A friend and reader recently told me he gets all of his local news from this fine blog. Troubling? Mildly.

So the GritCity editorial department got together and formulated a plan: What if we started posting facts? Or, at the very least, dispatches from places where facts happen.

Here's how it's going to work: I'll be stationed in Olympia for the legislative session, posting said facts, along with findings and occasional secrets delivered to my office via dwarf carrier pigeons, to the Political Buzz blog.

The rest (shiny stuff, made up stuff, funny stuff) is all for you. Like, let's say someone introduces legislation that would make it legal for Hot Chick-a-Latte and the online prostitutes of Federal Way to open their joint venture: Scone Jobs ... clearly, I would give you a heads up.

These updates may not happen often -- or ever. But you'll sleep soundly knowing that someone you know knows what's going on.

Oh, and another detail that may help you sleep tighter: I promise the T-shirt details are on the way.

Throw away your Magic 8-Ball and deep-six your Cootie Catcher: Tacoma's first and only "holistic" cartoonist, RR Anderson, has developed a new way to answer all your profound existential queries – thanks to the prophetic genius of SolaRichard.

Ask a burning question, and Tacoma's world-famous sun-powered icon comes up with an insightful answer (after his eyes glow red).

Try it out here.

The fun phrases come from actual quotes made by SolaRichard.

How can you go wrong with sayings like:

"I'm too far ahead of my time."

and

"Bring white wine, maybe an appetizer, I'll tell you about my plan to light the Narrows bridge."

What are you going to ask?