Straight Talk in a Crooked World
While the Seattle area media might have been laser focused on the regional embarrassment that is Hempfest this weekend (Doritos, anyone?), there was a more noble event happening at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard. People there were on a high simply due to getting together to celebrate their common past through food, historical reenactments, […]
Read More Viking Days 2013Today I was sickened to hear on the radio that Egyptians are blaming the U.S. for the violence and death in their country. Citizens of Egypt, hear me loud and clear: please do not confuse average Americans with the guy in the White House. I, for one, have always been against the United States giving […]
Read More Hey Egypt!Somebody needs to hear this tonight. *** Father’s Love Letter An Intimate Message From God To You. My Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Read More Father’s Love LetterImagine listening to these two dialogues at the same time: 1. Blah blah blah blah blah, where can we get more wine, do you want to get some more wine, oh, girl, this is how they cut my hair, blah blah blah blah, I want to play drunken bingo, we should go to the burger […]
Read More No Respect for the BardFor real, people! August 8th is Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day! Yes, it’s that time of year when we’re surprised to find hefty baseball bat-sized zucchinis under the foliage that were only two inches long last Saturday. Time to gift your neighbors with the primary ingredient of everyone’s favorite summertime bread and […]
Read More Sneaky ZucchiniOur country is being carried off to a dark place by shadowy forces. Today it bears an alarming resemblance to the Bizarro World of Superman comics in the 1960s, where up is down and ugly is beautiful and it is a crime to make anything perfect.
Read More Bizarro LogicDid I eat hallucinogenic mushrooms for breakfast? No, I read that correctly: those with criminal convictions are becoming a protected class. http://socialistworker.org/2013/06/19/seattle-bans-the-box http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/03/new-laws-make-criminal-pasts-off-limits-in-california-city/?test=latestnews Earlier this week I was floored to read that yet another city, Richmond, California, has barred private companies with city contracts from doing criminal history background checks on job applicants in most cases.
Read More Ban the Box LawsThis week we Washingtonians got happy news from our Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA. First, our Southern resident orcas– orca pods J, K, and L that live in the Salish Sea and Puget Sound– will continue to have Endangered Species Act protection. Many people don’t realize that we have two types of orcas […]
Read More Thumbs Up!Yes, pun intended. This past week I’ve been learning more about Barry H. Landau (he’s especially important; get the H in there). As the Washington Post called him, he’s the “the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia” who was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for stealing historical documents. From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/barry-landau-collector-of-historic-documents-gets-7-year-term-for-thefts/2012/06/27/gJQAizMj7V_story.html:
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Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie 