2026-04-17

yet another stop on the journey

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MEREDITH, New Hampshire -
2018-08-26

The last competent hard bonnet tabletop hair dryer

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EDMONDS, Washington - It's amazing that the Dazey Corporation had fizzled away by the turn of the century, as they're responsible f...
2010-03-18

I am the éminence grise of American businesses large and small

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Still operational SEATTLE, Washington - Back in 2008 I steered Trophy Cupcakes regarding their schedule for offering their Peanut Butter ...
2010-03-14

A more succinct criticism of the mental health industries

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SEATTLE, Washington - If you want to verse yourself on the core problems of the mental health industries, you can study the recent feature ...

SPS 2010 College Hoops Bracket

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SEATTLE, Washington - Midwest Round 1 Winners: 1 Kansas 8 UNLV 5 Michigan St. 4 Maryland 6 Tennessee 3 Georgetown 7 Oklahoma St. 2 ...
2010-03-10

Pellets or Death

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WASHINGTON, DC - Years ago, Mike Ditka was pimping a product called Rust Tough, and compared it to competitor Rust-Oleum by saying "do...
2010-03-07

The disappearing exit ramp diet

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SEATTLE, Washington - One of my consistent diet foes has been the SoDo Burger King. It's location is perfect for trapping me right afte...
2010-02-28

Interesting mainstream article on "mental health"

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Have you seen this week's New Yorker? SEATTLE, Washington - It's nice to see some swipes being taken at the mental health industrie...
2010-02-22

Eastside density proponents getting screwed - in the Sammamissionary position

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SEATTLE, Washington - I've written several times about the dyspepsia brought on in a tiny percentage of the Seattle population when ...
2010-02-19

Landscapers: may want to join the 21st century and make websites

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SEATTLE, Washington - When I Google around West Seattle and environs for landscapers, it's sad how few have a website to check out. It...
2010-02-18

Some notes on recently screened movies

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SEATTLE, Washington - The Hurt Locker : This is why I usually don't bother with war movies - they all seem to have the same cast of cha...
2010-02-13

Someone once pestered me about my electricity usage - I ate his liver with some fava beans

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SEATTLE, Washington - I'm one of the lucky 20,000 Seattle City Light customers selected to receive condescending lectures about their e...
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2010-02-09

Ben & Jerry's declares victory in fight against extreme global poverty

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A glitch SEATTLE, Washington - I've spent enough time posted up in front of the ice cream freezer at the supermarket to notice when the...
2010-02-04

Look the hell out Oregon, Richard M. Daley is coming for your businesses

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Come to Chicago SEATTLE, Washington - As we all know here in the Northwest, Chicago plucked Boeing's corporate headquarters away from S...
2010-01-28

Satanism - bad for pedestrians

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WASHINGTON, DC - Washington, screw you and your Freemasonry/Satanism based spoke-hub street layout. It seems to take about ten minutes to c...
2010-01-25

Haiti seems to be getting more attention than other recent large earthquakes

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WASHINGTON, DC - The Haiti situation has certainly gotten a large and deserved share of national and international attention. I even watche...
2010-01-19

The Phone Book is not going down without a fight

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SEATTLE, Washington - I got a few more phone books deposited on my stoop last week, bringing to seven the number of phone books I have tha...
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2010-01-15

Why do men cheat? Two Jews think they have the answer

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SEATTLE, Washington - When Dennis Prager and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach get together to debate, you know one thing: someone's gonna get crac...
2010-01-14

No I haven't lost weight but thanks for mentioning it

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SEATTLE, Washington - When you're me, and you're continually dancing around on the boundary between somewhat overweight and somewha...
2010-01-05

Mike Holmgren sounds like Don Lucchesi

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SEATTLE, Washington - Mike Holmgren, discussing the future of Eric Mangini: When egos get in the way, it destroys the team. My goal is to ...
2010-01-03

They don't make coffee mug warmers like they used to

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No contest SEATTLE, Washington - I've had my Dazey 1400 coffee warmer since the late 1990s. It's so old that the plastic is all cra...
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2010-01-01

Year in Review

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SEATTLE, Washington - My past year via the Facebook status collage app:
2009-12-27

Only some criminals have cachet

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SEATTLE, Washington - The biographical page * of the Bantam paperback version of Genet's Our Lady of the Flowers states the following...
2009-12-16

Happy belated National Cupcake Day

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WASHINGTON, DC - I guess repeatedly sampling cupcakes hither and yon made me so immune to cupcake news that I didn't even manage to n...
2009-12-09

Black women not making headway with Tiger Woods (or anyone else)

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Can't a sister get a break? SEATTLE, Washington - It was only a matter of time before a commentator would note a certain similarity in...