For Winter Holiday, I am getting myself a new phone, as the PalmOS is headed to its grave and I can't get the dang Treo to work with my carrier quite right anymore. I've determined that (A) I like TMobile enough to stay with them, (B) I will not tolerate not having a physical keyboard, and (C) I want an Android phone. Careful consideration has ( Read more... )

Boeing is a Seattle company... well, sort of, since they're outsourcing everything and moving all their manufacturing either overseas or to South Carolina (non-union plants). Seattleites still think they're a local company, and as such, follow the new 787 ("Dreamliner") very closely ( Read more... )

As most of you know, I've spent years going to American Medical Association meetings. Sometimes I wonder why. I just got a reminder. On Tuesday, while I was surviving call, the AMA House of Delegates passed two resolutions promoting equality in marriage rights and condemning the don't-ask-don't-tell policyThe former report is not available online ( Read more... )

Much wailing and gnashing of teeth in my friends list over Prop 1 in Maine. Understandable. Note, though, that not everywhere is filled with jerkitude. Washington state appears to have approved Ref 71 (referendum vote to certify our new domestic-partnership law) by about 5 percentage points, with the yet-uncounted votes coming mostly from King ( Read more... )

From the AP""38 percent of parents said they were unlikely to give permission for their kids to be vaccinated at school," citing concerns about side effects or lack of concern about swine flu ( Read more... )

And, amazingly, still sober ( Read more... )

In a bit over twelve hours, we stand in front of friends and family and make a pretty much permanent commitment to each other. I just finished my last-minute tasks and am ready to crash. Am I nervous? Hell yes, but in the same kind of nervous I'd be on the first day of a new job -- hoping that it'll all look good and we won't miss any cues or have ( Read more... )

There was a bachelor party last night. It started with a limo to steak at the Metropolitan Grill (and crab, and sides, and many other things), went next to a burlesque show (where I ended up on YouTube; you can find the video, but you have to mis-spell my first name), and ended up in (of course) a strip club. There were cocktails, scotch, wine, and ( Read more... )

Lately, we have some cougars that have been wandering around, and I don't mean wealthy women looking for boy-toys. One of them is over in Redmond. The result? It has a Twitter account..

The news article is more funny than the actual tweets themselves.

nrb80 arrived last night. My father arrives this afternoon, followed by in-laws and a bridesmaid this evening. Tomorrow, we run errands, a cavalcade of bridal party shall descend upon Seattle, and in the evening, there will be booze. Friday we kick our hangovers, rehearse, and make ready; that day is going to be nuts. And then, of course, there's ( Read more... )