We all gawked at the unusual and impressive machine that was parked at the Lynnwood Transit Center. Look at it! It was like a little piece of London, England had come to the Northwest and was waiting for us to use it
I knew I had to do this. Over this last week, I haven’t really wanted to do it, but I thought it was going to come. When you’re experiencing grief, there’s this balancing act between not wanting to be reminded of your loss because it is too painful and finding that closure through ceremony and remembrance.
“That’s why it’s so good to know how to read music!” the grumpy conductor of the ukulele circle barked, “If we’re going to be using these books, we should do the music as it is in the book!”
The dozen or so septuagenarian ukulele players smiled nervously and looked at one another sheepishly, feeling quite scolded. They held their ukuleles and prepared to do the song for a 3rd time.
If women ran the world, there would be no war.
Or far less war… perhaps.
I spent some time trying to find a feminist thinker who had expressed this sentiment, hoping to start this blog off with a nice quote. I couldn’t find such a quote. Instead, this idea that if women ran things there would be less conflict is something that has just sort of wormed it’s way into the heart of feminist ideology.
It wasn’t a long part of my professional career. It was only a couple of years. I remember the questionnaire I had to fill out when I applied for the job at Countrywide Home Loan’s Full Spectrum Lending Division: How do you feel about sub-prime lending? At the time in 2006, I didn’t even know […]
This is a follow up to the blog I wrote yesterday about the Rebecca Black phenomenon. I got inspired this morning to cover her song on uke and make a video out of it. I thought this might be a novel idea. Boy, was I wrong. I thought my ukulele cover of Rebecca Black’s Friday […]
So have you heard about the girl who has replaced Charlie Sheen as the top Twitter trending sensation? The girl who is going to be the “next Justin Bieber?” Yes, it’s Miss Rebecca Black. YouTube sensation whose silly little video “Friday” has received 18 million hits this week. She’s been featured all over the internet […]
Yes, I named my cat Barry after Barack Obama. He’s been steadily marking out his territory since he got here (my cat, not Obama), and his big rival has been the brown & black tabby you’ll see in this video. I think this encounter may have established the middle of the parking lot in back […]
“Will I get to have big boobs?” I asked the director. There was a long pause. “What?” He wasn’t sure what to say. “Y’know… Bazungas! Hooters!” “Okay, yeah, Joko, I think we can manage to get you some very large breast forms.” “Allrighty then. I’ll take it. You’ve got your Frosine.” This was the phone […]
Here to make you smile on a Friday. If you don’t want to smile today, that’s fine too. My favorite… If only she could have gotten some “Hello Kitties” on the sign too… * * * In other news… I have an audition tonight! A student organization is putting on a production of Moliere’s play: […]
