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Simple rules for staying sane in Seattle
Ignore the neighbors. What's wrong with being distant? Don't dwell on the geophysics of catastrophe: What's the point in scaring yourself away?
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Poison ivy, unholy holly, and lax weed laws
Washington backs off from declaring invasive holly a weed and banning forest-smothering ivy, but Oregon takes a tougher approach.
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Seattle: Walk, bike, lose those extra pounds
Discipline and willpower make an effective combination for losing weight, exercising, and taking personal responsibility. Maybe they'd help with our social problems, too.
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America's foolish detour into shopping malls
These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.
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Take your Euro Sham and shove it!
Flip Side wonders why the Marriott and other hotels insist on loading up his bed with useless and dangerous Shams and Bed Scarfs and tubular thing-eys.
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How boomers will change retirement and jobless rates
With 10,000 baby boomers a day turning 65, that large cohort will have an impact on unemployment rates this fall, when it could matter in the election race, and for years to come. Update: New employment figures show little gain in overall jobs.
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Promotional swag, an early glimpse of the new Rack location, and young men bearing drinks. All worthy of sharing with the Twitterverse -- if only the mobile phone hadn't run out of power.
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Daylight Savings Time creep has an unnatural feeling to it
During the modern era, it may have seemed reasonable to believe we could just think our way to a different, better time of day. But aren't we all post-moderns now?
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Dance company retains vision despite loss of its founder
The continued survival of the Limon Company after the death of its founder is a remarkable story, especially compared to what has happened to other dance groups that try to continue without the person who set the vision.
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Why our lousy child-rearing wouldn't cut it with the French
A visiting author is bringing Seattle a message about the wisdom of French parenting practices. Maybe we could have better behaved American kids, and adults.
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Bicycling opens a window on Seattle's genius as an urban center
Once upon a time, the ideal in city zoning was thought to be a pattern in which each activity had its own place: industry beside other industries, homes by themselves, businesses all grouped into commercial centers. But we gain by the kind of mixtures we experience riding around the city.
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Ash Wednesday: It's a counter-cultural thing
Remembering our mortality, accepting responsibility, confessing to sins: There are a few of our culture's least-favorite things.
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West Coasters: Call home!
What if the hollowed-out cities of the East Coast set out to lure back their prodigal sons and daughters? What would it take?
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Let it rain! says a California transplant
A refugee reports on her year-long effort to escape the relentless sunshine of South California, snuggling into our damp and bookish town.
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