Posted Fri, Jul 24, 10:52 p.m.

In all fairness they do seem to have created something new. It's not a coffee-shop, it's more like SMITH next door, crowded and loud and energetic. But not quite like either. (OK, this based on two brief glances, one at 9AM and one at 6 PM today). It could (gasp) ...

Posted Thu, Jun 11, 11:01 p.m.

" A few such balloons landed in Oregon and N. California and detonated, but as I recall no human casualties resulted." Six people out on a picnic near Bly, Oregon [where the Al Quida folks were trying to set up a training camp afew years ago] were killed in the ...

Posted Sat, Aug 16, 10:08 a.m.

Clean, well maintained streets?: Minnpost.com writer Steve Berg noted in his article (comparing Seattle/Portland and Minneapolis): Minneapolis has yet to figure out how to keep its streets consistently clean or how to plant and care for the trees and other greenery that are now essential to the modern streetscape. Did ...

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 12:20 p.m.

Class & Cricket: "cricket challenged traditional class roles". In 19th Century England the County teams consisted of "Gentlemen" (amateurs) and "players" (who were PAID to play) who entered and left the field through separate gates!

Posted Sun, Nov 11, 7:49 p.m.

Bad Link!: The link to Royer's Seattle Times article sends you to: "Battlefield Report From the Evolution War" in the NY Times! What you really want is: http://tinyurl.com/2jnfjb Love Andrew

Posted Tue, Nov 6, 10:57 a.m.

If only life had a delete button: The robo-calls await us on our answering machine and are deleted in mid-sentance as soon as I recognize them for what they are. The electrons get recycled along with the trees. Talking of recycling: the wooden bits of election signs are very handy ...

Posted Fri, Nov 2, 6:48 a.m.

Arboretum Drive footpath is stealth bottleneck: "noting how lovely is the arched little footpath across Arboretum Drive" The little footpath is very low, and prevents any truck traffic going through the Arbortum. Ditto any schoolbuses, as my son's schoolbus found out when it tried, about 15 years ago. It's nirvana ...

Posted Mon, Aug 20, 1:32 p.m.

Great Typo: Abundant yard signs convince people that victory is eminent. Eminent: high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen. Imminent: likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent. What a wonderful example of a mala-spellcheckism! BTW: Yard Signs on public property say to me: ...

Posted Wed, May 30, 11 a.m.

Smoking is the answer: Alas, we've already thrown away the very best way to save on healthcare and retirement costs! Cigarette smokers typically last till retirement age, paying into Social Security and pension plans AND paying taxes on their addiction, and soon thereafter are diagnosed with lung cancer, and die ...

Posted Sun, Apr 8, 6:44 p.m.

Cyclists still need to look out and LISTEN also: Even with all the Mayor's improvements, the interaction between car and bicycle in inherently asymmetric. Cyclists need to have ALL their senses about them to stay safe in traffic. Many times I have heard the very characteristic ker-clunk of a car ...

Posted Sat, Apr 7, 11 p.m.

The "Summit at Madison Park" is neither: OK, so it's not a condo (it's rental apartments) and the individual words mean something, but the apartments over the Safeway at 23rd & Madison deserve some sort of bad name award. The building is called "The Summit at Madison Park" but: a) ...