Populism: Just like racism!

Matt Taibbi gets it. How many times in the last few weeks have you heard the word populism used by the mainstream media to describe the desire to reform our financial system? It takes a completely valid argument and uses that word to make it trite. I also like how Taibbi calls bullshit — and [...]

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Quote for the day

I can’t even grasp how wrong it is that a man who murders and feels no remorse for it can say without hesitation: “It isn’t our duty to take life, it’s our heavenly father’s.” Complete self-delusion.

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Pictures from my commute

Sometimes I commute via running on the Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle. My commute is roughly six miles. With my new camera, I can pictures during my run since the camera fits easily in my running pants. These aren’t the greatest photos, but I think they give you a window into my day. I’ve been [...]

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The Guy Has Got Class

Wish I could be as optimistic.

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Nine to Five

This is a really fabulous trailer. Piques your interest but doesn’t give too much away. Happily, my job is nothing like this and I have been super busy of late hence the spotty posts. I’m doing a lot of web programming and learning javascript. All my web programming in the past has involved posting back [...]

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Ever hear of the Lingerie Football League?

Me neither. Seems akin to the Rat City Roller Girls. Read all about it here.

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He steals the show

As recent comments would suggest, Danton somehow manages to steal the spotlight on this blog. I got the idea of Obamacon-ing him from Balloon-Juice where resident cat Tunch rules the roost.

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British Scones * with a hint of America

Making scones is a weekend tradition for us. I’m a big fan of the British scone. Cooks Illustrated has the nerve to say this: The British original is lean, dry, and barely sweetened. Spoonfuls of jam and clotted cream are a must. Bollocks! I know I’ve mentioned before how Cooks Illustrated recipes annoy me with [...]

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The Party of Assholes

I am loath to blog about the worst of the worst wingnuts like Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Lynn Cheney and Glenn Beck. I mean what’s the point? Their assholeishness is hardly something so subtle that it needs a blogger (let alone thousands of them) to point out. Nonetheless what is truly disgusting lately [...]

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The beginning of the end for Belltown

This is a neighborhood in Seattle that once was industrial and once was called Denny Regrade. Then in the 90′s it got all hip with high rise condos, boutiques, restaurants and bars. One of those great restaurants was The Flying Fish which is now moving to the South Lake Union neighborhood — which Jake likes [...]

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Quick thought of the day

Every day it’s these teabaggers complaining about fiscal responsibility and the money that our children and their children will be paying for our actions. I just have one question: where were they when Bill Clinton was paying off the national debt?

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Fail Blog

Had me rolling on the floor.

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Quote for the day

From New York Magazine’s expose on John Edwards’ 2008 campaign and marital affair disaster. “John will settle for attorney general,” Hindery e-mailed Daschle. Daschle shook his head. How desperate is this guy? “Leo, this isn’t good for John,” Daschle replied. “This is ridiculous. It’s going to be ambassador to Zimbabwe next.” Read this in context here.

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Small businesses sprouting up in Detroit

I’ve long wondered why some big company doesn’t set up shop in Detroit. Real estate is cheap. You’ve got a major airport, freeways, a football, basketball and baseball team and a large downtown full of office space. Seems like a great opportunity. Well we know that no one has done that yet but here’s a [...]

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Interesting article on a blogger being detained at the airport in Seattle

Award winning war correspondent Michael Yon was detained and handcuffed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Yesterday by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel. Yon was returning to the United States from Hong Kong to visit family when TSA officials stopped him during a routine security checkpoint.  “Officials asked me what was in my bag—nothing wrong with this [...]

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The Year of the Flood

I just finished Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood. I was surprised after I began reading it to find that it is a companion piece to Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and it includes many of the same characters and the same events only from different perspectives. Honestly, I think Oryx and Crake is a [...]

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Headline of the day: Vegetarians who eat meat

Okay.

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Happy New Year

Here’s my new point-and-shoot Canon in action. I’m still getting used to the camera and I’m still getting used to my new Mac Book which I got for Christmas. This is my first Mac, so please bear with me. It will take me a while to get familar with the new photo editing software. I [...]

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