And a big Thank You to JK Rowling for writing the novels that captivated me, an old lady. After seeing the first movie in 2001, I was totally hooked on Potter and his world of witches, wizards, spells, and potions. I was thoroughly entranced by the movie, and I thought the casting of the main …
Rats. Those wily little rodents are much in the news lately, after our President took jabs at Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings who represents Baltimore. It seems that more than one news outlet in that area has done stories, and documentaries describing the rat-infestation problems in Baltimore. It is well-known that rats follow humans wherever they …
School dreams. We all have them. There are numerous variations on the situation where you find yourself in class, and it's test day and you haven't reviewed any of the course material. The textbook is a fat volume of stories and you haven't opened it all semester. And you're naked. I have been having an …
The story at the top of the KOMO Web site today is a video of an Army Veteran who was touring Seattle with his wife and children, describing how a "repeat offender" just released from jail threw coffee on his young son in the stroller. The offender had served eight months of a 12-month sentence …
Continue reading Sometimes I wonder why I read the news at all…Welcome to Seattle and King County WA
But does he recognize it? I'm guessing probably not. This situation is the epitome of a capitalist tradeoff. His campaign staff is unionized. He went along with it, because he has to, as a "democratic socialist". He is also highly in favor of a minimum wage of $15 per hour. His campaign has a …
I found this story on Fox News, about a mixed-race rapper who pulled out of a music festival when she found that the festival was charging white ticket-buyers more than they were charging "people of color". I had to applaud her good sense, not wanting to be associated with that sort of behavior. However, my …
Continue reading Who’s the Racist Now? Rapper spotlights Black Racism
The Greatest Country on God's Green (and getting greener) Earth. I am proud to be a Citizen of the United States of America. The United States is the most Prosperous nation in the history of Mankind. People who come here from elsewhere know that, if they work and save, they can aspire to be …
