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Monthly Archives: August 2004

September 2004 Print Calendar

The Beans for Breakfast printable calendar for September is ready to be downloaded, printed out, and to have calendary things done with it. I know that some of you will be concerned that the squares are slightly smaller this month. Others will ask, “What happened to the little circle at the top of the page? [...]

Bush Trophy for Auction

…we have up for auction one slightly used trophy with a tiny reproduction of a George W. Bush’s cowboy hat mounted on it. The plaque has a genuinely hypocritical quote by President Bush printed on it…

Everything Weekend

On Friday we went to the Dayments’ August Everything Party. Things took a surprising twist at around 9:00 when the party turned into a wedding. Samantha and I wandered around her neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. Things were blooming, and Samantha had to touch everything that had flowers or fruit. She broke off berries, flowers, and [...]

Apathy & A Glass of Water

Here’s another batch of graffiti and street art photos. We’ll begin with a little apathy

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One of the things that you learn when being taught to type on a typewriter is to leave two spaces between sentences. Two-spaced gaps between sentences is a recognizable sign that a page is typewritten, but the rule wasn’t designed with that typographic end in mind. It was meant to discourage having to interrupt the [...]

Foot Traffic

I’ve been sitting at my desk at home, working at the computer. The desk faces a big window that looks out onto the neighboring condos’ parking lot. The window is open, but the blinds are drawn. Along with the background noise of car traffic, I hear my neighbors coming and going. For example, a man [...]

Dogs

“Hey, Sam.” “Yeah?” “I was thinking of maybe getting one of those pre-paid cell phones down at the Pay-Less. You know, . . . the little Motorola kind.” “You’re tied to a tree, dog.” “Maybe you’re right.”

Photobloggers at White Dove Gallery

The photoblogger gallery show that Tyd has been working on is going up this weekend at the White Dove Gallery in Lakewood, Washington. Tyd has gathered photos from eight Puget Sound-area photobloggers…

Radio Flyer

This odd construction, Ross Palmer Beecher‘s “Radio Flyer”, is the centerpiece of a group of sculptures on show right now at The Harbor Steps. Radio Flyer is removed every evening at six and replaced with an orange cone with the word “security” written on it in black marker.

August 15

1994: Moved to Seattle. [1997: Badly sunburned in San Francisco.] 1998: At the company picnic, it rained and the sun shined at the same time. 1999: Haircut. 2000: In Kyleakin, went to a pub hoping to run into a French-Canadian girl who had perfectly crooked teeth. 2002: Quick glimpse of two seals. 2003: Barbecued on [...]