Category: Pop Culture

Hawk Herons

Driving through Kenmore, Washington last Sunday– the day of the big Seahawks game versus the Panthers– I spotted these two feathered fans at a major intersection. Kirkland has its cow and coyote statue that is duly decorated for such occasions, but I’d never seen these bike racks gussied up before. So I grabbed ye olde cell […]

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Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl

Back in mid-September of last year, the Alexander Farm on Ebey Island in Everett held a pumpkin hurl and medieval faire. This was part of the annual Snohomish Valley Festival of Pumpkins. People of all ages were treated to some fantastic entertainment. Take the standard autumn quest for jack o’ lanterns, add tents, pirates, Vikings, […]

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If You Haven’t Seen It…

The most powerful commercial this holiday season: Country Living compiled this list of the 20 best Christmas commercials of all time. It includes last year’s Sainsbury’s ad, which is based on a true story from World War I: Their ad from this year celebrates the same goodwill and connections that make so many of these other […]

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Itchy Scratchy

This month at Bothell, Washington’s famed Country Village shopping center, two reindeer are greeting visitors before they suit up for their Christmas Eve flight with Santa. At first I thought Dasher (or Dancer?) was using the friendly neighborhood horse statue to itch her head, but reindeer evidently rub against available objects to remove velvet from […]

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Slooh & Santa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKHfmV2k-Pk From Slooh.com, Santascope Provides Live Coverage Of Santa Over The Full Moon On Christmas Eve: Children around the world can capture some unique Christmas magic in a gift from Slooh. …Slooh has a special Christmas treat for our viewers. The Full Moon will be high in the sky during Santa’s trip, and Slooh astronomers say they […]

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Track Santa!

Originally published December 2013 S-s-s-s-SANTA!!!  If that’s you as Christmas approaches, know that you are not alone in your unbridled exuberance. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, starts tracking Santa TONIGHT! (AAAAHHH!!!)

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You Shall Not Pass!

This fierce man of metal has stood guard on the west side of SR 169 in Maple Valley for years. He guards a picturesque pasture between the Red Dog, the local dive bar, and the Seattle Agility Center. Normally this burly denizen has a rather robotic-looking, nutsy and boltsy sort of head. He now appears […]

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Acts of Service

Serving others. Community service. Volunteering. Donating our time. Giving back. Paying it forward. There are many ways to describe the act of giving of ourselves and our time for others’ benefit. Why do we do it? And what do we hope to get out of it? This is a topic that’s weighed heavily on my […]

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Rom-Halan

Today we learned that Leonard Nimoy, best known as Spock in the Star Trek television series and movies, passed away. A coworker brought this tribute to my attention, Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83. Spock’s not supposed to die. He comes back. This is like hearing that Dr. Seuss has entered the great beyond. […]

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