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My extremely subtle effort to register my annoyance with the City of Seattle’s bureaucracy through careful selection of postage stamps continued today. I got a parking ticket for parking in front of a curb ramp last week, which was annoyingly placed mid-block, and, even more annoyingly, apparently not a crime unitl last week. I’d been [...]

Spotted on the discount rack at a local book store:

Finally mailed my Viaduct ballot today, with a big fat “No-No”. This was a tough one. I considered a “yes” vote on the tunnel, because, when it comes down to it, sure I’d like a $3.4B tunnel through downtown. If the state’s gonna pick up the bulk of the tab, why not? I’d also like [...]

First Obama bumper sticker I’ve seen in Seattle: With Ford Mustang owners in his pocket, can the White House be far behind?

I was on my way to grab lunch today when I stumbled upon the groundbreaking ceremony for the Seattle Streetcar! Much to my delight, they were serving free food, so I stayed to eat a free pulled pork sandwich and watch speeches from Mayor Nickels, Sen. Murray, Rep. McDermott.. and even the Acting Secretary of [...]

I’m spending thanksgiving at the lady friend’s lovely family ranch in Northern California. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

This is a post that I’ve been meaning to put together for a while, but it was only recently that it really crystallized for me. Below are two pictures of the new U.S. Courthouse in downtown Seattle. I’m not an archecture critic, but I am a big fan. And the first thing that hits me [...]

On this, the week of Iraqi elections, this image seemed poignant: I was at Seattle’s wonderful MOHAI museum yesterday, where they have an exhibit celebrating the first round-the-world flight, in 1924, which took off from Seattle. One of the pilots wrote this passage in his journal en route from Belgrade to Baghdad. In case you [...]

I’m thinking about a new feature here at B&P, we’ll call it “Phoneblogging.” In september, I moved to the 21st century by getting my first camera phone. So let’s start it out with some sage advice from the New York City Subway: There’s a joke in here somewhere about Social Security and the “third rail.” [...]