vrijdag 31 mei 2013 Up at 2:58. Pete makes Caui growl. Watch World News Now. I haven't heard the World News Polka in a long time.
Chili omelet for breakfast. Pack up some stuff to carry in my Whole Foods bag. Train to d'town. I sit right next to Kathy. What a coincidence! Nice to chat with her. Drop off stuff at my place. Turn on Stephanie Miller for a little while. Ther're still on Michele Bachmann. This is Michele picking her nose.
Walk up Westlake to work. Today, we close early to clean up the school. I always dread this. It's hard work. I'm with the Sea Otter teachers for a couple hours. I'm scrubbing the walls and the top of the cubbies. Over to the Dolphin classroom. The former teachers were pack rats. So much junk to get rid of.
I keep the Solar Powered Daisies.
Streetcar to d'town. I head straight home. Too tired to visit the cats. Watch KIRO News. Live coverage - Tornado Emergency In Oklahoma City. Take care, OKC. Burrito for dinner. Watch some of yesterday's Boston Strong concert. When the Boys To Men take the stage... They jerk a few tears from my eyes. Report - Boston Strong concert review: A night of joy, ovations.
donderdag 30 mei 2013 Up at 4:15. Watch MSNBC - Morning Joe. Chicken-chili-potatoes for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. They do the "Best Of Michele Bachmann" this morning.
Flip between Steph and Eating Out on LOGO. Train to d'town. Walk up to Denny. Second breakfast at Whole Foods. I love their curried scrambled tofu. Fire drill as I'm with the Seahorses. I'm glad that we're on the playground already got this. Inside we read some Ted and Fred books...like Big Dog... Little Dog.
Over to Sea Otters. Very civilized lunch. Nap time is magical. I see some ornery no-nappers head outside. Streetcar to d'town. Train to Mt. Baker. I love riding backwards and listening to NPR. The food segment sounds interesting. I'd love to try Beets At The Root Of This Honey And Tarragon Cocktail.
When I get to the apartment, I can see one of the cats watching me. Watch KOMO News. Protest in d'town Seattle. Fast food workers striking in Seattle protest low wages.
Chili spaghetti for dinner. Watch movie - Four Brothers (2005).
woensdag 29 mei 2013 Up at 2:45. Watch World News Now. KOMO News. Huge accident on I-5. My goodness.
Hard boiled egg and ramen for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Let the tears flow freely! She's sad about the tragic news out of Minnesota - Michele Bachmann Won't Run Again. From the Maddow Blog - Michele Bachmann to exit stage right.
Train to d'town. Take the long way out of the University Street Station. I'd love to live at Benaroya Hall. Walk up to Denny. #40 bus up to Mercer. Oops. I see that the streetcar crashed into something. Hang out with with Sea Otters. Just a little free play before we go outside. It's been a very rainy morning, but it drizzles on us for a little minute. Luckily, the playground is fairly dry. Lunchtime is rather civilized today. One of the kids proudly shows me her Mac & Peas. Naps are fine, too. Enjoy the quiet. I can see that some of the teachers are nervous about Transition. There are a lot of Unknowns and things that we know that are unknown. Oy. Streetcar to d'town... with no accident. Train. Stop at the Beacon Hill Station. This is not my vid. Thanks jdwick for filming this. The "portals" with the glowing things are dark now-a-days.
I can still admire the space microbes, though. No cats greet me when I came through the door. When I get out the Frisky treats, they pop out. Watch KOMO News. I remember this well... just a year ago. Report - Cafe Racer survivor: 'If you stop, it's kind of the same as giving up'
Mac & cheese for dinner. I try to watch Rachel, but the Jaguar F-Type commercials are distracting.
Watch movie - Goldmember. I love GOOOOLD!
dinsdag 28 mei 2013 Up at 4:32. Watch KOMO News. I wish that this could be me. Lottery tickets worth millions have yet to be turned in. And the happiest country in the world is... Australia! Ramen and fried egg for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. John McCain Takes A Secret Trip To Syria.
Train to d'town.
Walk up Westlake to work. A handful of short breaks. Patty gets an early lunch. Hang out with the 7 Sea Otters on the Infant Playground. Inside, we have a fun circle time with shape monster. Over to Dolphins for a couple hours. Lunches, diapers, naps. My last hour is with the Sea Otters. They sleep. A couple wake up early. Oops. Streetcar service halted. Walk down to Denny. Visit the food bar to pick up some dinner and lunch. Walk to Westlake Station. Train down to Mt. Baker. Glad to settle down. I'm tired. Garlic chicken for dinner. Of course, I'm all over the news. Watch Boston Marathon bombing heroes throw out the first pitch tonight at Fenway Park.
Star Trek... the old series.
zondag 26 mei 2013. Nice to sleep in. Up at 8:03. Watch BBC News. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Paris against a new French law allowing same-sex marriage. Report - Huge anti-gay marriage protest in Paris.
Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl. Watch Lab Rats. Dude, Where's My Lab? The Lab Rats are on holiday when Davenport finds a solar flare heading for Earth. BTW. Chase does a great Robot.
Walk around Mt. Baker neighborhood. Admire some of the cute bungalows. Back at the apartment. Watch movie - Skyline with the lovely and talented Eric Balfour.
Upstairs for cable channel - FX. Watch movie - Blade: Trinity with the lovely and talented Ryan Reynolds. He's an ex-vampire. Why are the vampires so mean to him that they need to chain him up like that?
Another movie - Battle: Los Angeles.
Witness the end of civilization unfold as hostile alien invaders attack the planet. As people everywhere watch the world’s great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. Now it's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered in this epic sci-fi action film.
zaterdag 25 mei 2013 Up at 5:02. Watch NWCN. Black beans on bagel for breakfast. Morning movie - The Pink Panther. Bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond. I love slapstick, but I howled with laughter at the Camouflage Scene.
Switch to Disney XD to watch a Lab Rats marathon. Yay! It's the best when Adam and Chase duel with their fake babies. Those poor babies.
There's not enough sunshine to motivate me to go outside. But that's ok. Syfy has a marathon, too. Defiance from pilot to episode 6.
vrijdag 24 mei 2013 Up at 2:37. Watch World News Now with John Muller and Diana Perez.
A portion of the Interstate-5 bridge is submerged after it collapsed into the Skagit River dumping vehicles and people into the water in Mount Vernon, Washington. I thought that I heard about this last night. This is a big deal.
Take a pill for my achy back. Chicken noodle soup for breakfast. KOMO News has news about the bridge. Wow. 70,000 vehicles per day cross that bridge. This will definitely affect the Memorial Day traffic. Check Go Skagit News. Report - Hundreds gather on river banks after bridge collapse.
Turn on Stephanie Miller. She refers to the President's address Thursday. President Obama sought to reframe the nation’s counterterrorism strategy, saying, “Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands.” Obama was basically agreeing with the heckler from Code Pink - Medea Benjamin - as she is dragged out of the speech.
Leave the apartment at 8:18. Catch a train at 8:42. Arrive d'town at 9:01. It's strange to see Westlake Center gutted out. "ZARA coming soon" says the sign.
Walk up to Denny to catch a #40 bus to Mercer. Hello Dolphins. I'm with you for two hours. Mister Darby plays and sings for us. The kids love love love him.
Then we head outside. It's a mix of clouds and sunshine. At least it's dry. The lunches are already set up when I bring the kids inside. They're hungry. Over to Sea Otters. They grab their own lunch boxes and bring them to their table. They still have trouble getting the lids off, but they're doing better. After diapers, they get a little rowdy... Especially the boys. I ask for some help for naps. Thank you for the help. The Seahorses are worked up. It's impossible to get 3 of them to sleep. For a change, I take the non-nappers out to the playground. Oh, well. Back to Sea Otters. They're restless sleepers. Most of them wake up before I leave. Streetcar to d'town. Again, my train to Mt. Baker appears at the very second I get down to the platform. Cool! The train is packed with travellers and High School kids. Drop by Taco Bell for a Cantina Burrito. Yum! They're a little busy, too. Early dinner rush. Turn on Syfy. Godzilla!
Why do they start Godzilla with the French National anthem? Oh. Because the atomic bomb test in the French Polynesians. Just a little friendly advice from Zac Efron...
Good night.
donderdag 23 mei 2013 A little cat spat... over me. Up with alarm. Thanks to BBC America, I wake up to Doctor Who - The Parting Of The Ways. Spaghetti carbonara for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She interviews Lewis Black about his new comedy tour The Rant Is Due.
Water the plants. Scoop the litter. Train to d'town. Enough time to pick up a few things at City Target. Walk up to Denny. #62 bus the rest of the way to work. I'm with the Sea Otters today... to help them for their field trip. We head up to The Center For Wooden Boats for Tugboat Storytime aboard the Arthur Foss (a 124-year-old tug boat). We take the front row.
The kids seem a little tired after the march up there, but they're very attentive to the handsome storyteller. The Sunshine Kids join us.
They seem to really like Tugga-Tugga Tugboat.
Back to school. We all seem tired. We talk about the field trip at lunchtime. Naps are easy because they're so tired. A couple of them wake up before I leave. Bye, Mike. Thanks for the fun day, kids. It takes me an even 60 minutes to go from door to door - from work to Cat City. The connection from streetcar to train is magical. Hello to the cats. Watch KOMO News. Report - Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys. That would be be something. Acceptance. What a concept. But scouts in South Seattle are rallying for it.
