May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013

Are they man? Are they astro-man? The venerable group from Sector 7G (or Auburn, Alabama, depending on who you believe). The sarcastic question never got old last night. Or rather, it did, and I just didn’t particularly care. “Hey, is that beer, or astro-beer? Even today, a full 24 hours later, I’ve somehow managed to keep it...

May 13, 2013

Mike McCready once ruined a friendship of mine. This was a shame, because the friend in question was an interesting guy. He wrote a book about his experiences teaching in inner-city LA high schools, worked as a writer/producer on several television shows, and he even won the game show Jeopardy several times in a row. On most Sundays, he and I would grab...

May 11, 2013

December 2011, late-July 2012, August 2012, and September 2012 broke records for dry stretches. Downtown Seattle went roughly 100 days without seeing so much as a drop of rain. In many King County locales, records were broken. January 2013 had a near-record stretch of dryness, followed by an overcast … yet notably dry February 2013. March was...

May 8, 2013

Goddamn weirdos. Nobody wants to see a show called “Bankers”.

May 4, 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 another person, “Seattle riots are different than most. Here, there’ll be 100 white guys with $5,000 cameras trying to make...

Apr 30, 2013

You rallied. You begged. Washington basketball fans have been shitting David Stern’s semen for the last 4 years, and when it came time to man up, extend a middle finger, and send that asshole packing, what did you all do? You got down on your hands and knees like a bunch of little bitches and took a load right in the face. Pow! Right in the kisser! So,...

Apr 27, 2013

After watching the above video, you may come to the conclusion that the answer is “yes”. This is where we are as a society folks.  A point where the guy in a superhero costume officially makes more rational, logical sense than does the Mayor, the Chief of Police, and every bobble-headed human teleprompter on every “news” station in...

Apr 26, 2013

I have a well-established track record of staking out wildly-unpopular-at-the-time positions, which, sometimes years later … become far more popular positions. When I first started “blogging”, I took a lot of flak for using four-letter words. I was called classless, compared to trailer trash, and people rushed to distance themselves from me. ...

Apr 21, 2013

This Capitol Hill resident posted a sign notifying birds that they are not welcome in his unit, but it was a complete waste of ink and paper because as everyone knows, birds can’t rea … wait a minute … hold on here … awwwwwwwwwwwwwww … I see what this guy did here! Touche’, random attention whore …...

Apr 21, 2013

Apr 21, 2013

“Hey, with the check my dad sent me, let’s open up an eatery in one of Seattle’s main tourist attractions, then get all shitty about people with cameras.” “Sure.  My mom says I should be a model anyway, and that people should charge for pictures of me.” “Cool, my mom says I’m special too.” “Wanna get...

Apr 14, 2013

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 fact that said venue will be directly across the street from two tourist attractions is what makes this a true stroke of genius. “Uh, excuse me, could you...

Apr 7, 2013

Ah, spring. Clouds lift, flowers bloom, Rainier peeks out from behind the clouds, and almost as if on queue, Washington State Ferries begin to fill up with the seasonal bane of everyone’s existence … tourists. “Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!”, shouted the toddler, mere inches from my face. “She just learned how to say...

Mar 31, 2013

Last night, hipsters stood stoically, pointing gently above the stage, careful not to spill their PBR’s, while across town, their fathers were stage-diving and crowd-surfing like twenty-somethings. Such is the state of affairs in 2013 Seattle. What, exactly, got the Gen Xers so riled up last night? I’m glad you asked. You see, Seattle’s...

Mar 26, 2013

On my way to work yesterday, I looked out the window and spotted what looked like the ugliest whale I’d ever seen. Alas, it wasn’t a whale at all … as it turns out, what I saw was this cool death machine that I bought with my very own tax money … built to strike fear into the hearts of terrrrsts worldwide. Just say no to weapons, kids,...

Mar 18, 2013

Mar 17, 2013

When I first read the proclamation above, I rolled my eyes. “Overshadowed by male-dominated bands”, I said, “oooh, sounds sinister.” I couldn’t help but wonder, though … what exactly is a male-DOMINATED band? Were the Beatles a male-dominated band? How about Simon & Garfunkel? Were the Go-Gos a female-dominated...

Mar 12, 2013

Mar 10, 2013

The mountain was out for the first time in a long time this past week. I was walking to the galley a few days ago when I just happened to look out the window and catch this scene.  I grabbed my camera, lined up the shot, and snapped this photo without so much as breaking stride. It’s a little crooked, but fortunately, there’s no such thing as a bad...

Feb 27, 2013

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 1, 2013:

Feb 26, 2013

Feb 26, 2013

I’ve been busy for the past couple of weeks, and I have a backlog of photos that I just haven’t had fifteen spare minutes to post. Back on February 9th, the annual Chinese New Year celebration was held in the I.D., and I was surprised by the number of people that turned out. In my opinion, Seattle’s Chinatown has always been underrated. ...

Feb 10, 2013

Queen Anne says, “We love Easy Street!” King County says, “We love Easy Street too! We proclaim them Business of the Year!” Chase Bank says, “We love Easy Street’s building! Gimme!” The landlord says, “Right away!” Mike McGinn says, “There’s nothing I can do!” Seattle Rex says,...

Feb 9, 2013

“You know that thing about punk rock being freedom?”, I asked rhetorically. “Yeah”, said the guy who fronted a band that many would call punk. “Well, it’s a load of shit. Punk rock isn’t freedom. Punk rock is privileged white kids rebelling against daddy’s money.” He stared into the distance for what seemed...