Free Post Blog Quick Check in Hello! Sorry for the absence. That second Pfizer shot knocked me on my keister and off rhythm. I got the shot early, at about 1000. At about 2200 I started feeling off. By 2300 I felt like I'd been hit by a freight train.
Free Post On the Streets Goodbye Mandy Quinn I realized fairly early on that COVID was coming for the United States. I was in Arizona when I read about the first cases in Seattle. In early February I
Free Post shoulda been a tweet New York Times article on Alzheimer's My audience of 10 blog isn't going to amplify a New York Times article, but on the theory that every little bit might help...this article seemed worth sharing. They Have Alzheimer’s. This Clinical Trial May Be a Last Hope.In the narrow
Free Post Blog It's that time... A few friends of mine and I have an ongoing text thread where we discuss anything and everything. Understandably, the topics have been heavy on the pandemic, COVID numbers, and vaccines. One of the guys on the thread works for one of the vaccine
Free Post Blog Objects in mirror are closer than they appear I'm not ready for the summer heat; Seattle threw me a bone today. A chilly spring day with the best kind of rain. You could see it approaching, you could smell it in the air. I was walking south, and I knew things were
Free Post On the Streets Good News Bad News, Chow Hall Eats, Taku, and Adios Privacy Bad news first. Tonight's Chow Hall Eats was something that only an awful cook with a very low bar (it me!) could like. Total fail that I wouldn't serve to
Free Post On the Streets Mid-night in the garden of childhood Does all of Seattle feel like it's under the SEATAC corridor? I feel like 12th Avenue is an approach corridor, but I suspect everyone in the city thinks the planes
Free Post On the Streets If it's too yummy to be true... I love kefir. It can't be good for you. It's too delicious. The label says it's healthy, but in my experience, anything that makes you want to inhale 4+ serving
Free Post Lensatic Essays The Cosmos Giveth...the Cosmos Taketh Away... No buried ledes tonight. I got my first Pfizer vaxx today. I'm relieved and grateful. I understand vaccine hesitancy, and I think we could all use an added dose of
Free Post Out of the Shoebox That time I met Orthrus I cooked tonight. Fired up some potatoes, chickpeas, spinach, and garlic in a skillet. Tasty Chow Hall Eats. I ate too many potatoes. I love potatoes, but they make me
Free Post shoulda been a tweet Tufekci's look at what we knew when in COVID fight How's your COVID bandwidth? Zeynep Tufekci has an amazing essay examining the early timeline of our COVID knowledge. Hmm, poorly worded. I've had too much coffee and not enough breakfast. Tufekci shows that "we" knew early on the main COVID risks - indoors in
Free Post shoulda been a tweet Shoulda been a tweet: Samosas I love a good samosa. Café Argento usually has a batch ready to heat up. Zainab Shaw has a great article about samosas, Pakistan, and hospitality in the New York Times. I may never make samosas, and just the thought of people dropping by
Free Post Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Kremwerk Blurry. Everything is blurry. Increasing vaccinations, troublesome variants, easing of restrictions, fatigue. So close yet so far. Heightened anxiety. Is it worse to get sick a week before you're eligible
Free Post On the Streets Jackie was a skateboarder... I worry about dogs. I think about those paintings of dogs playing poker and the conversations. Pre-2020, I suspect the poker games lasted an anxious, reluctant 20 minutes, a commitment
