Just when you think the last thread of humanity has dwindled away, five people stop mid-road to jump out and give a snow-stranded car a push.
At year’s end, an intriguing political irony has emerged. The Democrats won the national and local elections, but liberalism appears to have lost. Let’s start in the other Washington.
It’s only a rumor that most snow forecasting is done by flipping a coin, but sometimes it might as well be “heads it will snow” and “tails it won’t.” Few things can frustrate like a snow forecast in the Puget Sound area, where a shiny quarter seems as helpful as the latest computer model or satellite image.
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We are in the midst of the holiday season, and for a lot of
In this case, the lemon happens to be the miserable returns the stock market has generated for your portfolio, not only during the past 12 months, but over the previous decade.
Yes Man” is a new comedy now playing at Lincoln Square Cinemas, starring Jim Carrey who plays Carl Allen, a depressed, divorced loan officer who has been saying “no to life” and has been avoiding all of his friends pleas to go out … anywhere. Carl stumbles into an old friend who tells him about a program called “Yes! Is The New No” and reluctantly agrees to go after missing his best friends engagement party.
Santa. Christmas Trees. Wreaths. Presents. Egg nog. A crackling fireplace.
On a very late night recently in downtown Seattle, I saw a scene unfolding that looked like big trouble. Farther down the sidewalk from me, two shadowy figures stood on a street corner, shouting back and forth, nose to nose. As I came closer, the argument grew louder and more heated. I started to consider an alternate route, because while the dispute seemed to be worsening, there was no one else stirring, not even a cop.
We finally got to celebrate “snow watch” here at the Bellevue Reporter this week. Did we ever.
In principle, I guess, one can get addicted to anything. People can develop addictions to other people, their work, shopping, television or the Internet.
The Bellevue Reporter’s characterization of the $10-million downtown Bellevue bus service as “free” is, if not amusing, erroneous. But it does carry on the tradition of misleading the taxpayers about how their valuable taxes are being wasted.
Last year, after one of this area’s odd and paralyzing snowstorms, I watched a very dumb guy in a very fancy SUV suddenly whip around the traffic in front of him and barrel at breakneck speed up an icy hill. The icy hill came out the victor, as icy hills are known to do.
John Carlson (Opinion, Dec. 10) had some good ideas about having a policy in place by Gov. Gregoire to be explicit about what can be displayed on public property such as the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate the holidays.
News Item: The state agency that oversees the Capitol grounds has put a moratorium on any more displays in the Capitol building until it completes a review of its policy on exhibits.
Most people who read this column drive, so here’s an early Christmas present: Log onto seattlegasprices.com and you’ll find the lowest price of gasoline in your community. Just click on the name of your hometown. Right now, it’s selling for $1.59 in Auburn, $1.60 in Covington, $1.62 in Kent, $1.77 in Bellevue, $1.89 in Redmond, and $1.64 in Renton. Five months ago it was more than $4 a gallon. Nice trend.
So here we are, at the last page of the calendar for 2008. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
For me, it was a year of big changes. I went from working on television and forecasting the weather, to the world of energy. It’s been a change that has come with a steep learning curve.
I’m an avid skier who’s been adamant about sticking to one snow sport. But then a good friend gave me his snowboard and boots last year before moving to Hawaii.
Decked out in Santa hats and holiday cheer, volunteers from the Assistance League of the Eastside gave residents an inside peak into five festive homes in Medina, Yarrow Point, and Meydenbauer Bay on Dec. 5.
It’s no surprise that our area is going through a tough time. Like the rest of the nation, we find our pocketbooks pinched by a recession. People are skittish about spending and officials are worried.