You totally wish you’d come by for dinner tonight. (Though if you’d dropped by last night, you also would have scored because I made the best veggie Bolognese ever.) While I was talking to the guy at the fish counter, a light bulb went on over his head and he went back to cut me …
Things I learned: A sound check is a good thing. It helps to be near the percussion. Changing key on the fly is easy in principal, but much, much harder when you are live on stage. If you go to your supermarket wearing a slightly small cowboy hat with a red plastic Sherriff star stapled …
You’re bummed because it’s crappy typical spring in Seattle weather. Or, you’re stressed out at your desk job on a sunny day and you can’t get outside. Never mind! Plug in your headphones, open a can of pineapple, and tune in to Nerdio’s Lunch Box Luau! It’s half an hour of Aloha from the surprising …
Empty restaurant, Friday night We had a big turn out for the Jackson Street Crawl on Friday night, but I was crabby. Maybe I shouldn’t dine out while crabby. See, I found the whole experience more irritating than funny. It should have been funny, but I was just getting impatient with the whole experience. I’m …
Yesterday afternoon the Democratic National Committee called. A nice volunteer somewhere was working the phone lists and trying to squeeze money out of registered Dems for the upcoming campaign. I know the run down all too well. I still feel the pain of the 2004 election. Oh, 2000 was an outrage to be sure; a …
Three: It’s free. Doesn’t cost you a nickel. Okay, you can buy a button or a t-shirt, but it’s still free free free. Two: It’s right there. Just THERE. Because it’s right there, you can just take the bus. It’s so easy. Okay, maybe that’s two reasons. Let’s say 2 and 2a. One: I’ll be …