We’re about a week away from Election Day here in the USA, the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November. It’s an off year, with not as much at stake nationally. There’s an referendum to repeal Ohio’s anti-collective bargaining law, and an anti-choice measure in Mississippi that will define a fertilized egg as a […]
I’ve read many comments in my blog from people telling me that I shouldn’t be feeding the squirrels at my bedroom window. But.. but..but… they’re so cute!
Me? Conspiracy theories? Never!
I may not have been down at the Occupy Seattle demonstration this week, but I did do something to improve my community today. I complained about a broken crosswalk button at an intersection I use almost everyday. I tried to refrain from writing an entire blog on the city of Lynnwood’s Public Works complaint page… […]
I saw this sign in my neighborhood and thought it somewhat odd… Bless thy pets? Okay. Why not? Was forced to leave my bicycle locked all day in an unattended area yesterday as my normal busses don’t run on Sunday, and there was no room on my alternate route’s bus for bikes. Nine hours later, […]
I don’t know if it would be fair to say that I visited Downtown today to go “join” the ongoing Occupy Seattle protest, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration. I went to go lend my support. And bring them some clean, warm socks. And to observe. Record. There were several other media-types down […]
Last night, by order of our mayor, the police swept into Westlake park in Downtown Seattle where the “Occupy Seattle” protest is going strong in support of the Occupy Wall Street in NYC. Thirty people were arrested in a move to enforce our no camping laws. I thought yesterday I would visit these guys today, […]
Four years ago today, I became a resident of Washington state, arriving here from California. Weirdly, I had three occasions today to say in three real life encounters, “it’s funny you should ask that, because I moved here four years ago today.” The first two were instigated by me as I tried to create rapport […]
The vast majority of customers come into my store on a mission to complete a project. A lot of these folks are excited by their tasks and it’s quite inspiring! It makes me wish I had more home improvement projects of my own to work on. I was even tempted the other day to buy […]
At about 3 PM, I got a voicemail I’ve been waiting a week for. It was from Val, the store manager at Guitarville. My new ukulele had arrived and I could come pick it up. Unfortunately, the store is only open until 6 PM (note to Guitarville: you’re a retail store, not a bank. You […]
