Seattle News is Gruesome Lately
The news in Seattle is Gruesome lately. Today’s front page at the Seattle Times included the following headlines we really never want to see ever (and definitely not on the same day): Body parts found in a recycling bin were those...
Seattle Homes Selling Quickly in Hot Real Estate Market
Update: Both homes sold within a week. One that I know of sold for $105,000 over its listing price. The Seattle home market is raging out of control. I went away for three days this past weekend and returned to find...
Are Abortions Now $1 for Men in Washington State?
My health insurance bill this week included $1 for “Non-excepted Abortion Services” which confused me. Firstly, I’m a guy. Secondly, despite this, I’d not actually had an abortion recently. All of my friends I shared this with laughed (including many women)...
A New Business Model for Twitter
Only Customer Focus Can Address Twitter’s Decline Despite its 307 million users, Twitter’s market capitalization declined from $50 billion to $11.5 billion in the past two years. This is likely to continue as growth slows and its $100 million quarterly...
Exploitation Example from Patreon Hack
Last fall’s Patreon hack made it easy for anyone with basic technical skills to spam Patreon members. I received this “marketing pitch:” $99 for promotion of my profile in what seemed like a Patreon promotional opportunity: The funny thing is that with...
Elephant at Jaipur’s Amer Fort
I very reluctantly went on one of the elephant rides up to Amer Fort in Jaipur and immediately wished I hadn’t. These animals don’t seem happy at all. Though they are presented beautifully:
Sad Seahawks Fan – Picasso
This is actually Grande Baigneuse au livre (Large Bather with a Book) by Picasso.