A volcano by any other name

After yesterday's post, WWP was reminded of another delightful legend about the original name for Mount St. Helens:

According to one legend, the mountain was once a beautiful maiden, "Loowit". When two sons of the Great Spirit "Sahale" fell in love with her, she could not choose between them. The two braves, Wyeast and Klickitat fought over her, burying villages and forests in the process. Sahale was furious. He smote the three lovers and erected a mighty mountain peak where each fell. Because Loowit was beautiful, her mountain (Mount St. Helens) was a beautiful, symmetrical cone of dazzling white. Wyeast (Mount Hood) lifts his head in pride, but Klickitat (Mount Adams) wept to see the beautiful maiden wrapped in snow, so he bends his head as he gazes on St. Helens.

Loowit or Lawala-Clough ... either of these sounds a whole lot better to WWP than the honorific title of a forgotten third-rate English baron.

Meanwhile, in keeping with tradition of this particular weekday, here are WWP's ThURLSday leftovers:

Talk is Cheap Department: Do you see a pattern here? [A big nod to About It All.]

Beware of the briefs: First the naked chef, now the naked lawyer.

How undecided are you? Decide for yourself.

Weather girls, part I: Do gays cause hurricanes? Depends on which statistician you ask.

Weather girls, part II: Suddenly, it's stopped raining men.