March 2011
1 post
Paused
I’m mostly over here these days, travelling around the world for a few months. Stop in and say hi if you’d like.
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
1 post
Gave us those nice bright colors, the greens of... →
I love my digital cameras. I love traveling with a few small cards instead of an immense pile of film. I love being able to use the fridge door for its intended use- food. Mostly, I love seeing an image immediately, being able to tweak a little bit here and there on the spot if I think I can do better.
But I do miss film sometimes, if only for the romance of it. Spending hours alone in my high...
October 2010
1 post
More taxes? More liquor? What? →
Washington State sure loves its ever-increasing ballot initiatives, referendums, and amendments. Here’s a handy-dandy little tool to cut through all the doublespeak and jargon and figure what in the hell all of this year’s state ballot measures actually mean.
(Brought to my attention by the stellar City Club crew.)
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
4 posts
Game, set, match
Got into a pissing contest with a sixty-something rich lady in the gym locker room yesterday. I didn’t mean to, honestly. I was hurriedly getting dressed after my workout because I was going to be late to meet a friend. Her locker was next to mine and she was lightly swearing under her breath at a bracelet that had just broken. “That’s what I get for buying the cheap...
Although Milne said he'd give anything to have a... →
100-year-old Scotch pulled from explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s frozen Antarctic crate will be chemically tested, not tasted. Pity.
June 2010
3 posts
What did I tell you guys about dressing up like... →
Via Alex Johnson - Editor At Large
May 2010
5 posts
Naked priorities
Seattle’s unemployment rate currently hovers just over 9%, more budget reductions are about to be announced to help mitigate the city’s $60 million deficit, the timeline for replacing our aging viaduct is starting to rival that of my hometown Big Dig, and the district is scrambling to find a way to avoid issuing another 42 pink slips to educators in addition to the 36 issued earlier...
Out of The Mouths of Babes
Teen girl #1: “Gaaawd, I am so SICK of these high school boys! They are SO immature! I wish they were, like, older, you know? Like, right now.”
Teen girl #2: “Yeah, if they were, like, 30.”
Teen girl #1: “Totally. 30-year-old guys SO don’t tell poop jokes and think it’s funny. Gawd.”
Me: Snorts drink through nose. Scrambles for napkin. Gasps...
April 2010
1 post
March 2010
6 posts
Thursday Advice
If your gut tells you not to send that email, even if it’s just a teeny tiny part of your gut, even if it’s the part of your gut that’s a total buzzkill and never wants you to have fun anyway, even if you’ve sat on the draft for a few hours to think about it and still want to send it, even if the rest of you feels that you’re well within your rights to send it and...
Types of Bitches →
Ain’t nothing worse than those “uncreative bitches.” (#85)
From AND I AM NOT LYING via the Slog.
February 2010
5 posts
WARNING: Spoiler alert →
Not a big deal for the millions who tune in online, but for the many who were looking forward to watching what is arguably the most popular Olympic event live on their televisions? And on a U.S. federal holiday, to boot?
Tsk, tsk, NBC. Were you really hoping that the internets could keep a secret?
Destiny
Last week, I had to empty the contents of my bedroom closet so that we could have some repairs done to the adjoining attic. In the process, I discovered the following items buried amongst my clothes:
- one very old laptop that I thought I had jettisoned eons ago
- two stuffed animals I didn’t recognize (keep in mind that I don’t have kids)
- three necklaces that I had presumably...
WatchAt least as far as the IOC is concerned, it’s still 1919.
So it would appear that I now have a tumblr. Fancy that.
1 tag
“If you put on a meaningful portion size, it would...
Smart move by the F.D.A. Too few people realize that their “100 calorie” snack refers to six chips and not the whole bag.