aka Steve -

Reading about walking, racewalking, and running …

… while lying in bed.

(Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir, by Lawrence Block.)

Great headline: “Local soldier killed in Afghanistan, for second time this week.”
The actual article is titled, “Fort Lewis solider killed in Afghanistan.” And clarifies that two different soldiers were killed. Perhaps “Two local soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week” would have been a better on the front page. Or simply, “Local soldiers killed in [...]

Drinking iced tea while reading about the history of coffee:

Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World, by Mark Pendergrast.
I purchased the book from the gift shop at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. The Burke’s current exhibit, Coffee: The World in Your Cup, continues through Sept. 7, 2009 [...]

Applicable to people as well as peaches.
Spotted at the Ballard Sunday Farmers Market.
I think Martin Family Orchards should make (and sell) t-shirts with this slogan.

Ballard’s new condo* overlords must be really tiny, with extremely long legs. Here’s their altar:

*Photos taken behind Leva on Market, a new development of luxury apartments. It’s a common misconception that all of the mega residential buildings that have sprung up in Ballard over the past few years are condos. Technically, most if not [...]

Issues currently affecting America:
> Troops still in Iraq (since 2003).
> Credit crunch.
> Housing slump.
> High unemployment rate.
> Deep recession.
Our most pressing issue:
How we, as a nation, feel about our First Lady baring her arms and what, if anything, we need [...]

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A tea kettle poised on the second-story window ledge of a building on Ballard Ave.

I found out about this via Fark (link goes here): A woman named Ruth Houston wrote a book called Is He Cheating on You? 829 Telltale Signs.
829?! I’m guessing that “breathing” and “being awake” are in her top two. Oh, and as you can tell from the book title, women don’t cheat.
It [...]

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Construction near Westlake Ave. and Denny Way, Seattle. Taken with my cell phone camera, using the zoom feature. Which is less than ideal, as explained here.
Construction in progress fascinates me – I guess it strikes me as a metaphor for life, that I am (we are each) a work in progress. New construction preceded by [...]