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Yellow left turn arrows confuse Seattle area drivers

By on March 27, 2012 in Local, Transportation

No, it’s not a joke. New flashing yellow left-turn arrows are appearing around Seattle and drivers are confused.

Let’s take this a step at a time, ok?

Think back to kindergarten, drivers. What does yellow on a traffic signal mean?

If you said caution, you weren’t absent that day due a paste allergy.

What does an arrow pointing left mean? Left turn! Very good!

Now think hard: What does a flashing yellow light mean?  Flashing red means stop and proceed when clear so flashing yellow means, what? Did you say proceed cautiously? You did? That’s right! You get a lollipop!

Now let’s put them all together: a yellow, flashing, left arrow means…turn left with caution!

wonderful! You’re now smarter than 98.3% of all Seattle-area drivers!

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Finally! Sensible truce declared in wars of Christmas

By on December 24, 2011 in Culture, Local, Religion

The truest expression of America is not the exclusion of all ideas for “safety’s” sake, it’s the inclusion of all ideas.

The holiday displays that previously have competed for attention on the state’s Capitol campus are now coexisting peacefully.

via No holiday arguments for displays at Capitol | Seattle Times Newspaper.

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Unbelievable coincidence occurs at closing time

By on December 10, 2011 in Crime and Punishment, Culture, Local

A man in his 20′s drove into a crowd of people early this morning as city bars were closing up.

Amazingly :

Investigators say it appears that alcohol may have been a contributing factor.

via Man drives into Seattle crowd, injures 6 Saturday – seattlepi.com.

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Seattle City Council will (finally!) regulate towing fees

By on December 7, 2011 in Local, Local Politics, Police, Scumbag System

This is way overdue. Now can we also do something about the tow trucks that line up, waiting to tow vehicles at 3PM downtown without being notified by the police? They’re like vultures.

Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata says he plans to introduce legislation that would cap towing rates after a Seattle Times columnist wrote about a resident who was charged $800 to get his truck from a towing yard.

via City Council to take on predatory towing fees | Strange Bedfellows — Politics News – seattlepi.com.

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Would this sign work in your town?

By on December 6, 2011 in Local, Transportation

Sure, it works here in Seattle but here, even the street department is passive-aggressive.

Rather than detouring traffic to the next arterial, which would make sense when one lane of a two-lane arterial is closed for a block, SDOT forces drivers to take turns through signage. This backs up traffic in both directions and pisses everyone off.

Take Turns Sign

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Be true to your school

By on December 3, 2011 in Culture, Impotent Modern Media, Local, Local Crime, Police, Politics

So, three undercover cops with a K9 unit…

Seriously folks, in what other news story is a person who is  punched once considered to have been “beaten”?

Personally, I support resistance against corporations and their co-opting of government (with the cooperation of their lackeys in elected office). I support large scale protests against what has become a corrupt system.

I’m not so sure I support permanent encampments of protestors.

On the other hand, the Hoovervilles of the 1930′s (and our own Nicklesville) proved their point.

The 42-year-old man stood just north of the Occupy camp holding a sign that read “Occupy Somewhere Else, Not My School,” according to police.

via Police: Anti-Occupy protester beaten – seattlepi.com.

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Yuletide…Yarbles?

By on December 1, 2011 in Bad Taste Theater, Just Funnin'!, Local, Religion

The holidays are approaching and yet, business is business. You want to be sure that your customers believe you to be just as festive as your competition so you have to decorate. People expect it. Good decorations are also attention-getters during these busy, busy days.

But what to do when your normal eyegrabbers are, well, unconventional?

Can it really be as easy as slapping some holiday cheer on them?

Apparently, it can be! Because nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a mannequin sporting a huge pair of holiday testicles about its neck.

holiday_testes

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After all, it’s all about you 2

By on November 29, 2011 in Bad Taste Theater, Culture, Local

Well, scratch that reference to “rare” in the post below and change it to “anomalous”.

Either that or Seattle dwellers are becoming more expressive.

 

KOMO News reports police were called to the theater after a series of strange events unfolded, culminating in a disgruntled patron trying to choke a man who was talking to himself and letting his phone ring during a 5 p.m. showing of “Tower Heist.”

via Man choked for letting phone ring at Seattle theater | Seattle’s Big Blog – seattlepi.com.

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After all, it’s all about you

By on November 29, 2011 in Bad Taste Theater, Culture, Local

It’s hard to get too worked up over this. Life is filled with boors who believe that the world revolves around them.

It’s very rare to see this here where most agression is of the passive kind.

…a Bainbridge woman decided to yell “Boring!” when she found a symphony performance less than satisfying.
…police asked her to leave several times, before having to physically remove her…

via Police remove woman who yelled ‘Boring!’ during symphony | Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog – seattlepi.com.

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Shiro Kashiba: Seattle’s sushi sensei

By on November 28, 2011 in Food, Local

Unfortunately, raw fish is not on the average Filipino menu and so isn’t on my wife’s radar. I love most sushi, though, as well as a good read.

You’ll have to settle for the read.

 

HOLDING COURT in Belltown, Shiro Kashiba’s eyes, darting under expressive brows shaped like Mount Fuji, miss nothing. And that’s saying something. Three days a week you’ll find Seattle’s pre-eminent sushi chef right where he wants to be: standing behind his sushi bar, celebrating the fact that at 70, he’s doing what he dreamt of doing as a grade-school boy in Kyoto.

via Pacific NW | Shiro Kashiba is Seattle’s sushi sensei | Seattle Times Newspaper.

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