The Boundaries of a Breakup

Facebook and how to get or lose your "friends"...interesting article. Ok, it's an old article, but I just found my note on a scrap of paper, and wanted to share it here in November....so here it is!

Jury Duty

Whew! They didn't pick me for a two week (first trial) or a three week (second) trial, so I was sent home after only two grueling days serving on Jury duty downtown Seattle. Bus. People. Fluorescent lights (so bright, they could seriously make a prisoner of war crack) in the room they had us waiting in. I brought sunglasses to wear the second day so I could tolerate the lights. The slow, grind of justice. I am not sure how random this process really is. Last year I was summoned, and served on a trial. This year, out of 55 possible jurors. 25 asked to be let go for hardship in the first minute. The stories! The drama! The pleading! I am quite sure the guy accused of stabbing a woman, or the the bloodshot eyed businessman disputing an eminent domain case thought the jurors complaints were small compared to the hell they were in. Well, I've done my civic duty for the month. I'll be so happy when I get the check in the mail for twenty dollars for my trouble.

Real Estate Open Houses

Really, do open houses sell real estate? No. However, we can see them online easier now, due to a much deferred idea to share open houses online that aren't simply the open houses of individual companies. Read about it here:

Banks, money and all that

Here is a little peek into a neighborhood bank branch's weekend remodel.

Traffic in Seattle

Traffic!!! In Seattle. I think the traffic engineers should have to drive the roads they have planned work on, in a time-crunch-gotta-get-there way to see how super fine the plan is working out. Have you been on the West Seattle bridge lately? or driving to the stadiums lately?
Frustrating...

Middle School Bullying

Wow. I volunteered for a committee at a middle school, on an "anti-bullying" committee and it was not what I expected. For one thing, we watched a video called, "Let's Get Real" and it blew my mind. Anyone who watches this powerful documentary will remember a time and place that they were either picked on, or picked on someone else. I then missed a committee meeting, so they put me in charge of the art poster contest. Whew! Too many hours of my slow computer time, and what an amazing result. Here are a couple of close-ups of the students poster art.