Slog - Comments on Tacoma's Sexual Problem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem This summer, when Tall Ships (a touring fleet of lovely, and sometimes very old seafaring vessels) visited Tacoma, the ad campaign by the people in charge of talking up Tacoma was, "Tall Ships Is Coming! ARE YOU?" Yesterday on the plane back from Boston I was flipping through the airline magazine when I saw an ad for a Tacoma hotel whose shtick is that its halls are lined with glass art. The ad has a picture of a glass bustier by Susan Taylor Glasglow (very much like this one) next to the text "The work may just inspire you. To... Copyright 2008 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:54:19 -0800 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:18:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Louis
Did you all forget we are at war, two of them, and the economy is melting down as today 100,000 jobs just left the work force??

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]]> Louis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142542 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:02:25 -0800 Comment by inkweary That bustier has "penance" inscribed all around the edges. There are indeed some mixed messages being sent.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142544 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:03:52 -0800 Comment by Sir Learnsalot I met my girlfriend in Tacoma.

]]> Sir Learnsalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142607 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:50:16 -0800 Comment by Frank I give blow jobs in Tacoma on Saturday.

]]> Frank http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142694 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:27:48 -0800 Comment by PopTart I lost my virginity in Tacoma.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142729 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:13:17 -0800 Comment by Louie Cherry Popper #5
I know.
Wonderful.

]]> Louie Cherry Popper http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142738 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:31:30 -0800 Comment by Furcifer Tall Ships Is Coming! But is our children learning?]]> Furcifer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142843 ??!! Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:29:16 -0800 Comment by Luke Baggins Is this the stranger or the watchtower? On what planet is it bad if hotels are advertising sex? I've been in Chicago for a couple days, has western washington turned into family-valuing suburban values-land? I think Hotels in western washington should be required to graphically advertise sex to make up for all those years we've lived under the yoke of the titty-bar moratorium.

]]> Luke Baggins http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142879 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:49:48 -0800 Comment by Banna Tacoma is returning to its roots as a brothel stop for Yukon-bound gold rushers and Asia-bound seafarers. I hope.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142883 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142883 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:12:57 -0800 Comment by pain @7

"Tall Ships" is the proper name of the fleet, so in this case, the usage of "is" is correct.

]]> pain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142888 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:31:55 -0800 Comment by Merle In the late '80s the Tacoma-Pierce Visitor and Convention Bureau spent a pile of money on a campaign extolling the area's natural beauty and referring to it as "Washington's Gee Spot." The VCB board killed the campaign.

]]> Merle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1142986 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:45:56 -0800 Comment by RR Anderson Tall Ships Is Coming! ARE YOU?

you should have seen the motto's that were outright rejected...

Tall Ships Is Coming! ALL OVER MY FACE!

]]> RR Anderson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1143189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1143189 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:04:13 -0800 Comment by Ixia Better tied-up in Tacoma then uptight in Seattle.

]]> Ixia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1143391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/tacomas_sexual_problem#c1143391 ??!! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:18:56 -0800