Post  #2575   Why???!     This will be short. Googlebot nagged three times today, and I fear they will drop me. What would that mean? I don't know, but since their aim is to take over the world, there's no sense in taking any chances. Anyway, to the point: Seattle Public Utilities ran a commercial on television last night, cable, in which they issued a generic message to Save Water. A reminder, this in Seattle. Second reminder, December 29th featured one of the most epic deluges of rain in Seattle in the past 150 years. I know. I should have gone outside and set out as many pots and pans as I could manage, but I didn't. Go ahead, report me. I don't even care anymore. Rick Macherat Rick M. In the day.

posted by Rick at 12:06 PM

Post  #2574.   The Wild West.      There was a gunbattle in the neighborhood today. I first got wind of it when I heard Channel 4's helicopter right over my head. It is an old, Vietnam vintage model that sounds like it's about to crash. Watched the news at 6pm and, sure enough, three men shot, all rushed by Medic One to Harborview were they were saved. (No telling how many dying old ladies were left as the responders dropped everything to rush to the shooting-with-television incident.) Wow, that sounds a little bitter. Did it? Good. Anyway, by 11pm, it didn't even make the news. That's what happens when you live in this part of town. So, what was the shooting all about? "Under investigation." No one knows. No one really cares, including me actually.

There are several companies I'm angry with today. DELL for shipping a package of two ink cartridges requiring an adult signature. UPS for ringing the doorbell, then sprinting back to his truck before I can even get close to answering the door. Today was Day 2 of this delivery. I've left him a rude note for tomorrow, my third and final chance. You know me, it was seriously rude. BLAIR, a formerly fine company which has basically become a classic customer-cheaters. Do not buy from them. Burn the catalog.

On the other hand, good companies. BETTERWORLDBOOKS.COM Go there. Spend a lot. They will amaze you.

Finally, for the starving people of North Korea. News report today that the administration has been debating for months whether or not to supply food aid to this country. Does that sound like Step 4 of Sir Humphrey Appleby's Five Steps for the Handling of Foreign Crises, or what? Rick Macherat Rick M. In the day.
posted by Rick at 11:18 PM