Jul 30, 2011

On Thursday, a man was hit and killed by an SUV as he was riding his bicycle through South Lake Union. That man’s name was Michael Wang, and he was hit by an SUV which did not bot her to stop. As a matter of fact, the driver has yet to be found. All we currently know is that the murderer was driving a brown SUV with tinted windows. On Friday, I wrote a post...

Jul 8, 2011

Yesterday, for the first time ever, I dialed 911 from my cellphone. I was riding through SoDo, behind a red Jeep, when I noticed a stop light ahead. I applied my brakes, but the Jeep did not. As I rolled to a stop, the Jeep smashed into a white van in front of us, totalling the Jeep and sending shards of debris flying. I ran up to both drivers, made sure they...

Jun 28, 2011

I love Aberdeen, Washington, or as I call it, Far West Virginia. I always have. At one point, I almost moved there. Grays Harbor certainly has its problems, economic depression being the primary one, but it has one of the lowest costs of living in the USA, and the best climate in North America (83 inches of rain to Seattle’s 37). Most of all, the place is...

Jun 26, 2011

“Can you imagine if this many people turned out for the police brutality protest in February?”, I asked my friend. “Yeah, Birk would have been prosecuted. Cobane too. We’d probably have a new police chief right now”, she said. As I stood on 4th Avenue watching the Gay Pride Parade, I realized that what she said was true. I’ve been to many Gay Pride...

May 23, 2011

Well, it looks like the tunnel is headed for a vote, although it doesn’t really look like the vote is going to count. Yesterday, the City Council decided to proceed with a referendum which will determine whether or not the city can “give notice” to the state. If “yes”, such notice will allow them to go ahead with the construction phase of...

Apr 26, 2011

Not long ago, the primary news source for Capitol Hill, the Capitol Hill Blog, ran a story about a man named “Joe”. You see, Joe is a man who lives in Pike/Pine, and Joe is upset that a nearby nightclub (The Baltic Room) has been increasing their noise level over the months. To try and solve his problem, Joe has called the police on several occasions, and...

Apr 18, 2011

From 1991 to 1994, Nirvana ruled the airwaves, Seattle became the capital of the universe, and the world hasn’t been the same since. In my opinion, it’s been all downhill from there. A video at the EMP this weekend said something to the effect of “There hasn’t been another geographically based music genre to emerge since grunge. We’ve all been...

Apr 14, 2011

Over the past two days, I have consumed the best donuts I have ever eaten in my life. I say this without an ounce of hyperbole. I like Krispy Kreme, and Dunkin’ Donuts are just fine, but both Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts and Mighty-O Donuts are true “gourmet” doughnuts that stand head and shoulders above the national chains. After eating...

Apr 12, 2011

Built in 1985, the Columbia Center is the 7th tallest building in the USA, and at 932 feet, it is the tallest building in the entire Pacific Northwest. The building has 76 floors, 46 elevators, and the antennas on the roof bring the total height to 967′. While the Space Needle is Seattle’s Statue of Liberty, the Columbia Center is our Sears Tower. ...

Mar 21, 2011

“Screeeeeeeech!” That was close. Damn close. While sitting at a stoplight on Saturday, I almost got nailed from behind by an SUV that was cruising inexplicably fast into a red light. To her credit, the very concerned lady got out of the car to explain herself to me. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t see the light, the sun was in my eyes!” “I know,” I said...

Mar 7, 2011

I was surfing YouTube a few minutes ago, and I stumbled across a video from Internet Celebrity Chris Pirillo, fellow resident of the “Seattle Area” (I’m not sure if he lives in Seattle proper or not). In it, he gives his “Top 10 Things to Do in Seattle”, which I have transcribed as follows: 1: Fremont Troll 2: Olympic Sculpture Park/Gas Works Park 3:...

Mar 5, 2011

For a few weeks now, I’ve been wanting to try the new Dope Burger in Belltown. Why? Because of a scathing review in the Seattle Weekly. When I first read the above piece, something about it just seemed wrong. The writer had nothing good to say about the place, and the entire segment seemed like a hissy fit of self-indulgent faux-intellectualism (a niche I...

Mar 4, 2011

Belltown. Some call it Smelltown. Tenderloin North. The Space Needle up, Financial District down, Puget Sound to the west, The Moore Theatre, The Crocodile, and the best black tar heroin America has to offer. I’ve always loved this place. A place of contrasts where high-tech yuppies, homeless amputees, runaways from Montana, crack whores, and college kids...

Jan 14, 2011

A few weeks ago, a woman swallowed a bottle of pills in an attempt to commit suicide. (see: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/06/facebook-friends-mock-womans-suicide-message/) Fortunately for her, she was not alone.  She had 1,000+ Facebook friends, and upon learning that she had ingested a fatal dose of medication, these friends sprang into action.  As...

Jan 11, 2011

Dec 6, 2010

Pretty soon, I won’t be able to shop anywhere. Not that I do anyway. Aside from computers, bicycles, and guitars, I don’t really have any possessions. At least not the normal possessions of a 40-ish American male. I don’t own a TV, house, or a car less than 10 years old. I buy new clothes roughly every five years, and I still wear shoes that...

Oct 8, 2010

Well, it was bound to happen. After a pretty good run of about three months without being clobbered with a pee cee stick, today I got whacked again. This morning, I had some business to take care of, and that business required that I contact a local government agency here in Washington State. This being the case, I dutifully researched the phone number, placed...