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I received my quarterly statement from my employer’s tax-deferred retirement plan the other day. Like many of you, my retirement…
I received my quarterly statement from my employer’s tax-deferred retirement plan the other day. Like many of you, my retirement…
The year 2008 will likely be best remembered as the year in which we elected our first African American president….
The 81st Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced last week. As a public service, I will once again offer my…
It’s a little late to be adopting New Year’s Resolutions, but this year I’ve vowed to do what I have…
Andre Bernard, a former publisher at Harcourt and currently a vice president at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, recently…
Is it possible to feel nostalgic for a place you’ve never been to? And is it possible to feel empathy for members of a different species?
The 2008 Holiday Season is upon us. If you are thinking that holiday shopping will be a bit more expensive this year than it was last year, you are correct.
When I see someone in downtown Seattle wearing camouflaged clothing, I assume one of two things. First, I imagine the person may be an off-duty member of the military or perhaps a hunter, and that wearing camouflaged clothing for such people is pretty much second nature to them, so they wear it in the city knowing full well that the camo does little to make them less visible walking down Fourth Avenue.
A week ago Saturday, RatsPacNW sponsored its Seventh Annual Ratapalooza at the VFW Hall on Mercer Island. (Evidently the Convention Center and Benroya Hall were booked). Ratapalooza is, of course, a festival for rat aficionados featuring rats of all shapes and sizes. This year’s event included rats wearing tiny Halloween costumes, a rat named Snoodles wearing a reindeer outfit, and an appearance by Tanya Hardin’s (no relation) polydactyl rat Hannibal, a black Berkshire rat, which has seven toes (three more than usual) on its front feet and six toes (one more than usual) on its back feet.
