May 16, 2011

My kid came home from the Central Library today toting some kind of Simpsons comic book. Out of curiosity, I picked it up and skimmed through it, only to find the following panel: Ouch. At first I was slightly offended by Bart’s dis, but then I realized that he was right. I also realized that if being a misfit from the rest of the screwed-up, unattractive,...

May 14, 2011

Earlier today, I walked past 3rd & Pine with my wife (of a different race), when I encountered these fine gentleman … preaching about the evils of interracial marriage, the evils of the white man, and something about the evils of Jesus. Being quite possibly the most determined blogger on the planet, I stopped and lined up a few shots while being...

May 6, 2011

Sometimes, I am afraid to search my Android’s SD card for fear of what I might find. You see, programmers have a great deal of autonomy over what they wish to name data directories, and unless you are somewhat of a power user, you can be in for an embarrassing awaking when you sell your phone, give it to a family member, or turn it over to your boss. For...

May 6, 2011

An unidentified object on a downtown street light near the Convention Center:

May 4, 2011

Hello, my name is Juan and I’m 20 years old: Seriously, I’m 20 years old: Wait, did I say 20? Sorry, I meant 22: Screw it, can you just give me $100? Meth is one hell of a drug, and I don’t want to come down over the weekend. Some one over there on the East Side, help the boy out. I’m sure he’s good for...

Apr 30, 2011

Sure, you are underwater in your mortgage. Sure, you are at-risk of being laid off. Sure, you are one paycheck away from homelessness. Sure, you are experiencing the early stages of hyperinflation that will soon sap all of your wealth. Sure, your health insurance premiums have doubled again. Sure, your government is hopelessly corrupt. Sure, your country has the...

Apr 27, 2011

As I have mentioned before, I am an Android Geek. When I leave my nerd cave in the morning, I typically have two Android devices in my possession … a phone and a tablet. In addition to being a fan of the platform, I am also a statistics geek. No matter how hard they tried, my teachers in elementary school could not get me to read a fictional book. ...

Apr 16, 2011

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an …….. ad for GEICO? Yesterday afternoon, a small airplane dragged an advertisement for the insurance company around the Downtown Seattle Skyline, and even went so far as to cross directly into the active landing path for Boeing Field. At one point, the advertising banner was separated from a landing...

Apr 7, 2011

I’ve gone my entire life without seeing someone walk a pot bellied pig through a school playground, but apparently it’s a greater problem than I had realized.

Mar 17, 2011

I expect to see a lot of strange things in and around the City Market on Capitol Hill, but this is not one of them: This. This is what we have become in post-Patriot Act America. I can’t even walk into a convenience store to pick up a gallon of milk without spotting manuals dedicated to stopping completely made up crimes such as “money...

Mar 9, 2011

It’s always good to have your finger on the prostate of the public, and for the last several days we have been testing out a polling system. It’s only been votable for a couple of hours each day, but so far it seems solid. Even though they are of specious usefulness, we’re trying hard to make these things psuedo-scientific. They use 2 different checks to...

Mar 7, 2011

Feb 26, 2011

Yes, that is the Space Shuttle. Last night at about 7pm, a twit message popped up on my screen. One of our local meteorologists informed us that the Space Shuttle would be passing overhead from 7:21pm – 7:24pm, and that it would be in the northern sky about 45 degrees above the horizon. At 7:15, I went up on my roof and scanned the northern skies.  After...

Feb 12, 2011

Yesterday, while sitting on the throne, I picked up my trusty copy of the Seattle Weekly to help move things along. As I was leafing through the paper, I came upon a woman with a fairly shapely rear end, and my wiener moved ever so slightly. It wasn’t a full-on salute, but my spaghetti got a little al dente. Imagine my horror when my visual field zoomed...

Feb 11, 2011

Spotted last night at Planet Hollywood during Rexfest ’11. My legacy lives on.

Feb 10, 2011

Dear God, someone get down here and restore order before people get trampled. This is live from 6th and Olive. There are 3 customers and 10 employees currently in the store.

Feb 7, 2011

How would you like to be the receptionist at this place? ‘Washington talking book and braille library and mobile … screw it … deaf place, may I help you?”

Jan 28, 2011

Everyone is convinced that they have one, but few people actually do. I encountered this sign about 10 minutes ago outside J&J Gifts on First Avenue.

Jan 24, 2011

Just kidding. The tree is not really taller than the Space Needle, I just cropped the picture to make it look that way. Oh my god, I totally fooled you. I bet you ran to the phone, called everyone you knew, and said “hey, you’ve got to see this, some guy on the Internet found a tree that’s taller than the Space Needle! Quick, go to seattle...

Jan 22, 2011

Jan 19, 2011

Earlier this afternoon, I was surfing the web and watching beachballs spin on my iMac while music played in the background. This is about as much multi-tasking the world’s most advanced operating system could handle, and even then, it doesn’t handle it terribly well. There’s always been a 5-10 second lag when I’ve tried to control iTunes...

Jan 5, 2011

Because I’ve never seen it anywhere else. A cat, in a sweater, on a city sidewalk, that comes when it is called. Probably the last thing I expected to see today.

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