 questions we should ask his AG rival.
Our favorite: “Have you ever met McGruff the Crime Dog, and do you think he would support you or your opponent in this race?”
Um, not sure we could keep our dignity with that one, John.
But take heart! If you’re anxious about the guy-in-a-furry-costume demographic, we’re pretty sure you’ve got Rhubarb’s vote locked up.
J-Lad also urged the media to “ask me anything.” OK, here goes:
1. Think you’ll turn the corner and win Pierce County in November?
2. That 44 we saw Tuesday: Was that your statewide percentage of “yes” votes in the primary, or your score on the front nine?
How touching that 100-plus college presidents are worried about raging keggers among their students – worried so much that they’d like to see the feds seriously talk about lowering the drinking age.
There’s too much underground boozing, they say. Letting 18-year-olds knock back a few might bring the problem into the light, they say.
And if that leads the freshman class to organize midday beer pong in the campus square, well, so be it.
Memo to PLU President Loren Anderson, the only Washington state prez to sign the Amethyst Initiative:
You run a dry campus, sir. Your Lutes – even the 21-year-olds – must drive to an off-campus party (note the word “drive”) or a Parkland-Spanaway dive bar to enjoy a pint of grog. Or else face university discipline.
You don’t think that pushes drinking underground?
U-Dub didn’t sign the initiative. It’s fine with the drinking age, as long as the whole campus is allowed to get forgetfully drunk once a week. After every Huskies loss this fall.
Wazzu didn’t sign it either. It’s holding out for age 15.
Overheard on the Bremerton-Seattle ferry:
A tourist from Texas was riding the big boat the other day. Inspired by the sight of the Space Needle in the distance, he said he hoped Clay Bennett would pick “Wind” as the replacement name for the Sonics.
It’s on the short list, along with the Oklahoma City Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshals and Thunder.
“Any time another team passes them in the standings,” the tourist said, “the headline would say ‘Jazz pass Wind’ or ‘Blazers pass Wind.’”
A prediction and a prayer: All the teams in the division will “pass Wind” the first game of the season, and never look back.
Like everyone else, we’ve had Olympic Fever the last two weeks. Between the Interweb and cable channels, we can watch Michael Phelps win a gold medal every hour.
(Still a bigger Mark Spitz fan, though; he did it old-school – without the sharkskin Speedo while weighed down by his porn-star mustache.)
Of course we’re delighted to see the growing acceptance of the new Great American Pastime: women’s beach volleyball. It’s got everything: buff women, skimpy outfits, total U.S. dominance.
The perfect sport for the bikini barista generation.
We’re not quite so ga-ga over the other obscure backyard games that have emerged as Olympic “sports”: doubles diving, trampoline, badminton.
What’s next, lawn darts? Wiffleball? Freeze tag?
Water polo is already a stretch, but marco polo?
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