Two Interesting Things on the Radio Today…
While I was driving in to work today I was listening to KOMO radio AM1000 and I heard two things which were notable.
The first was the start of a news bite that mentioned a huge demonstration and news conference was being put on by Microsoft at the NASDAQ Stock […]

Home, Safe and Sound!
Well, I made it. I was able to turn the truck around (on a HILL!) and head down to Aurora. I kept it in 4WD mode until I got to 85th Street. I realized that the roads were going to be clear so I pulled off and […]

It’s Gonna Be a Work Day!
It’s still bitterly cold out today, 22° F. But part of my street has been sanded and Aurora is clear alll the way to Seattle. I think I can head into town and then head back up to my store. I hope so at least. I’m […]

Icy Excitement
It’s Tuesday and the excitement of watching the cars slippin’ and slidin’ on the hill out front hasn’t lost it’s charm. We’re still knee deep in cars out at the corner. A little while ago we had one of the handicapped access buses stuck. He was actually blocking about 2/3’s of […]

SNOW!!
So, it’s Monday, I’ve got a post in the drafts about our weekend, there’s a bunch of photos to upload, I’ll finish it tomorrow.
Anyway, it’s been snowing and I wanted to make a quick post about the cars that have been sliding up and down my street. We live on a hill, it’s […]

Thanksgiving Weekend in a Nutshell (Part 1 of 2)
Well, the holiday weekend is over and everyone is getting ready to get back to the daily grind. That won’t be as easy as normal due to the snow. Seattle got caught by mother nature yesterday with a very unusual snow storm. Brooke […]

Thanksgiving Weekend in a Nutshell (Part 2 of 2)And we continue with our coverage of the Thanksgiving Weekend trip to the Coast.

Bowie just couldn’t get enough of the freedom the large and mostly deserted beach allowed him. He ran in circles like a whirling dervish. There was so much to explore. The […]

Thanksgiving Success
Brooke and I have much to be thankful for this year. We’re new home owners, are both gainfully employed, I’m studying for my MCSE (computers are my passion!) & we’re both healthy. Who could ask for anything more?
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with Kevin and Bryce and thier respective families. […]

XBOX on Amazon

So, I didn’t win the opportunity to buy an XBox for only $100 at Amazon. At 11:00am I clicked on the refresh button and went into “Waiting for Amazon.com” mode from which I never recovered. Oh well, I guess I really didn’t need one anyway.
If you want to buy one at […]

Thanksgiving Day
Well, here we are, Thanksgiving morning and the kitchen is hoppin’. Brooke and I have been invited to Kevin & Bryce’s house for the big meal but we’ve been commissioned to bring pies, rolls & sweet potatoes.
So, right now I’m baking two pumpkin pies and Brooke is starting work on her famous […]

3 Bellevue buildings damaged in crane collapse; at least one killed
By Peyton Whitely, Sara Jean Green and Mike CarterSeattle Times staff reporters
A giant tower construction crane in downtown Bellevue tipped over Thursday night and smashed into an apartment building, killing at least one person in an apartment.

The 210-foot-tall crane toppled from a construction site […]

My Thoughts on OJ & “The Book”.
OJ Simpson has suffered a reversal of fortune in recent years, spending millions on his defense for murder, losing the civil suit to the tune of $33.5 million dollars and effectively being banned from Hollywood. Is he Guilty? Innocent? It’s not for me to say, and […]

Some news I’m glad to hear…..News Corp. Cancels Simpson Bookby Rachel Deahl
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on the upcoming Regan Books title from O.J. Simpson, If I Did It. A tell-all of a different variety, the book, which was to be Simpson’s outline of how he might have committed the murders […]

So, we’re here relaxin’ at home after our outing to Half Price Books and Old Ballard for a birthday gift Brooke wanted to buy and what does Brooke come across on the TV? Comcast Channel 21, the Seattle Channel is airing KEXP - Live from the Triple Door. And the performer is Billy […]

I had the pleasure to hear the most recent Amazon Podcast (Amazon Wire) this weekend and was thrilled to find out that a question I had suggested was used in the Sting interview. Sting has been seen and heard recently promoting his new album ‘Songs from the Labyrinth’.

Songs from the Labyrinth is a collection of […]

We went to half price books today and I was able to pick up a copy of Infernal Devices, a book by K. W. Jeter from 1987.

It’s starting out pretty well, somewhat reminiscent of “The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters” by Gordon Dahlquist.

If you haven’t read The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters I […]