55 Push Ups ...

Thai Kickboxing Midnight Blue Belt Graduation ...

I wobbled but pulled through ... nearing Black Belt #2 ...

Summer School Art (Part 3)

At the start of the day we give the kids free time. I am trying to show them how to add depth and borders to add to the pictures they draw, regardless of how simple the object seems to be.

Tour de Terrace Parade 2008

For My Birthday I Got A Duck

Kelly: "I don't have an explanation. I just got you a duck."

XLI

Where's Jefferson?

Woodinville Weekly
July 7, 2008
Page 1

See if you can locate Me and Sam ... I'll wait ...

and now I will never ...

The Police at The Gorge ....

I had hoped to write a review about finally seeing The Police ... and then I missed both their treks through the area the last two years ... crap ...

And this time it appears official ... The Police will be breaking up for real ...

Yes, I have seen Sting ...

But, I really wanted to see The Police ...

And, since I missed their recent trip to The Gorge ...

It appears that I never will ...

M's versus Tigers ...

M's versus Tigers ...

Seattle Mariners 1
Detroit Tigers 2
15 Innings ...

I have all sorts of things I could say about this ... but in the end it was a lot of bad baseball ... too many walks ... no clutch hitting ... a backup catcher throwing a wild pitch ... seagulls swarming the field during extra innings ...

Happy 4th ...

This flag fell off of my daughter's parade decorations ...

The gold sticker ... (sighs) ...

Dear Formerly New Sonics Ownership Group (#8)

And the 1st moral of the story is that liars win ...

Clay Bennet, Aubrey McClendon, and their entire group lied from the get go. They lied to everyone about darn near every thing and yet still won. It is time for a sculpture contest. Whoever can make the best Clay Bennet sculpture out of dog crap should win free season tickets for life to ... wait ... never mind ... we won't ever get another NBA team ... but the dog crap sculpture contest should happen anyways ...

And the 2nd moral of the story is that Seattle is truly a "can't do" city ...

Nick Licata is the sort of politician that embodies Seattle in the 21st Century. We can't do anything. This used to be a town where things got done. Not any more. I really thought that Safeco Field and Qwest Field were of questionable value, yet they are being paid off ahead of schedule because they are used for so much more than what they were - strictly speaking - built for.

And the 3rd moral of the story is that everyone is at fault ...

Howard Schultz knew that Clay Bennet was lying and sold him the team anyways. The State of Washington and City of Seattle are so paralyzed politically by virtually every issue that it is hardly surprising any more. David Stern is perhaps the most stubborn and arrogant prick in the world of sports. The fans really didn't do much to show support for the Sonics until very late in the game; I remember looking for people to break out their old Sonics stuff over the last couple years and it really wasn't until recently that I saw much of it. Where was the rally the day after the sale in 2006? I was even more upset by the news that the Lynnwood Hooters closed the same week and that I didn't have a place to go for pro wrestling pay per views any more ...

Oklahoma City is probably a decent place to live. I imagine the people there nice, much like in places like Des Moines or Little Rock; places that no major league is really wanting to expand to. Major League Soccer turned down Oklahoma City as being too small in recent expansion over a city like ... yes ... Seattle ...

There will be a nice little honeymoon period where the locals will buy a ton of merchandise and the tickets will be a hot commodity for a while ...

And then Kevin Durant will be eligible for free agency in three seasons and will leave to go be a Knick or Laker.

And then those years in the draft lottery will become habitual ...

And then the sell outs will end ...

And then ... your team will be much like the Clippers, another perennially bad NBA team ...

Good bye and good riddance ...

Oh ... and drink Tully's ...

Hacking off the beard ...

Well ... for going on two months now I have not actually seen my face ... until last night ...

Hacking off the beard is one of those things you put off because it is so much trouble ... or that you get so pissed off at that you drop everything to finally do ... or it just gets hot and needs to go ...

So ... after a day when I nearly got hit by a driver on his cell phone at lunch on the first day of the cell phone ban ... I had finally had enough ...

Out came Dasher's shears (it's true)...

Out came the razors (more than one needed for the task) ...

Finally ... that's what I look like ...