After being out of the loop for a while, we were interested to read that Washington will have a presidential primary on February 19, and that the City Council races are set (Rasmussen, you are going down).

Reading about the candidates we were delighted to see that one of Sally Clark's opponents, Judy Fenton, is running on one issue: get rid of the naked statue in the Olympic Sculpture Park.

No one, ESPECIALLY US, wants to see a thingy on our art.

We just back from a very disturbing two weeks in Europe where we couldn't go ten meters without seeing a linus. They are everywhere-- on statues, in paintings, under tables.

Just look what it's done to the people who live there-- they are all attractive, dress well, and take long lunches that make them appear stress free. However, the worst thing may be that at instead of vacating the streets by 10pm, they are out sitting in cafes, laughing, drinking and probably talking about all the thingies they saw that day.

The male anatomy should be confined to vehicles traveling east bound on I-90.

Also in Clark's race is Stan Lippman, who runs every year for some position and occasionally gets a vote.