Seattle’s traffic is ranked 4th worst in the nation. I can’t argue against that. Being a commuter myself, I often find myself on the bus, waiting at a red light for five minutes because some dumb-ass has blocked the intersection, or an even dumber jaywalker decides to hop in front of the bus as it’s nearing the station. Many have …
As of this post, there are only 6 people in space, all aboard the ISS. How do I know? This website: http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/ Hopefully, we’ll see this number grow enormously as we start commercializing space travel. Until then, space is only for the highly privileged and rich.
A few days ago, I read an article on the Seattle Times newspaper about a new bill that would allow speed camera photos to be used in court as evidence. While it seems like a commonsense argument, not everyone is happy with the idea. Among the opponents of this bill is the ACLU, which says that increasing use of speed …
Every six months or so, I receive the Yellow Pages for my city and surrounding regions. For the past seven years, I’ve noticed a very interesting phenomenon. If you look at the first page of the White Pages section, it is all a bunch of companies with prefixes: “A”, “AA”, “AAA”, and so on. The number of As before the …
I’ll be performing in this! Not on stage with the dancers, but in the pit orchestra 🙂 This post was originally published on the Seattle Times website. The article was written by Michael Upchurch on January 20, 2013. You can find the original post here. In Paris, it started a riot. In London, where it played a week or two …