Archive for November, 2008
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
by Dave on Nov.25, 2008, under Minutiae, Movies & Music
It’s been thirty (?!!) years since Arthur Carlson came up with the greatest radio promotion EVER.
(Hey while you’re here…there are a couple of new photos on the photoblog.)
Golden Ears Bridge
by Joe on Nov.24, 2008, under Minutiae
The Golden Ears Bridge is really starting to look like something now. I snapped this photo last night from “Jessie’s Lookout” while Diana and I walked along the river just by our house along with Bandit and Cassie. That’s Mt. Baker in Washington state in the background. The span across the river is nearly complete. The trees on the left obscure the unfinished portion. It should be in place by the end of this year. The whole project is scheduled for completion by Summer of 2009.
It’s a pretty big deal around these parts. For us in particular it will open up the lower mainland like never before. Today it would take us a good 20 minutes to reach the No. 1 Highway, and that’s assuming reasonable traffic. Once this project is complete we’ll be on the highway in, oh, 5 minutes. I do a fair bit of mortgage business through realtor partners across the river. I worked an open house on Saturday. It took me about 40 minutes to get there and over an hour coming home (because I chose to take the Albion Ferry across the river rather than drive all the way around). With this bridge in place I would have been there in no more than 10 to 15 minutes.
Global Snub
by Dave on Nov.20, 2008, under Minutiae
Watch this video then join me with your comments:
Is there any question that the guy is a pariah? I feel a little bit sorry for him. He’s been in way over his head for nearly a decade and his legacy is in tatters. I actually do believe that he’s thought he was doing the right thing all this time, but he’s been so egregiously, tragically wrong.
That’s not to say I won’t be grinning ear to ear on January 20th. I pray that Obama will be the inspirational leader we need. We’re hurtling down a dangerous track here, and it’s high time we had some real leadership. I just hope that Pelosi and Reid (ugh, I really hate those two) will get their heads out of their asses and allow the grownups to get some serious work done.
