Earth Hour encourages us to turn off the lights for one hour to bring attention to the looming global energy crisis. Started last year in Sydney by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour saw a 10.2% reduction in energy use that hour. This year Earth Hour is now an international event. Although Seattle is not an [...]
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Most movies require a “willing suspension of disbelief”, the movie 28 Weeks Later needed your logical brain to take at least a two hour nap. The storyline had huge plot holes and expected its viewers to believe that characters separated by time and distance keep reuniting, over and over again. Many laws of physics were [...]
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Ed’s favorite Chardonnay is 2006 Ken Wright Cellars Chardonnay, Celilio Vineyard so when it came time to celebrate a birthday, new job and new kitchen with friends I had to include it in the menu. This Oregon chardonnay has just the right balance of oak and butter to make it an ideal accompaniment to food. These [...]
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I applaud Obama’s speech today acknowledging the race issue in America. Humans fear what they don’t know and that which is different from themselves. To say that race, socio-economic status, gender, religion doesn’t matter to us is naive and dangerous. It has been true throughout history and seems to be part of the human condition. Ignoring [...]
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Black dogs, particularly big black dogs (BBDs) are the least adoptable at animal shelters, sparking concern with the Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Reasons include visibility, mythology, stigmas attached to some breeds and folklore. Since they stay in the shelters the longest, these black dogs are much more likely [...]
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Community Health Clinics provides a variety of primary health care and dental care on a sliding scale fee. I have received excellent care from Steve Dreseng MD at the Greenwood Medical Center when I was unemployed and uninsured, when I was on Medicaid and now that I am on Medicare. Regardless of my financial circumstances, the [...]
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Today, the Washington State legislature approved a 12 month pilot program to allow limited beer and wine tasting in select grocery stores. ESB 5751 - 2007-08 passed the house on Friday and was approved by the senate today. It will need to be signed by Govenor Christine Gregoire before the pilot program can be implemented. [...]
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Surprise, surprise, once again Bush has decided to disregard decency and common sense in favor of his all consuming war on terror. Once again, I am blogging about man’s inhumanity to man. Terrorists kill people that is a fact and cause great destruction. It sure would be nice to do something to stop this atrocity [...]
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We usually look forward to the monthly Washington Beer Lovers (WABL) events. We get to drink beer at great prices, meet the brewers and have lively conversation. Yesterday the March event at Pyramid Ale did not disappoint on the great prices. WABL members got two of their speciality brews for FREE! The two specials was [...]
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I am not fond of “McMansions”. I do worry about the resources that it takes to build, maintain and heat these houses that have a ridiculous large amount of space. That being said, destroying them is even a bigger waste and impact on the environment. Unfortunately, that was the tact that the Earth Liberation Front [...]
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