I lived and worked in downtown Seattle during the WTO meeting and riots, and know the history quite well. As I write this I'm watching the riot grow in Seattle. I can tell you what will happen for the next few days. They are starting in the same spot and breaking the same windows as they did in 1999. Seattle took a lot of lessons from that experience. One was to not let the police try to win. They can't, they are grossly outnumbered. So far...
I know I said I'd write more often, and every morning I wake up intending to write about what I'm doing or current events. And then the day proceeds in yet another surprising way and I end up completely confused again. It's been that way since April 1, every effin day. Every day I think things should calm down a bit, and then comes more bullshit. Please Dear Leader, shut the fuck up. Meanwhile, our county is opening up a bit as it hasn't had...
All things considered I'm in pretty good shape. I'm parked on my leased lot at the Escapee Cooperative in Chimacum, close to family way over there in Seattle, and it's nearly impossible to spend money around here. My days are spent reading, playing video games, listening to the radio, messing around on the internet, and I added cable TV to the mix. I haven't watched TV for many years (except major sporting events) and am discovering what others...