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Either the Papua New Guinea police are offering an unusual reward for information as to the whereabouts of this guy, or ABC News should add some punctuation to this headline. I would suggest one of the following: Bananas-for-sex cult leader on the run; or “Bananas for sex” cult leader on the run; or Bananas for […]

Brought to you by Design Within Reach, 1200 NW Everett St., in Portland’s Pearl District: The Portland DWR looks huge; the one in Seattle is tiny by comparison.

I like Arturo. And I like you guys. And Jimmy. And that’s it. (Guy sitting outside the Ballard Tully’s, talking on his cell phone) He hates everybody else on the planet.

Yahoo! Tech headline on March 27, 2009. (*This post was previously titled “Subtlety.”)

Relax, observe and allow. (Spoken by a 20- or 30-something guy talking on his cell phone. Overheard while I was strolling through Ballard on a warm, sunny, late winter/early spring day in February.)

As pleased as I am with them for introducing me to John Lautner (see this post), I’m also annoyed with them today. I saw this article/link on the NYT site: Stalked: A Decade on the Run. My first thought was, “Scary. Must be about some man who’s stalked a woman for ten years.” Then I […]

June 30, 2007 Is it possible to be “killed by stab wounds”? According to the Seattle Times, it is. Today’s story about the murder of Mike Webb, a former radio talk show host, says Webb was “killed by stab wounds.” That may be technically, medically, and/or forensically correct (I really don’t know), but it sounds […]