Friday's Loose Thread 157
Let's cut through the fog. Get down to brass tacks. Lay our cards on the table.
Matter of Opinion archive for Jan. 1, 2009
FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 2009
THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 2009
Spokane Public Schools to make up snow days 1
Unlike last year, the district has decided to extend the school year. Be prepared for some cranky kids.Surprised?
Thursday's Loose Thread 29
Started working out again. How long has it been? Well, let's just say I was surprised to see that none of the women were wearing leggings and those carefully torn sweatshirts.What has you sweating today?
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 2009
Wednesday's Loose Thread 9
You know, the nearer your destination the more you're slip-sliding away. But enough about my adventure on the fog-shrouded roads.What's on your mind today, besides that Paul Simon song I just embedded into your brain.
TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 2009
Election reforms 15
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed has submitted a package of election-reform measures for the legislative session that began this week. Among his proposals:-Allow online voting by military and overseas voters-Require that mail-in ballots be received by elections officials on election day, not just postmarked-Move…
Tuesday's Loose Thread 1
The streets keep getting wider and wider. If this break in the weather doesn't end soon, houses will be swallowed by asphalt.What's on your mind today?
MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2009
Don't report on wars, says reporter 27
As you might have heard, Pajamas Media has sent Joe the Plumber to report in Israel. Joe tells the media there that he wants to return to yesteryear, when we got our war news from the movie theater reels (long after events had transpired.). Yeah,…
Monday's Loose Thread 1
Wore my regular shoes today, but brought the boots just in case. I trust this weather, like I trust Bernie Madoff.What's on your mind?
FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 2009
Washington Supreme Court rejects Obama challenge 39
Just got an email from the Secretary of State's Office: FYI: The Washington State Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by James Broe of King County and 12 others asking that the Secretary of State set aside the votes cast in Washington…
Epic job losses; goodbye, P-I? 3
The U.S. recorded the most job losses in 2008 than in any year since 1945. The jobless rate is now over 7 percent.Do you feel safe? What should be done?UPDATE: Looks like Seattle is about to become a one newspaper town. Wow, that's awful news…
Friday's Loose Thread 3
Sun is out. Kids are in school. Commute was a breeze. And I just jinxed it.Thoughts?
THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 2009
Cell phone ban has a hang-up 13
We all see people flouting the cell-phone law as they drive. So do the police, but they can't act on that offense, because it is considered secondary. Solution? Make it primary. That's Our View.What's yours?
Hibernation Blues
Every time I think I can write, I read something from someone like Timothy Egan, who works for the New York Times and lives in Seattle. Humbling.Here's his take on the weather (with a mention of Spokane) and his effort to ward off the gloom,…
Thursday's Loose Thread 7
Any Buffett fans here? No, not the long tables of warmed-over food. The drunk, Caribbean music. I recommend it during the winter. "Boat Drinks" is particularly apt:"This morning, I shot six holes in my freezer. I think I got cabin fever. Somebody sound the alarm."Later,"Boat…
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 2009
Wednesday Loose Thread 15
Mr. Dumb Bombs jinxed it! Wrote about schools reopening, then they closed again. Back to typing in jammies until the child-care reinforcements arrive.How are you -- or your roof -- holding up? Have you had to climb up and shovel, like Mayor Verner?
TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 2009
Fewer eyes and ears 9
TWN, the journal of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, reports in its current issue that the number of print and broadcast journalists covering the Washington Legislature full time has dropped by about 70 percent.This over a 15-year period when…
Tuesday's Loose Thread
Apologies to Alice Cooper (and to those whose kids are still home):School's in for winter! I'm gone till dinner!What's on your mind today?
MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2009
No school today. Really? 17
I'm a little surprised that so many schools are closed today. As of yesterday, it looked like Spokane Public Schools was set to open. Then Sheriff Knezovich advised against it. Then the overnight snow. Given the problems laid out by Knezovich -- high berms, poor…
Monday's Loose Thread 1
More shoveling. Yay. What's on your mind today?
FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread 1
More snow. What a difference a year makes. Oh well, at the end of the day, it is what it is.What's up in your world?
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