Mushroom and potato stew for dinner. Ah, yes. The episode we've been waiting for... Watch Revolution - The Love Boat. Oh, Miles. How many ways can you say, "There is no choice."?
woensdag 22 mei 2013 Restless night. Pete gets rowdy. Up at 3:54. Watch ABC News America This Morning. Then KOMO News. This would be something different for Seattle. Report - Amazon proposes biodome design for new campus expansion.
Tater tots and fried egg for breakfast. Watch Star Trek The Next Generation - The Bonding. The Koinonians destroyed themselves. So, how are they going to help young Jeremy Aster (Gabriel Damon)? Leave early for work - 8:14. Train to d'town. Arrival - 8:54. Streetcar to Denny. Stop at Whole Foods for a second breakfast. #62 bus to Mercer. A day with the Sea Otters. We have a short and early playground time. As we play, the mist turns into drizzle... which turns into a light rain. Ok... We're all done. Inside to dry off and warm up. Play with puzzles for quite a while. The Panda Puzzle is a challenge which the kids seem to want to try. We switch to doodle boards. "Make Abiyoyo, Mike. Please?" A little rowdiness at lunch and nap time. Streetcar to d'town. Drop by my place. Any bed bugs? I don't really know. Train to Rainier Valley. Pet all the cats. Watch France 24 - The Debate. Iran: No More Surprises? Elections? Freedom of expression? Who knows.
Perhaps, something more light-hearted. It's a Justin Timberlake /SNL marathon on VH1! Starting with Season 32, Episode 9 - 17 Dec. 2006. Ten hours of JT hijinks. He's one funny and talented dude.
zondag 19 mei 2013 Up at 6:02. Watch movie - The Paperboy. This movie is barely a year old and it's already on Netflix. Did it bust at the box office? It's a really good film. I love the part where Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman are dancing in the rain.
Thinking about Star Trek - Into Darkness... Zack Quinton is starting to meld into the persona of Spock. He's doing a great job. Chris Pine is an awesome Kirk. And Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch who plays Khan puts out a sexy vibe.
The friendship between Kirk and Spock is developing in their ordeal.
This scene made me shed a few tears. Nice twist of destiny.
Watch Up With Steve Kornacki.
vrijdag 17 mei 2013 Up with alarm. Rude, Alarm! Watch KOMO News. Mariners beat Yankees 3-2!
The Ms play in Cleveland this evening. Go, Ms. Hot dog for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. I love it when John Fugelsang comes on and says, "We're still here on Current TV." I love you, John.
Streetcar to work. I'm with the Sea Otters while Patty takes some time with her new kids. Diana visits with us - who will be her new kids. They seem to like her. One table is for play-doh. One table for sticker-art. Nice that the kids help me clean. Good job. Outside for fresh air. We seem to enjoy the Hula Hoops today - tossing, spinning and chasing them. At lunchtime, we enjoy our PNJ sandwiches, apple slices and yogurt. I have my spinach orzo salad. Things get a little crazy before I leave. Oh, those rowdy ones! Over to Seahorses. It's absolutely peaceful here. Back to Sea Otters. There's noise next door, but our group keeps sleeping. Streetcar to d'town. Turn on 710 ESPN Seattle for the baseball game. Seattle Mariners vs Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field "The Prog". Top of the 6th: Seattle
- R. Ibanez homered to deep right, J. Smoak scored. 3 - 3. "Swing and a miss!" Extra innings of course. Politics! Watch The Cycle. Luke Russert is right on. Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, Here I am, stuck in the middle with you... on a Friday afternoon.
Aaaaaaaah. The Mariners lost. Kipnis' 10th-inning homer gives Indians 6-3 win. Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Lucas Luetge, foreground, walks off the field after giving up a game-winning, three-run home run to Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis in the 10th inning of a baseball game on Friday, May 17, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
donderdag 16 mei 2013 I try GeoGuessr this morning > RESULTS. 9658 points in total. Up at 4:02. Watch WLS Chicago. A new program hopes to add Improvements to McCormick Place and Renovate Navy Pier. Black bean and sour cream omelet for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She's having fun with a Boehner bite: Speaker Boehner Rails Against IRS Scandal - Who's Going To Jail Over This?
Walk up Westlake to work. Every group seems to be outside on the playground. Nice to do all the breaks outside on this beautiful day. Inside for Sea Otter's lunchtime. Naps are fairly easy. Streetcar to Denny. Pick up a couple things at Whole Foods. Munch on a Chicken Caesar wrap. Watch a little news. Need to go back to work, but I stop at SLU Park to rest. Chat with my sister. "How's dad?"
At the meeting, our new director - Sue - plays a name game. Yay! Then we get serious. Subject: Emergency Preparedness Policy/ Procedures. Every business should have a plan. We run through it fairly quickly. I'm home by 7:30. Watch movie - Conan The Barbarian with Jason Momoa.
woensdag 15 mei 2013 Up with alarm. Rice and fried egg for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. One of their bumps, they play Puttin' On The Ritz, and Jim does his...
