Welcome Back Seattle
It’s been over 100 days since .10″ of rain fell on Seattle. I’d almost forgotten what it felt like, but a 2 hour midday walk helped re-aquaint me. It’s a nice break from the blazing sun, but believe me...
View ArticleWorship This Photo
If you knew what I had to go through to get it, you certainly would. I picked the wrong week to stop doing jaw stretches.
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Democrats … Republicans … Tea Partiers … Batshits … Wingnuts … Screwballs … Good God is it any wonder why this country is one flush away from joining the Roman Empire at the bottom of the civilization...
View Article2012 Downtown Seattle Christmas Parade
This morning, shortly after 9am, the Seattle Christmas Parade kicked off. It looked very much like the pictures on this page. Once the parade ended, the Westlake Carousel officially opened, and I was...
View ArticleFiggy Pudding
Downtown Seattle is a much more pleasant place in the fall than it is in the summer. Less traffic, less heat, more lights, fewer bopo boys with skateboards and pit bills, fewer homeless people, fewer...
View ArticleSeattle After Dark
Featuring David Duchovny as The Lonely Businessman with a Boner. Wow, can you believe that “Duchovny” is in the Safari spellchecker? It’s true, try it. Did you also know that David did soft-core porn...
View ArticleThe Westlake Park Playground
Work on the Westlake Park Playground has begun. Soon, bums will have something new to urinate on, and you too will be able to buy crack from the bottom of a sliding board. Update: Photos taken on March...
View ArticleA Dream Come True For Pioneer Square
In what can only be described as a stunning victory for panhandlers city-wide, cheap food and alcohol will soon be made available at the corner of First and Cherry. While this will be convenient, the...
View ArticleMay Day 2013
Last Monday, I was speaking with someone about the upcoming May Day festivities. “Seattle doesn’t have riots”, I told him, “we have hissy fits.” Shortly before the protests started, I explained to...
View ArticleOverheard on Pike Street
I felt kind of bad about this one, until I remembered that they chose the middle of the fucking sidewalk to do whatever it was that they were doing.
View ArticleI Hate You
“Gimme, gimme, me, me, it’s mine all mine!” If the State of Washington had a moto, that’s what it would be. I don’t think that any sane person would disagree that Seattleites set an unparalleled...
View ArticleThey Do
Last year, I posted a Glee Flash Mob video in which the action was stopped while one dancer proposed to another dancer. Now, I’ve always viewed such public proposals as the antics of attention-cravers,...
View ArticleKuniaki’s Revenge
As one who takes great pride in hating all people and cultures equally, I always felt a bit guilty about my lack of hatred for the Japanese. Oh sure, their pathological inability to pronounce L’s is...
View ArticleThe Great Seattle Grocery Store Strike
Westlake Park – Grocery Strike Countdown Well, it looks like the grocery strike is going to happen not going to happen because all involved read my piece and came to their senses. I wish I could say...
View ArticleSunset Pollution
The wildfire smoke from Eastern Washington has settled over the Seattle metropolitan area, effing up the air quality and triggering a few thousand asthma attacks … but … at least it looks nice.
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