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 was reading through one of the Seattle weekly alternative papers, The Stranger, today and came across the “The Stranger Suggests” column where they recommend different things to do on upcoming days. For today (Sunday, July 22) they recommended the “Cardboard Tube Fighting League” with the sub-title “Ridiculous Sport”.
I checked out the CTFL website and it piqued [...]
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 [...]
Noel was visiting from New Orleans this weekend. On Saturday at around noon we went downtown to the Pike Place Market and wandered around looking for one of his friends, Adam, who was supposed to have a booth there. We couldn’t find Adam, but we did find the Pike Brewery Pub where we had some [...]
In order to get a Washington driver’s license you need to prove both who you are and that you live in Washington. Up until very recently I was having trouble establishing the latter.
I went to the Department of Licensing (aka “DMV”) yesterday to start the process. I wasn’t sure what sort of pain to expect [...]
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 [...]
I went to my local Starbucks to buy a coffee today. Just as I walked in I saw a man arrive at the counter and begin to order a beverage. I groaned inwardly. I usually just order regular coffee, but most people order complicated coffee beverages that take several minutes to make.
I reached for my [...]
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 [...]
