Why I Hate The Post Office

Amazon had me at “free shipping” with the free offer of Prime to students for a year. Quick shipping speed, no minimum price limit, and great prices means that I’m a frequent customer of the US Postal Service insofar as I receive a large number of packets on-time and undamaged. Being a customer of the […]

A Dunk in the Swamp

Today was a beautiful May in Western Washington: Sunny with a spot of clouds, a nice breeze, and not too hot. Eddy and I decided it was simply an impossible day to spend indoors, so we decided to meander down to the Montlake area and explore the waterfront in front of UW and then go […]

Please Drive Slowly, we let our children play in the street.

Does it concern anyone else that communities somehow think that it’s a good idea to have those signs that say “Please Drive Slowly We Heart Our Children?” I mean, is that sign somehow supposed to reassure parents that it’s okay to let their kids play illegally in the streets? These signs really just mean “we’re […]

Worst Essay Ever

I found this on a site I occasionally troll, and it’s so bad, so flawed, so poorly written… I just had to feature it on the wall of shame. Communism sucks. For all of you who like communism it is time to see why it does not work. Your re-education starts now. First just about […]

Obamatard Prius Driver

Now don’t get me wrong… I’m a huge Obama supporter. But there’s a difference between a supporter and an “Obamatard.” This difference will be explored in perhaps a later post. So I’m driving into Silverdale to take some wedding pictures, and I had already tolerated a lost person on Grapeview Loop and in Allyn. It […]