"puhtinondaritz!"
That spoils me to watch Young Frankenstein... complete with top hats and tails.
Walk up Westlake to work. Busy day with the Sea Otters while their teachers take planning time. We start the morning with painting. Orange and purple paint on white paper. Coats or no coats. "No coats!" We share our playground time with the Dolphins and a couple of Turtles. One of my kids walks up and asks, "Who dat?" We are curious a big, fancy Prevost bus. Is there someone famous in there? We have a little water break circle. Inside for lunchtime. The kids chose to get goofy after lunchtime instead of during lunchtime. Over to Seahorses. All go down easily for naps... except one. Over to Sea Otters. They're all asleep. A teacher is tearing old strapping tape off the cabinets. It's the worst sound in the world for me. I'm amazed that the kids can sleep through that noise. Streetcar to d'town. Encounter a hoard of High School Kids from Olympia. They're looking for the way to the bus tunnel, so I guide them. It's starting to sprinkle a little on my walk around d'town. I hear on KOMO News Radio:
Bummer!
Seattle SupersSonics fan Jason Barker, left, watches KOMO News' coverage in Seattle as NBA Commissioner David Stern announces NBA basketball owners voted Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) News of a nicer kind... This IS way cool! St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announced the renaming of the Wabasha Bridge to "Freedom to Marry Bridge" for the week. Rainbow flags have been placed along the length of the bridge on both sides. Congratulations, Minnesota.
Rice, tofu and stir fried veggies for dinner. Watch MSNBC. Chris Hayes does a spot about Geoguessr in tonight's Click 3.
dinsdag 14 mei 2013 Up at 2:20. Turn on KUOW to listen to BBC News. Report - Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy due to cancer gene. The subject of discussion on World Have You Say is Angelina Jolie. I manage to fall back to sleep for a little while. Watch KOMO News. Today King County Metro will host an open house on the extensive service cuts. Open House and Public Comment on Potential Metro Cuts. I wonder if I'll go to Union Station for this. Cheesy potatoes for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. People call in about the IRS brouhaha. Congress was not told tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, even after acting agency Chief Steven Miller had been briefed on the matter. The IRS mess isn't going away anytime soon. Watch a little France 24. C'est vraiment tragique.
Walk up Westlake to work. Nice to do my breaks on the playground. It's best when the kids get lots of fresh air. Me too. I eat my sesame noodles with the Sea Otters. The kids show me their stuff. Naps are fairly easy. Over to Seahorses for a very quiet hour. The Sea Otters are having a magical nap time. At 2:55. One wakes up and calls to me. "Miiiike?" Streetcar to d'town. #550 bus tunnel to Union Station.
Outside, people are passing out info about the dreaded transit cutbacks... estimated to impact 70% of bus riders in King County. I see KIRO and KOMO down here.
My back is getting cranky so I head home. I'm sure the news will cover this. #316 bus tunnel up to my place. It's weird, but I watch Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil - Big Bad Baby. What ultimately happens to the baby? Really!
More weird. Star Trek The Next Gereration - Man Of The People. No mother! NO!
maandag 13 mei 2013 Up with alarm. Watch a little news. Toast and fried egg for breakfast. Monday morning movie - Peaceful Warrior.
Walk up Westlake to work. Hang out with the Dolphins while their teachers take planning time. Free play.
Later, Sharron and I take the kids outside. It spinkles. It rains. It stops. The sun shines. The rain starts again. Hail! We head inside. Get out the play-doh. Over to Sea Otters. Lunches, diapers and naps. It's nice and quiet here and with the Seahorses. The weather gets wild before I leave work. However, I manage to walk all the way home dodging rain drops while listening to The World. I enjoy Ground Control To Commander Christ Hadfield. Anchor, Marco Werman spoke with his unofficial social media manager and his son, Evan Hadfield. Good job on the Space Oddity. Bowie, himself, tweeted his approval.
Black bean soup for dinner. Watch Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
Walk up Westlake to work. Today, we close early to clean up the school. I always dread this. It's hard work. I'm with the Sea Otter teachers for a couple hours. I'm scrubbing the walls and the top of the cubbies. Over to the Dolphin classroom. The former teachers were pack rats. So much junk to get rid of.
I keep the Solar Powered Daisies.
Streetcar to d'town. I head straight home. Too tired to visit the cats. Watch KIRO News. Live coverage - Tornado Emergency In Oklahoma City. Take care, OKC. Burrito for dinner. Watch some of yesterday's Boston Strong concert. When the Boys To Men take the stage... They jerk a few tears from my eyes. Report - Boston Strong concert review: A night of joy, ovations.
