I’m looking for another mom with a 2-3yo that’s interested in 3hrs a week hands free — she/he watches my 2yo for 3hrs/wk and I watch his/her 2yo for 3hrs/wk. We’re located near Fauntleroy YMCA. Please get in touch and we can talk turkey (i.e. logistics and background). Email me.
I was thinking of starting a rant on here after the massive explosion a few minutes ago, but was glad to see Jo had beat me to it.
This is effing ridiculous. It never ends. My dog is deceased and no longer tormented by this mass stupidity, but my cat was in my lap at the time and left a bloody trail as he went airborne at the sound of the blast. What happened to my right to “peaceful enjoyment” while others freely and openly break the law without consequence?
Ok.. i admit, i am not a hawks fan to start with but i wouldn’t wish defeat on any home team …
if it wasn’t for the way some fans have chosen to celebrate the legion of boom.. with loud booms every time the hawks score :(
one of my new neighbors celebrates every score loudly with fireworks by night and booms by day…
and my dogs whimper and whine and shake and hide under the bed and try to claw their way out.
my vietnam vet neighbor gets so stressed he doesn’t leave the house for days.
no matter how cool or harmless you might think that boom is.. it’s not so cool.
driving neighbors out of their homes on game day and terrorizing animals isn’t an effective way to spread team spirit.
So go ahead and bah humbug and call me a curmudgeon who doesn’t want to let anyone else have fun…
i won’t be here to hear you. I am loading the dog who just had cancer surgery and is facing more into the car with her donut of shame to keep her from reopening the incision and heading up the hill.
and trust me.. you don’t want to know what i will be thinking of those of you who boom away to show your team spirit.
We are new to the area (been here 2 weeks) and I have a Madison 6th grader that needs to get to school. I’ve just started work that requires me to be in Burien at 7am.
I’m looking for an hour in the morning and transport to school/ walk to closest bus stop. This should be short term (about a month), start as soon as school goes back, and we can discuss compensation.
well, Wales gave the world half of me; the other half came from several countries (which reminds me of a joke I probably shouldn’t repeat out here.) Wales contributed it’s share of artists to the world, including Gemma Markham:
I still prefer Eva Cassidy’s version of Fields of Gold (and ‘What A Wonderful World’ and on and on) but I enjoy listening to the words in Welsh.
As far as gubmint inefficiency, that argument can go on forever. Of course gubmint is inefficient; it’s run by humans (or ancient alien astronauts in disguise.) Private companies are also notoriously inefficient, even if they are hugely successful. These days, property tax increases are generally due to voter-approved programs. Hopefully, at some point, you will see a massive return on your investment when you sell; being able to hang on to your house long enough to get to that point is the problem.
Thank you, metrognome! At least Wales is pretty and has given the world some wonderful actors! So property values do play a role, but not as significant as one might assume. Still – and I hate to get all Tim Eyman-y, it seems like we give the go-ahead to ever-increasing taxes, but all too often the money is not used properly because of incompetence.
Ancient alien astronauts? Hmmm…Tom Cruise loves that concept!
Jeannie — fortunately for you, property values and property taxes aren’t directly linked; the formula to calculate property taxes is much more complicated than that and cannot be understood or explained by mere mortals. There is a race of ancient alien astronauts disguised as humans who understand how to correctly calculate property taxes (I have that on good authority from the guy with the weird hair that stars on History Channel 2.) Here, translated from their native language, which is almost as hard to understand as Welsh, are some FAQs:
Agggh! My little two-bedroom, one-bathroom house might be flattered to see its “value” leap by tens of thousands of dollars, but I’m not thrilled in the least. Taxes are bound to increase in an equally outrageous manner. I can thank the ugly, boxy $950,000 “Hummer” houses that are being squeezed onto lots in my neighborhood where older homes, aka perfectly decent “teardowns,” once stood stolidly.
I guess this gripe is nothing new, but hold onto your hats, neighbors! It’s only going to get worse.
Jd – not so fast; the right to drive is not an *enumerated* right in the Constitution or any of the 27 ratified amendments; not surprisingly as cars, like AK-47’s, did not exist in the late 1700’s. Our Founding Parents were smart enough to include Article IX in the Bill of Rights to protect rights that were not enumerated.
The Declaration promises that citizens are endowed with certain inalienable rights, including but not limited to, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It is very easy to argue that in our current culture, being able to drive is necessary for a large number of people to pursue life, liberty and happiness and that the numbers of one-time and repetitive fees, toll charges and taxes placed by varying levels of gov’t, some of which have nothing to do with the vehicle (i.e. taxes and fees to support public transit), on purchasing, fueling and maintaining a vehicle, not to mention insurance requirements, repetitive driver and vehicle licensing requirements and safety requirements that drive up the cost of purchasing and maintaining a personal vehicle are burdensome and prevent some people from pursuing happiness.
Therefore, one could argue that the right to drive is as unenumerated right protected by Article IX.
JTB , a question about the ‘securely stored’ discussion. What constitutes proper storage?
Sometimes I hear this topic from anti-gun folks for whom proper storage amounts to interment in concrete. Like everything else, there are those who would take this point to excess and then enforce it.
Thoughts on what criteria should be applied to define proper storage?
