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Putting on the Doggerel: A few thoughts on Proposition 1, or would it have been so hard to add a new basketball arena?
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Putting on the Doggerel
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Rhymes for the times
Posted Fri, Oct 5, 5 a.m.
Putting on the Doggerel: This week our romantic news poet offers a sonnet.
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This Week's Rhymes for the Times
Posted Fri, Sep 28, 5 a.m.
Putting on the Doggerel: The curtain parts, a hush falls on the crowd, and stepping center stage are businessmen, dancing the intricate "Shuffle Off to Oklahoma City" with their lawyers as partners. It's time for another performance of ...
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This week's random rhymes for current times
Posted Fri, Sep 21, 5 a.m.
Putting on the Doggerel: Ted Stevens, the WASL, Ken Burns, and Jane Hague.
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Putting on the Doggerel: All the news that's fin to print
Posted Thu, Sep 13, 1 p.m.
What do Paul Allen, a gray whale, and the Washington State Ferries have in common? They all displace a lot of water. Or two of them are running out of gas, and one of them is all gas. You decide.
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Friday night bites, but at least the kids are back in school
Posted Fri, Sep 7, 5 a.m.
Remember that as you freeze your butt on the aluminum bleachers.
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