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[Anonymous]

Blow away san! You must be the idiot who write in the rants and raves on Seattle Times that people find most annoying. I am only negative about you freak. You no longer exisit to me you are a complete waste of time and space. You do not deserve any nice words written about yu so no sweeties, or dearie, just disgust!!

[WSMom]

We have had really good luck creating yummy garden compost with our kitchen waste and leaf/lawn clippings. We just throw everything in a compost bin and stir it up occasionally. My tomatoes are the envy of the neighborhood and I attribute my success to the compost. You can get a composter from the city for just $25.00. I now have three bins going each with lots of worms helping to break down the greens & browns into good soil.

http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Yard/Natural_Lawn_&_Garden_Care/BuyCompostBinsRainBarrels/index.htm

[Ken]

I did not start this thread to discuss religion.

Religion seems to be involved because it is pretty much only the subset of christianist who think the literal interpretation of genesis and other tales from the Bible should trump not only paleontology and biology but geology, cosmology, astronomy, genetics and a hundred other fields of study, who also seek the political power to ram that insanity down the throats of the rest of is.

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/WeyrichManual.html#anchor474909

If you want to experiment with the living conditions inside a whale, be my guest.

http://kingjbible.com/jonah/1.htm

If you want to attempt to breed animals of various coloration by controlling what they see when they drink water, go for it and the best of luck to you.

http://bible.cc/genesis/30-37.htm

But if you expect sane humans to allow the idiots among us to control the education of public school children in a way that denies all reason and rationality, all measurable evidence and observable interaction, and tries to equate astronomy with astrology, then we shall have a fight for the future.

Children can recover from the fairy tales of youth as long as they are allowed to think and learn.

They may not recover from dogma taught as science.

Now mainstream Christians seem to get upset when I point out the ugly side of the Fundamentalist Bibliolatry. I can only assume it to be for one reason. Your particular sect or denomination has been slowly poisoned by the same heresy. The worship of the Bible rather than the Deity.

http://www.newreformation.org/heresy3.htm

Science and especially Evolution has nothing to say concerning the origins of the universe or matters of faith. But it torments those who would use peoples spiritual nature as a means to control them, and enslave their God given minds and intelligence.

“If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned or disfigured them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them, and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve its own interests.”

— Paul-Henri Thiry, baron d’Holbach (1723 – 1789)

[JoB]

for anyone dealing with an agressive dog… but shiba owners in particular… i can’t recommend this trainer enough.

Packworks .

Gretchen Schumaker and Michael Schmidt

425-870-7533

http://www.packworks.org

They start with a thorough assessment of your animal(s) in what will seem slightly eccentric controlled circumstances with observations they share as they make them.

This is not like any other dog training experience you have ever had.

Their methods are simple.. and you will have heard some of this before.. but you will never have been given the understanding about what makes your dog do what it is doing and how you might short circuit that behavior quite this way.

You will come away with work to do.. but you will understand exactly what you need to do for your dog and why after completing just one two hour session.

And you will discover things about your dog that you didn’t know. I guarantee it.

i thought i was a great trainer.. and i am pretty good… but they saw things i hadn’t seen and just those things have made a tremendous difference in the way we are handling our dogs.

I won’t tell you that it is safe to come to my house yet:) Yuki is still very people aggressive…(i don’t need to worry about a security system with him on the job) but he is making progress. In time he might even be able to tolerate having you in the room:)

And mochi (the dog aggressive one) has nearly stopped lunging at other dogs.

The pack leadership issues have been straightened out between us and the dogs… and between them. We have a much more peaceful home.

As a shiba owner, i can certify that these people understand shibas.. but i came away with the haunting suspicion that no matter what breed i had brought them, i would have felt the same.

[JanS]

I can’t think of an independent butcher in the area, but if you find yourself in Columbia City, stop by Bob’s Meats on Rainier Ave. S. They were in the junction years ago, it’s family operated, and they have always had great meats.

Seattle Fish is on the west side of Calif. Ave. just north of SW Oregon near north of the junction. And…try Met Market or PCC in the Admiral District for some great cheeses….they both sell Beecher’s Flagship, etc…yummy cheese made at the Pike Place Market…as well as others, esp. Met Market…

[Anonymous]

Our all time favorite place is Yummy Teriyaki in the Junction, they chicken and beef is so tender and tasty and not too salty. The people are very friendly and warm and the location couldn’t be better since you can literally spend the day shopping, eat and meeting new people.

[JenV]

My fave is Yummy Teriyaki at the south end of the Junction. They don’t use msg (I am allergic) and they use lots of veggies. Try the chicken asparagus! Steer clear of Yasuko’s at the tip of the WS Bridge…unless you like critters in the kitchen!

[charlabob]

Yup, I think that person should carry that bag until they get to their own garbage can. I had a very big dog who went for very long walks and frequently made multiple deposits — it never occurred to me to leave the bag in someone else’s can. I tied the baggies to Max’s leash until we got home, so I wasn’t really walking along a bag of dog dung.) Bottom line, if for some reason I have to (or choose to) root around in my garbage, I don’t want surprises…I want it to be my garbage.

