Feb 2, 2013

For many years, I made a living as a bicycle messenger. It was a tough job, but in those days, the days before email became ubiquitous, it was one of the few jobs which afforded young proletariat adults a quasi-legal way to make a better-than-minimum wage. Winter was especially harsh, but due to a reduced number of messengers on the streets that time of year,...

Sep 29, 2012

Today is the end of an era. The 40 year-old Downtown Seattle Ride-Free Zone is no moe. I can hear it now: “Yay! It’s about time those free-loadin’ nigras, homeless people, and all around losers start payin’ ther fayer shayer! I ain’t no socialist! With the exception of public schools, public roads, public police, public fire...

Jun 20, 2012

Evening rush hour. 9 minutes before ferry departure. Quarter-mile backup. One booth open. People seem surprised when I tell them that I am against collective bargaining rights for public employees. To those people, I have only this to say: The next ferry leaves in an hour. If you’re lucky. Enjoy the...

Jun 15, 2012

On this spot, last week, another cyclist was killed by an automobile driver. His name was Nap Cantwell. I actually heard this collision take place, and I’ve been just sick about it ever since. It is why I purposely waited at least one week to mention it. Had I written about it the next day, I probably would have … well, let’s just say that I...

Apr 1, 2012

Over the last year, I’ve made an effort to soundtrack my own videos and embed them in HTML5 instead of uploading them to YouTube. This process is a pain, and it has resulted in my making far fewer videos (which is either good or bad depending on your point of view), but there are few alternatives. Last year, I tracked a video with a royalty-free clip...

Mar 24, 2012

Just thought you should know. I’m a 20-something douchebag, I drive a Saab 9000, and I have Oregon Plate CL-75384. So, what makes me an asshole, you ask? Good question! I’ll tell you … You see, today, in order to impress cumdumpster (my pet name for the girl riding shotgun), I made an illegal left turn from southbound 1st Avenue onto Pike...

Mar 15, 2012

“Don’t get off the bus ’cause there ain’t nothin’ for you here!” As I pulled into Tacoma at 7 o’clock this morning, those immortal words kept going through my head. I did get off the bus, though … figuratively speaking … and all I have to show for it are these lousy Tacoma photographs. Oh well, you get what...

Mar 13, 2012

Even though Rick Santorum and 98% of Texans claims that it’s un-American to do so, in my opinion, when a man is wrong, he should apologize. With that in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to formally and publicly apologize to the people of Las Vegas. You see, once upon a time, I bestowed the title of “Worst Drivers in America” upon...

Mar 12, 2012

Mar 12, 2012

With all the talk of red states and West Seattle lately, I should be forgiven for bursting out laughing when I happened upon this truck today, in of all places, West Seattle. See, what did I tell you?...

Mar 6, 2012

During the course of any given day, I encounter between 5 and 10 wrong-way drivers. While all cities have such drivers from time to time, their sheer volume is something that is quite unique to Seattle. If I personally encounter five to ten per day, imagine how many of these drivers truly exist. Moments ago, I stumbled upon an accident scene in LQA. I...

Mar 5, 2012

I just got off the 520 Bridge, and I have to tell you, it may be time for a change of underwear. The wind was blowing me all over the road, and I clearly wasn’t the only one since traffic on the bridge voluntarily slowed to about 30Mph. At times, waves broke against the side of the bridge, showering travel lanes and vehicles with...

Feb 29, 2012

Just before a vote on the downtown tunnel was taken, I informed everyone that the tunnel was a terrible idea. I informed everyone that, instead of alleviating downtown traffic, the tunnel would result in far worse traffic. Mere days after I laid out my arguments, however, the multi-billion dollar tunnel was approved by a voter margin of 60% to...

Feb 22, 2012

Jan 25, 2012

I made a short video tonight. I call it Corduroy. No particular reason. Download Video: MP4

Dec 29, 2011

Today, tolling began on the 520 Bridge. As a person who crosses the bridge 5, maybe 10 times per week, you might think that I dutifully purchased a ‘Good to Go’ pass yesterday, the day before, or even months ago. Were you to think this, you would be wrong. “But why, Rex? Do you not realize that a Good to Go pass saves you one dollar and fifty cents every...

Dec 21, 2011

empathy noun the ability to understand and share the feelings of another Another day, another video demonstrating the Seattle Occupation Force’s abject hostility toward the people they have been charged to suppress and control. For those who have yet to see it, I urge you to visit the following...

Dec 11, 2011

“License bicyclists!”, they scream on local news sites in a desperate attempt to divert attention from the real problem. The problem which is: The slaughter of our people at the hands of automobile drivers. Last week, a Kirkland bicyclist was killed at the hands of an intoxicated driver. Read the comment section of that article for absolute proof...

Nov 30, 2011

When most people have downtime, they watch TV, play videos games, eat tacos, or socialize with friends. I, on the other hand, pull out my laptop and make things like this: Download Video: MP4 Why? I don’t know. Watch it, though. It’ll be good for you.

Nov 6, 2011

I’m in with the flu, the plague, or some other unknown ailment … so I decided to use the downtime to make a short video out of some b-roll -ish stuff I took last week. The end product is a drive from Shoreline to Downtown Seattle, and I was able to get it down to about 75 seconds. This is roughly equivalent to 300Mph. It’s a dry run for a...

Nov 3, 2011

Why is this: Better than this?: I don’t know. I only know that it is. Lisa Van Cise, M.J. McDermott, Paul Deano, and every other Seattle meteorologist told us so, and they would never lie to us. As a matter of fact, I was watching the weather forecast this past weekend, and Lisa Van Cise told us that it would be dry, except for a few pockets of “pesky...

Oct 29, 2011

Today, The Viaduct opened early like we all suspected it would. Said a friend of mine that has lived in North Seattle for 43 years … “These construction schedules are nothing more than PR bullshit. They always bid them long so they can finish up early and bask in the accolades of a grateful public.” In any event, shortly after the road...

Oct 24, 2011

Let it never be said that the individual car driver in Seattle does not duly kick his/her own ass on a daily basis. They oppose bicyclists. They oppose mass transit. They oppose most anything that does not involve getting in a car and driving from Point A to Point B. Then, when construction of any kind is initiated to repair the infrastructure that they have...

Oct 21, 2011

Well, we all knew it was coming. Starting this afternoon, the Viaduct is closing for about a week, and this development is going to royally fuck me sideways with a yardstick. I’ve been at my temp/part-time/however-long-I-feel-like-doing-it job for two weeks now, and I take the Viaduct at least 4 times each day. As a matter of fact, it’s my preferred...

Oct 12, 2011

When it comes to employment, I’ve been fortunate. For the majority of my life, I’ve been able to make a living while enjoying a great deal of autonomy. In my younger days, I was a musician who helped make ends meet by working as a bicycle messenger and photojournalist. I got out of those endeavors just in time to get into tech where I created a popular...