In movies and TV I often see situations where a cop needs to discourage someone (a suspect, a criminal, an informant, the pizza guy) from running away. The standard way of accomplishing this feat is to point his gun at the person and yell “Freeze!”
This almost always works and the cop gets an opportunity to say [...]
I’m in purgatory.
I’ve secured a job in Seattle and now I’m trying to move there. It turns out that the best way for me to get there with my three dogs is to drive it (my new company is paying me very well to do this). There was a huge scramble to procure a mover [...]
My immigration paperwork arrived yesterday and I promptly loaded my belongings into my car. The last thing to put into the car was the dogs. I rolled up the windows (I have learned that cars contain dogs much more efficiently with the windows shut). One of the power windows refused to close. I knew what [...]
We all made it to Seattle last night. Our last push, yesterday, was from Billings, Montana which was over 1300km.
My temporary digs turned out to be a pretty upscale condo. It’s a one bedroom jobby, but it’s quite large. I’m on the fifth floor and have a balcony that overlooks the courtyard. I met another [...]
I went to my company’s summer picnic yesterday. It was held near North Bend, WA, a town made “famous” by the TV show Twin Peaks.
The “picnic” was gigantic (my company employs over ten thousand people). It was big enough that people were handed maps as they arrived. There was plenty of food available from booths [...]
I was bored this afternoon and decided I’d go to a local firing range to shoot an Uzi. (Seriously.)
When I arrived, I was told by the man at the counter that I could only use the range if a) I wasn’t alone, or b) I brought a gun with me.
I was puzzled and I asked [...]
Lowell and I decided to participate in Santarchy, which is a pub crawl where all the participants dress as Santa Claus.
After purchasing some Santa costumes and getting changed we decided the easiest way to get from my house to the procession’s current whereabouts (Wallingford) would be by bus. Lowell had some reservations about taking the bus [...]
Have you ever gone out with friends and decided for whatever reason (you’re bored, you’re tired, you’re not feeling it) to go home? And then the next day you find out that something incredibly exciting happened about three minutes after you left?
On Saturday I barely missed witnessing open gun play.
I went out with Vince and Capi [...]
