August 2009
12 posts
I feel a country song coming on
I sold my truck. Posted via email from my name is taken | Comment »
Amazing Padron peppers at Boat Street Cafe
Sauteed with sea salt. Posted via email from my name is taken | Comment »
From space, everything looks small
From the left, STS-125 Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel, Commander Scott Altman and Pilot Gregory C. Johnson. Posted via email from my name is taken | Comment »
When life gives you lemons
via idsgn.org This is why this recession is different from the others. Layoffs are personal now. We can see the faces and hear the stories. We can all assess our situations and make our own plans with vast amounts information, much of it unfiltered by the mainstream media. It will change the way our economy resets itself coming out of this crisis, and will change the way every other economic bust...
Such an amazing song
via vimeo.com The song is “Please Don’t Go” by Barcelona. iTunes link here: http://my.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZPersonalizer.woa/wa/viewCMA?id=311254032 The video is not too shabby, either. Posted via web from my name is taken | Comment »
Pacific Northwest Concours is one of the best car...
via autoweek.com I’ve been down to this event three time since it first opened, and it just keeps getting better. There is a very active and wealthy set of car collectors in the Seattle area, and it always stuns me to see what goodies local folks bring to the event. The Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B in the photo above was also the winner of the Pebble Beach Concours last year (the granddaddy of all...
Picking fresh blueberries on the rain for...
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I believe this is the next level after black belt
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Portland gives me Popeye Arms
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The word you're looking for is "girdle"
via uncrate.com Nice photo. Now, what I want to see is the same “Ript Fusion Undershirt” on Pudgy McFattypants. Dying to see where the flab pops out. Actually, not dying to see that at all. Posted via web from my name is taken | Comment »
Sewer Pipe Hotel
via popupcity.net Looks like this could make for a very cool playhouse for kids. Anyone got 20 feet of concrete sewer pipe laying around they’re not using? Posted via web from my name is taken | Comment »
Cheeky, but sums up my position exactly
I understand that we should debate the alternatives to health care reform in America. What I don’t understand is the chorus of people claiming that nothing needs to be changed. From Jonathan Alter’s Newsweek column last week, a tongue-in-cheek critique of the status quo:I had cancer a few years ago. I like the fact that if I lose my job, I won’t be able to get any insurance...