If there is a heaven, I imagine it is a lot like Shorty’s. Here, a pocket full of quarters will buy you an evening in their pinball room full of old favorites like Medieval Madness and Monster Bash, plus more recent nerd fare such as The Lord of the Rings and the new Indiana Jones [...]
Today on Ellen…
Congrats to all the same-sex couples in California who are able to get married today! Here’s hoping this “family protection” madness will soon be behind us…
NFT Radar: Wayward Cafe
X-Posted from Not For Tourists.
The Wayward Cafe is an odd name for a vegan cafe with clear procedures about operations. You walk in and claim one of the few available seats. You grab a menu and choose from a steady list of vegan staples like tempeh sandwiches and tofu scramble. You order at [...]
Funny Games: A Critical Essay on a 1/2 Dimentional Film
Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke, sure thinks a lot of his “ideas”. He has come to the conclusion that people have not only become desensitized to violence, but that we crave it in our cinema. And that makes us jerks. Jerks who must be punished. By him.
The punishment comes in the form of Funny Games, a [...]
New Blog!
I have a new blogging gig with MyZip. I am currently the sole voice of authority regarding the 98105 zip code, within which I also reside. I just started so I only have two posts up at the moment. But check back often, as I am supposed to put up 3 posts per [...]
NFT Radar: Cafe Amore
X-Posted from Not For Tourists.
I’m not really sure what they’re going for over at Amore. The name and décor as well as the thesis statement on the menu implies upscale foodie. The prices (low) and the vibe suggests hipster pandering. I appreciate their attempt to create atmosphere by projecting movies without sound onto the back [...]
Friends with Benefits
For my anonymous readers, I would like to invite you to be my livejournal friend. That way you can read my friends-only posts as well as the public ones and be privy to the sort of candidness you can usually only get from face-to-face Baxter contact. You needn't keep a journal yourself if you [...]
I'm Published! Part 2
For the cheapskates (like myself), the entire Seattle Not For Tourists book is now available on the website! Here are shortcuts to the important pages (i.e. the ones scribed by me):
*Downtown/Denny Triangle
*Ravenna
*Upper Queen Anne
*Cal Anderson Park
*Hiking
*Swimming
*SeaTac Airport
*Nightlife
And my crowning achievement:
*Seattle Center
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Going Strong on the Memes
1. To whom did you last give the finger?:
Does giving a finger to an empty desk count?
2. If you had 1,000 dollars what would you buy?
Memory foam.
3. What was the last beverage you spilled on yourself?
Coffee.
4. Are you different now than you were 6 months ago?
Slightly fatter and more tired.
5. Have you [...]
Between me and you.
I think that part of the reason I am such a pack rat, is because I have a REALLY hard time remembering things the way they really were. I have always been this way so I know it has little to do with the constant murdering of brain cells via illicit substances. It's just something [...]
