I just came to the realization that most of my best friends are women. I'm not sure what this means. Just came to the realization. Any thoughts?

(Of course, my bestest friend ever is Nancy. Of course.)

President Barack Obama ( Read more... )

I was supposed to be a poll watcher today, but last night I went to the Obama headquarters in downtown Seattle...and it was PACKED. About two or three times the number of people as were needed showed up for training to be poll watchers. So folks grabbed their cell phones and started calling people who hadn't voted yet. I was feeling a little under ( Read more... )

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Delaware Senator Joe Biden brought the campaign to Cheney Stadium in Tacoma today, the day former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for President. Nancy and I drove down to experience the packed-house excitement. The line to get in was very, very long, and it took quite a while for ( Read more... )

In the long tradition of political campaigns co-opting rock songs (OK...just a couple of decades, but in politics that's a lifetime), the Foo Fighters are objecting to the McCain campaign's unauthorized use of their song "My Hero." This, just after Seattle's own Wilson sisters came down on McCain/Palin for unapproved use of Heart's "Barracuda" to ( Read more... )

I've just learned that one of my travel photos...of musicians on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic...has been picked up and used by the travel web site Schmap. They found my photo on Flickr and "short-listed" it a couple of weeks ago, asking for permission to use it if it was selected. And it was. Take a look ( Read more... )

Just so you know, I have nothing against Ricks Steves (whether or not I look like him), even though this blog is called not_ricksteves. In fact, I found that I have a certain kinship with him once again when I came across the following in his most recent email to his customers ( Read more... )

...because Bumbershoot was this past weekend ( Read more... )

So...McCain decides to tap into the crazy-ass politics of Alaska for ( Read more... )

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Just that. Just us.