[credmond]

ken,

thanks for the compliment – yup, same guy, indeed!

[WSB]

We had a few recommendations back in October

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=3509

Personally, we go to the place that’s in The Junction near Yummy Teriyaki and the coin laundry. I can never remember its name. They have done a great job with everything we’ve ever taken to them.

[Jill]

Aw, c’mon, cinnamon, it’s not a big serious thing. We all know this weather is part of living here and also that this is an amazingly gorgeous part of the world (and even that our neighborhood is the most gorgeous part of Seattle). But it doesn’t mean I have to be enchanted by every minute of life. So people want to spout off after a lengthy period of the same depressing and yukky stuff! I don’t see any harmfully depressing posts here or anything that intends to diminish any real tragedy that is currently happening. I’m with acemotel, people need to commiserate. When it’s all in good nature, as it feels to me to be here, it helps boost morale to get us through the next 7 days of rain that are forecast. Please let us have our bonding experience! :)

[Kayleigh]

Dang, I feel like I’m on the edge of getting sick (there’s yucky flu stuff going around the office.) I want to feel well enough to caucus tomorrow. It’s important and I want to stand up for what I believe in so much.

Home to bed with some hot tea and toast for me.

[charlabob]

Kayleigh — yup; no matter how often they say, “Universal Health Care” they all support Universal Health Insurance. Barack says he would have favored single-payer back when it started but now it’s too big a leap.

As I understand it, Hillary’s plan mandates insurance (everyone has to buy–it’s like Romney’s plan in Massachusetts!); Obama’s plan is optional.

[JoB]

Yup. I am a bad girl.

[TheHouse]

Cha-Ching. I’m glad that my little nuggest of an analogy brewed all night and became a yummy cup of coffee.

Both Clinton and Obama support immediate withdrawl, which would immediately turn Iraq into an even larger breeding ground of terrorism and would most likely be worse for the citizens of Iraq.

I agree that the situation needs to be repaired, but I do not believe the two leading Democratic candidates or the apparent Republican front runner (McCain) are the best people for the job.

I also would hope that you understand that you will not effectively fix the situation “NOW”. It will take many years to withdraw and in many phases. With potential military force needed in Iran and North Korea, you might see our troops shift to those areas as well.

I’m glad I started all of this dialouge. Time for a new topic.

[JanS]

yummmm…Luna Park milkshakes….mmmmmmmmmmm..

now what was that you were saying about waistlines? :P

[JoB]

Kayleigh,

We all have to make our own decisions about what we will and won’t do in life… and to those of us who see all living things as… well.. living, it seems hypocritical to draw a moral line in the sand about not eating certain of god’s creatures but choosing to eat others… at least if it’s done on a moral basis.

However… i admit that i have realized that no matter how consistent i try to be in my life.. i am one of the biggest hypocrites out there on more than one issue. oops… i’m human. that sainthood thing didn’t work out for me after all:)

that said, i don’t choose to support agribusiness whenever possible because i want my animal protein reared in a humane environment without added hormones and antibiotics. (that ham and some beans are on my stove right now). I want my vegetation grown in an organic environment whenever possible… preferably within 100 miles of where i live. Preferably, I’d grow it myself because i just love harvesting it. that’s my preference.

i confess. i eat blueberries and mint in winter and i know they aren’t grown here… and the beans in my pot were commercially produced:( i just make a strong preference for buying organic and local when i can.

and… i eat processed sugars. i am smart enough to feel guilty about the health impact and that guilt limits the amount i eat… i try to eat cane sugar because i like the taste better… pure cane sugar is yummy… but again… it’s all preference.

There was a time when i was vegan and even stirred my millet in one direction because it was said to release cosmic something… but i was young then and believed in absolutes. this living thing sure does put a crimp in that:)

Now i just try to be kind.. to my neighbors… to the earth… to my body… to myself. Turns out that affects what i eat;-)

[JoB]

Jimmy G and Flowerpetal, thanks for the input.

You are 100% right, it is important for the dogs to think of us as the leader of their pack.. and they do.

If you could be a fly on the wall in our home, you would wonder what i am fussing about. I have great well behaved dogs who look to us for everything. They even come when they are called which for this breed is amazing. They know all of their basic commands and most of the time, they obey them.

If only i wanted to stay home alone all of the time, they would be nearly perfect dogs.

However, we think it might be fun to go out into public with our dogs or to have people in. This is where things get a little problematic.

I am not so concerned about them having fun with other dogs as them getting to a point where it is not a hassle to walk them past another dog.

Right now, they both want to meet other dogs and cry piteously when they are restrained. One doesn’t know how (and is in class… i can’t recommend Jeff at Sound Animals enough) and the other sniffs fine but then tries to establish dominance too quickly.

And this is when they are being walked alone. When together, they make a terrible fuss and then attack one another.. like two kids fighting over who gets to say hi first.

Shibas are noisy when they act out. They make tremendous mean sounding noise with their lips curled back and hair raising which surprisingly enough scares off other dog owners before they can be corrected and have positive interaction.

