Let There Be Rails
Tracks for the First Hill Streetcar have finally made their way to Broadway. It’s both an ugly thing, and a beautiful thing.
View Article“Prepare For Abandon Ship”
I just got off the ferry, and this morning’s ride was slightly less than typical. As we were nearing the middle of the Puget Sound, a voice came over the speakers: “Would the captain of the Tacoma...
View ArticleTracks
The First Hill Streetcar is coming right along. Which begs the question, with all the buses that run along Broadway … why a streetcar? Well, the other week, I flipped through a book called “Stuff White...
View ArticleR.I.P. Downtown Seattle Ride-Free Zone
Today is the end of an era. The 40 year-old Downtown Seattle Ride-Free Zone is no moe. I can hear it now: “Yay! It’s about time those free-loadin’ nigras, homeless people, and all around losers start...
View ArticlePicture: A Sailboat
“You’ll get sick of it!”, they tell me, “I promise, you’ll get sick of it quick!” I’m in my sixth month of daily ferry commuting, and honestly, I don’t know that I’d have it any other way. Were my...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve 2013
You know, sometimes I envy suburban tourists. I truly do. After all, they don’t have to wait 10 minutes each way for an elevator when they leave their homes; don’t have to smell what 15 people are...
View ArticleThe Loneliest Number
For many years, I made a living as a bicycle messenger. It was a tough job, but in those days, the days before email became ubiquitous, it was one of the few jobs which afforded young proletariat...
View ArticleHomoerotic Donkey Porn
Ah, spring. Clouds lift, flowers bloom, Rainier peeks out from behind the clouds, and almost as if on queue, Washington State Ferries begin to fill up with the seasonal bane of everyone’s existence …...
View ArticleI Hate You
“Gimme, gimme, me, me, it’s mine all mine!” If the State of Washington had a moto, that’s what it would be. I don’t think that any sane person would disagree that Seattleites set an unparalleled...
View ArticleTantrum on the High Seas
A few months ago, I wrote a rant after a particularly trying day, and the replies I got to it were rather rude, if not predictable, and all of them anonymized. They fell along the following lines of:...
View ArticleValidation
“Don’t get off the bus ’cause there ain’t nothin’ for you here!” As I pulled into Tacoma at 7 o’clock this morning, those immortal words kept going through my head. I did get off the bus, though …...
View ArticleThe First Hill Streetcar Breaks Ground
I love the SLUT. I love the SLUT so much that I ride it at least once a week, and usually more often. The SLUT is so fun and satisfying, that I have a huge smile on my face each time I get off. I also...
View ArticleThe Price of Progress
I love the Broadway Farmer’s Market. Who doesn’t? That being said, if I had to choose between the market, which operates one day per week … and the streetcar, which will operate every day … well,...
View ArticleNew Photo: The Capitol Hill Subway Station
Most people call it the “Capitol Hill Light Rail Station”, some call it “The Capitol Hill Link Station”, but I’m not a fan of either of those terms. I mean, is there a Capitol Hill heavy rail station...
View ArticleI’m on a Boat
I once entertained the thought of moving to Bremerton. It was a fleeting thought, but a thought nonetheless. The reason the notion crossed my mind wasn’t so much my love for Bremerton, but rather, the...
View ArticleCyclist Memorial at Pike & Boren
Nap Cantwell Memorial at Pike & Boren On this spot, last week, another cyclist was killed by an automobile driver. His name was Nap Cantwell. I actually heard this collision take place, and I’ve...
View ArticleGood Enough For Government Work
Evening rush hour. 9 minutes before ferry departure. Quarter-mile backup. One booth open. People seem surprised when I tell them that I am against collective bargaining rights for public employees. To...
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