The Spovangelist

The Spokane County Commissioners are at it again. To raise awareness about the Earth Day celebration on Saturday, the planning committee wrote a proclamation for the county. Most proclamations are a feel-good affair but this year organizers decided to write a call to action for climate change. Here is the original document: Spokane County recognizes [...]

Transit is sexy. Don’t get me wrong. I love driving my girlfriend’s ‘92 Buick Century, affectionately known as “Kennth.” I’m proud of our road trips to the Oregon coast despite the wear and tear. But like all of you reading I’m more than just one thing. I walk. I bike. I bus. That’s why I’m [...]

Super Bowl Sunday. You:  Tall, dimples and seem pretty hungry from what I can tell. I saw you outside the Pizza Hut parking lot on 3rd and Maple. Me: I’m a cheap date, only 50 cents. I eat right. The farmers scatter corn for me. I eat a lot of that…not too much though LOL. [...]

When I rode by myself to meet the other volunteers for the inaugural Summer Parkways, I had that familiar first date feeling in my stomach like “yeeaaah.” Scientifically known as butterflies. What will happen, I thought, since this has never been done in Spokane? It felt like a historical moment with over half of the [...]

There is a new bar on 2nd and Cedar called the Kick Ass Saloon. Apparently the owners thought it too offensive to display the word “Ass” on their signage, so a Ren and Stimpy style donkey with obscenely large testicles takes its place. Make of it what you will.