Skeeter, I think there are some ways to at least start to get a handle on existing guns. (Let’s assume background checks become more widely implemented and cover all but deliberately illegal gun sales.)
1. Any gun owner who brings a firearm into the proximity of another human being must be able to produce a certificate confirming they passed a firearm safety class within the last seven (or something) years. Failure to comply could result in either hefty fines or confiscation.
Homeowners who do not take a firearm from their residence are not required to possess the above certification.
2. Any home insurance policy shall include a provision stipulating that a homeowner with guns on the premises must certify that the firearm(s) are securely stored.
I realize there will be many gun owners who choose not to comply with these regulations. But I think time and public sentiment will constantly shrink that number.
I read about someone having a similar encounter on Tiger Mountain on Reddit recently. Apparently certain times of year are more likely to have issues. Probably when the young are adolescent?
I’m studying for a professional certification exam coming up in less than 2 weeks. I’m hitting that final crunch time to get through the last of my study books and take 4-hour practice exams. It’s an expensive exam that if I pass I’ll get reimbursed, if I don’t I get 4 retake attempts at $150 a pop. NO PRESSURE. Eeek. Anyone have any suggestions for some places to drag my thick boring business books to focus that’s not my house or in my office at work? I used to love studying in the Suzzalo Reading Room when I was at UW but I’m not driving across town to read. I’m ok with a quieter coffee shop, I’d buy coffee and not be a jerk hogging space when they’re busy. (Heck I once aced a European Studies class studying at the College Inn Pub over pints.) I tried Greenlake once on a nice day, too much people watching! So I probably need a desk/table to be effective I’m taking lots of notes as I go.
Also this is procrastinating isn’t it? Anyway maybe the fine folks of West Seattle might have some ideas without having to go to my old UW haunts. :)
Edit to add: if anyone has recently taken the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, I’d love any advice you might have.
To the woman in the white van/SUV talking on her phone and driving on my side of road Friday afternoon at 12:45pm .I wagged my finger at you (wagged, not saluting you) and you got upset and stopped to get snotty at me. I was driving on the PROPER side of road and NOT talking on my phone. I had 2 infant in my car and you get upset at me You are a menace as well as ignorant. Wish I had taken you picture and given to police.Oops, my phone was in my purse where it belonged.
I love Matthew LaBella of West Seattle Foot & Ankle – he’s on 42nd just north of Alaska. I’ve never had surgery with him, but have been happy with my care.
About a week and a half ago, I noticed you trying to capture an animal out on 35th & 102nd. It turned out to be a rogue guinea pig. I fetched my cat carrier, some gloves, and a tempting treat, and we were able to get the guinea pig into the crate. You said you’d try to find the owner, otherwise you would keep it.
You introduced yourselves as “neighbors” J & A (not posting full names) and said you lived on 37th Place SW near 104th, by the school. That, and the fact that you’d gone to the effort to rescue an animal, prompted me to offer to LOAN you my cat carrier to carry the pig home. I’m normally not very trusting, but you seemed sincere when you promised to return the crate the next day.
I got tired of waiting, and looked for you today without success. None of the neighbors recognize your names or description. If you see this post, please return my carrier immediately. Aside from the principle involved, replacing a $30 crate may not seem like much to you – but it is a hardship for me. DO THE RIGHT THING.
Look, we are required to have licenses, insurance, and pay various taxes to drive our cars. And also take a one time woefully inadequate behind the wheel test. Does any of that infringe upon our right to drive? And that’s just for a personal vehicle, not even part of a well-regulated fleet.
A dream in which rhetoric and decisions will be driven by principles and not by statistics. Lies, damned lies, and we’re not even sure where the quote comes from.
And I have a dream in which policy is driven by what’s right, not by what’s in this week’s local news. When a crime is used to drive choices, it amounts to letting the criminal drive the choice. In my dream, whatever was right or wrong before some lunatic or criminal acted is still right or wrong afterward.
Compliments to anyone using the ‘I have a dream’ rhetoric before me. Better man than I, in at least one case. I do think the method, of articulating a principle as the ‘dream’ and only afterward discussing how one gets there, is a lesson we still ought to learn:
Lots of toddler & pre school toys & books! Magic Tree house series books, learn-to-read books, Calvert Education First Grade Homeschool curriculum, Melissa and Doug puzzles, board games, learn to tell time clock and more! Holiday decorations, picture frames, and three Pier 1 counter height stools.
“As to women killed in domestic violence situations. Is that State Farm gun owners insurance policy going to make him think twice about killing his partner?”
i don’t think this is an argument you want to make to any woman who has ever been the victim of domestic violence… and i have.
as for the rest of your posturing let me tell you a tale…
in the news the other day was a report of someone firing a gun randomly at drivers on an Arizona hiway. So far no-one has been killed although a teenager was injured by flying glass.
every time you stand up and insist on your personal right to own guns without any registration, regulation or oversight i would like you to think about the shooter on that hiway…
because enforcing your “rights” makes it really easy for that shooter to get a gun to take potshots at anyone who drives by.
sooner or later, even if this shooter does not become a better shot, someone will die. Even a stopped clock gets the time right twice a day.
if all gun owners were responsible that shooter wouldn’t exist.. but they do.
this is a true story.
how close to a neighborhood near you will it have to come for you to take it seriously?
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