Within a week of my first day at Haugen & Dahl, I was known as the quiet guy in the office. … [read more]

 THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #157
Sunday, May 14, 2023For some reason, the management at Haugen & Dahl doesn’t want me watching movies between 8AM and 4:30 PM Monday-Friday, so obviously, there are going to be fewer movie reviews, now that I’m not sitting in my recliner at home 24/7.I’ve … [read more]

 

Retyping my old Pathetic Life zine, once in a while I find a typo that I didn’t catch 27 years ago. … [read more]

Working 40 hours takes so much out of me, at my age, not much remains at the end of the day. I still take notes when something interesting happens, or something un-boring, which is often as close to interesting as life gets. … [read more]

Unless you swim or own a rowboat, there’s only one way to get to the island where I work, and that’s via the freeway. … [read more]

Between my bus to downtown and my bus from downtown five days a week, I walk down a hill near Seattle’s skid row, where there are several art galleries between the homeless shelters. … [read more]

My brother Dick is probably the next in my family to die. How soon? It’ll be a while, nothing is imminent, and the doctors have no estimate, but with the litany of things going wrong with him one after the next, it’s hard to think in terms of ‘years’. … [read more]

What’s the ‘right’ thing to do,
in the face of unfathomable wrong?

Only a few generations ago, there were millions of slaves in America, people sold as property, owned by someone other than themselves. … [read more]

When I mention to anyone that I ride the bus and trains instead of driving, eyebrows go up. … [read more]

Ramona missed a few days at work last week. She was gone Wednesday,
and again Thursday, but when she came in on Friday I only said good
morning.In … [read more]