I don’t blame the other owners one bit… these are ferocious sounding dogs… it just makes it difficult to expose them to other dogs and train them.

Right now i couldn’t take them to a dog park even if i wanted to… and i am not sure i do. However, they have successfully had other dogs visit in their backyard.

Resources are hard to find. Finding a trainer that would allow these dogs into a dog class was not easy.

Stella Ruffingtons has been incredible with grooming (my boy has to be muzzled to have his nails cut) but they certainly can’t stay there for daycare or overnight boarding.

I finally found a vet who understands the breed, but she is in DesMoine. I would love to find someone closer.

I found one kennel that would take them for boarding (in Monroe), but am concerned about their sanitation and won’t go back. right now they are going to the vet’s for boarding. not ideal.

I am exploring Shiba groups… there is a Seattle group that holds play dates once a month.. but they are mostly puppies.

i found a shiba rescue organization in Portland but again that’s pretty far.

And being newcomers, we don’t have friends who are dog friendly to drop by and ring the doorbell or sit over tea while the dog gets time out for misbehavior and learns that it is good behavior or banishment.

I hired a dog walker and now have someone coming in as a training partner and that helps, but it is slow progress.

I have always had rescue dogs, including an abused Akita… these two are simply the most challenging i have encountered… Yuki’s nickname when he first came to us was Cujo and it was well deserved. He’s not Cujo now, but his behavior is certainly aggressive enough at times to frighten even experienced dog handlers.

Don’t get me wrong, these are good dogs. They play together well. (They sometimes sound like they are going to kill one another when playing, but there is never blood drawn.) They eat within a foot of one another and don’t fight over food. They are leash trained. They are both affectionate with people they know.

They just need the kind of socialization they didn’t get in loving homes… and at two/three it is harder to find than when they are puppies.

We are doing our best to create an environment for them where they can learn those skills… and that will take other people and other dogs.

In the meantime, i am teaching them to like muzzles so they can be out in parts of the world where it is a little more crowded.

I agree that rescue dogs can be pretty trying, but they sure do steal into your heart.

[JoB]

Call them..

and you may not have to. I hear that the party is calling around trying to get people to donate. my friend had a long talk with the person who called her and was given a “special” number to call to voice her concerns.

i don’t now if the caucus is a good place to talk about platform issues, ken could tell us… but if so, that’s a great reason to attend. At the very least, you would have an opportunity to meet someone who you could talk with about platform issues.

and even if your candidate is no longer viable, the reasons you supported that candidate are… so keep talking to anyone who will listen to you about what matters to you. talking with people and actually listening to what they say is the most subversive act possible. that’s why i like it so much:)

and of course, vote. even if the democratic candidate was not the candidate of your choice… vote. and encourage everyone you meet to vote.

we need to pull out a landslide vote. regardless of who gets the nomination, the election of the democratic candidate is not a given and as democrats, we need to send a clear message to those democrats currently holding office that we care about our issues and we expect them to care too.

and you might want to come to support obabma if that is your second choice. We only get to choose out of those left standing when we make our choices clear. you wouldn’t want to end up stuck with hillary because you didn’t stand up for obama when you had the chance:)

yup, you read that right.. i encouraged you to come out and support obama even though i am a hillary supporter.

I think it is important for all of us to make ourselves heard. Investing in the process is the greatest gift we can give to our children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews/neighborhood kids/ourselves.

[JimmyG]

Right in the Alaska Junction is a tiny sliver of a laundromat, I think between the thai place (Tom Yun Toon or something similar) and a teriyaki spot.

I used it once about 2 years ago and didn’t have any problems. My favorite one though is the Admiral location on California.

[Kayleigh]

I used to love Seattle Teriyaki but I think they are closed. Now we like Yummy Teriyaki–big portions, fresh, tasty,etc. Sorry you had a bad experience there, wsguy!

[Anonymous]

We have been going to Yummy now for over 6 years and have never had a bad meal there, the people working there have always understood what we ordered, we never received anything less than great service and great good.

[wsguy]

Just tried Yummy Teriyaki – it was aweful!!!

I asked for spicy chicken and stir fried veggies, spent about 10 minutes and the lady behind the counter said she understood.

After about a 15 minute wait (4 other people in the restaurant)I was served about 8 pieces of chicken, not only was it not spicy but cold. This to go aling with about two cups of cold dried out cabbage with some kind of disgusting dressing on it.

When I asked the man cooking he replied that the restaurant did not have vegatables. Thinking that there was a misnderstanding I pointed to all the color pictures showing meat and vegatable dishes. He just kept repeating that they did not serve dishes with vegatables. When I asked him for a refund he refused as he did my request to heat up the cold non spicy chicken.

Yummy Teriyaki -terrible service, terible food, with a heeping does of arragance and attitude. I travel a lot and have found better teriyaki in Wichita and Oklahoma City. Born and raised in WS and still looking for good Teriyaki and Chinese food!

[Anonymous]

Yummy Teriyaki is the best! We have been going there for along time!!

[j]

Yummy Teriyaki in the Junction is AWESOME!!! Their Udon is great too!