It’s long lost history concerning the Seattle Sonics ending up being the Oklahoma City Thunder, but, here’s the latest rumor from the sports section. OKC’s arena football team, the Yard Dawgz, is rumored to be headed to Seattle….. OKC officials claim it’s not true…. We’ve all heard that one before….. If this comes down, I’m [...]
OK, what’s going on up there in the Great Northwest…… eh?….. I just saw on the news that you’ve got eight (8) separate wildfires going along with enough rain to cause mudslides afterwards….. I guess you can have your home burned down and mud slid away in the same day…… Not Good!….. If you North [...]
As most of you know, I don’t follow sports that much, but, it seems to me that there was an extraordinarily huge number of firing and hiring of coaches – both college and pro – this year….. Has the “WIN or you’re outta here” philosophy kicked (field goal – 3 pts.) in or what?…… I [...]
The earthquake in Haiti got me to thinking….. There’s a small town called Jones about 4 miles from where I live….. Usually they have 2 to 3 small earthquakes a year – about a 2.0 to 2.5, but, in the last 3 months, they have had over 30, yes 30 earthquakes!….. The highest being a [...]
I just returned from the Great White (Or should I say Wet) NW and all was well, looks like most of the previous construction is just about done and except for a few fender benders travel was a breeze. Sorry kids that I did not check in while in the area but I was trying [...]
Yep, it’s yearly inspection time for the Great Northwest Seattle HQ…… After a short vacation in Portland (01OCT-04OCT), I’ll then be heading for Seattle (05OCT-11OCT) to conduct a surprise inspection on Jektown and various unsuspecting MR community members….. You say, “How can it be a surprise inspection if I’m Posting the fact that I’m on [...]
How’s those temps been the last week or so up there in the Great Northwest…. eh?….. Yep, I thought I would send you Northwesterners just a little taste of our Oklahoma summertime weather…. I wasn’t able to include the usual high humidity that we have though, but, I think you got the general idea….. I’ve [...]
I’m sure at least some of you are familiar with this classic song by “Harry Nilsson”….. If you were in Oklahoma yesterday, you would have been trying to do just the opposite – Jump Out Of The FIRE!…… We had wildfires all the way from the Texas border to the Kansas border!….. One of the [...]
How long before newspapers are totally obsolete. In another 10 years is there going to be any semblance of life as we’ve known it? Andy Rooney had a dissertation on this subject on 60 Minutes last evening. updated 4:06 p.m. CT, Mon., March. 16, 2009 SEATTLE – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news [...]
We are having quite the winter experience here in Seattle. Snow, ice, and cold, cold temps. It’s been particularly challenging to drive in certain areas. Personally I have not even cranked the engine in a week. I’ve been riding the bus and walking to get around when I need to. Others haven’t fared as well. [...]
It’s time for my semi annual visit to the Great White MR Central NW division. I will be in country 10 Dec thru 14 Dec I look forward to seeing Jek and Tarn and Meeting the rest of you. Hope to be at Jek’s lair on the 12th or 13th with spot inspections through out. [...]
Well, Oklahoma City stole Seattle’s basketball team, and, now the State of Oklahoma is sending in ground troops in the form of OU football players and fanatic fans for an assault on the University of Washington’s stadium….. I heard they had orders to bring the stadium back with them!…… Rumors?…. Maybe….. With my Seattle connections, [...]
Tarn and I saw Hamlet last night put on by Seattle’s Shakespeare in the Park Company, GreenStage. (If you’re ever in Seattle and want some Shakespeare action, they do a great job!) One thing that I realized a while ago when seeing Hamlet in Ashland, was the 1983 comedy movie Strange Brew was losely based-on [...]
Amazing thing happened to me on my bike ride home today: I was stopped at a 4-way red light. A guy in a SUV heading perpendicular was having trouble starting his vehicle. (Apparently it just died.) As soon as my light turned green, I planned to help him. However within seconds a pedestrian across the [...]
Coming soon to a show near you ECTO-1 The origional Ghostbusters Car. Will be at the Penny Arcade Expo at the Seattle Convention Center Aug 29-31 Also coming this fall from Sierra Entertainment the New Ghostbusters Game Starring the voices of all from the movie (Except Rick Moranis)