This is one of the benefits of owning a smartphone. When you come across something unusual you think your friends and blog followers might like, you just whip out your phone and take a picture. What do you think of this new item on the shelf in Costco's booze department? A most unusual item. I'm …
Category: Random Musings About Life
Thought Experiment
What would happen if, with my magic wand (pine wood with unicorn hair, rigid flexibility), I caused the hair color of every woman in this picture to revert to its natural color? Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Patty Murray, Kamala Harris... Wouldn't it be just sweet to see every woman with her natural color, just like …
Rush the Irreplaceable: Upbeat, in his Own Words
I just realized one thing about Rush that I had never thought of before. I wonder if it has also occurred to the rest of Rush Limbaugh's loyal audience, that he is human, and he might not be around forever. I think most of us just took it for granted that, from noon to 3:00PM …
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Seattle War Zone. Dori Monson Nails It.
In the past few days, there have been multiple shootings in downtown Seattle. Ordinary citizens are wondering if they should be going there at all, and are expressing their opinions publicly. Local businesses are appealing to city government to improve conditions in their neighborhoods, so they are not confronted with drug deals, gang shootings, and …
Winter Wonderland. It’s Snow-homish County! Updated Tuesday 1-14
The news media and local government have been talking about nothing else for the past few days, than the huge winter storm that was bearing down on us. We saw weather maps with swirls of clouds, and were admonished to "prepare for the storm" by laying in supplies of blankets, candles, flashlights, and food that …
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2020 Year of the Rat (and the optometrist?)
In the Chinese Zodiac, 2020 is a Rat year. Now, most people don't have very nice associations with the Rat, since they bring to mind ideas like Bubonic Plague, Lab Rat, filth, vermin, rat traps, and "dirty rat". Rats are normally viewed as pests, and most of us would scream and run away if we …
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What does this say about the Illinois Government?
The state just legalized recreational marijuana use, and the demand has been so high that the pot shops are running out of supply. And the state's Lieutenant Governor, Juliana Stratton, was at the head of the line to buy. So, residents of Illinois, with all its other problems (basically bankrupt), now you have to worry …
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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest winter
I just had to take this screen-shot this morning on my phone. I use WeatherBug, recommended to me by a "genius" at the Apple Store. As I heard when I lived for awhile in the Midwest, nobody ever shoveled 2 feet of "partly cloudy" off their doorstep. Or 2 feet of rain, either. Our rain …
2019 It was a (mostly) Very Good Year
As 2019 ends, and 2020 approaches, I have to say that it was a pretty fine year for our little family (Me, Hubby, and Kitty). There were no disasters, no serious illnesses, only a few bumps in the road. Our Country has been wracked and torn by the disgusting DemocRATS impeaching President Trump, but he …
Natural Beauty at the Asian Grocery Store
This past weekend, Hubby and I made a trip to the local Asian Grocery Store. Uwajimaya has two big stores in the Seattle area, the flagship store in the International District of Seattle, and a new branch in Bellevue where we went. This family-owned store has been in business since 1928, and stocks a bewildering …
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