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I've been thinking a lot about our future lately. Last night I even watched a movie about killer robots in the future. Oh, to believe in such a simple world of survival, not this over-complicated charade we've manufactured for ourselves called "Modern Civility." Needless to say, it's been very hard
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Sometimes I think Driscoll just might be up to something. What? Well, it probably involves an armada of pushpins and a Jay Cutler voodoo doll, but who knows. Recently, however, there have been little twinges of my own self-realization that have come on the heels of his curious insights and editorial
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OK. So I watched Zombieland this week. It's awesome. Haven't seen it? Watch it. I've also been reading some short stories about zombies that a surgical technician friend of mine let me borrow. A friend with medical knowledge, well-informed on zombie evading, is always welcome on my team. This fact,
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Man, what a week here at Moral Void Headquarters in the Puritanical Olympia sunshine. What a great time to be alive. Where else can you watch it all go down the tubes so hilariously for everyone but Meth-Based Life Forms? This week, I want to give a big shout out to
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Recently, I called up my lovely ex, a legislative assistant and political insider who I remain on good terms with. She's a fiery, sassy mess, and we made for a good duo at one point, but now we saunter our separate paths through the same halls of power both just
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EL VACIO MORAL: Owen Taylor's weekly legislative recap What a wonderful week to bear witness to the absolute clusterfuck that is the Washington State Legislature. All in all, this was a showcase of arrogance, starring a cavalcade of bumbling boobs and jokers - and all of it on our dime (we,
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So there was a bit of newsworthy action up on the hill this week. Here at El Vacio Moral Headquarters, we've decided it best to give you a quick rundown on what happened in this political milieu we call a state government - and what's probably going to happen next
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There is a timeless myth synonymous with Trickster. Trickster goes by many names. The native peoples of America sometimes called him Raven or Coyote. Coyote was a wily drifter, a keen imitator. He was sometimes referred to as "the one without a way." There are many stories about his aimless
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Since Weekly Volcano editor Matt Driscoll first suckered me into covering the Washington State Legislature beat this session with the allure of an all-access press pass (journalistic crack to the layman) to the marble and granite Dome of Inequity and Ill-repute, I've been quietly witnessing several things I shouldn't. On-the-clock
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Continuing with the themes we touched on last week in the premiere edition of this soon-to-be-canceled column (which I'm assuming, of course, that nobody read except my esteemed editors and those who listened to me read it over bribed shots of tequila), let's refrain from - what we in