donderdag 31 juli 2014

donderdag 31 juli 2014 Up with alarm. Rest in bed for two hours. I feel very lazy. Watch KOMO News on my iPad. Justin Bieber isn't always getting into trouble on his vacation. It's total sunshine and 68° for my walk to work. I'm in the Infant Room all day. It goes fairly smoothly. Skye lovingly clings to me. The kids take bottles from me. They're very trustful. I try to walk home, but my back hurts. I catch the streetcar at Westlake & Thomas.

Stop by Subway at WSCC to get a foot-long Italian BMT.

The sandwich is huge! Back to my apartment. My kitchen is a mess! Maintenance came in to fix the gas line to my stove. Uff da! Watch KOMO News. Man who set fire to crowded club on New Year's Eve sentenced. Watch Justice League - Hereafter. I like this. I love Toyman's robot.

A group of supervillains are gathered around and plotting to take their revenge on Superman. They arrange an ambush for the Man of Steel by attacking Metropolis. Toyman reveals his secret weapon: a giant toy robot equipped with a disintegrator beam. It "kills" Superman. Watch movie - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye.

woensdag 30 juli 2014

woensdag 30 juli 2014 Up at 4:58. Everyone has opinions about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Actually, I like this... Russell Brand Turns His Attention To Sean Hannity. This isn't a debate at all. "Sean isn't a solution-based guy." And Yousef Munayyer. Never talk to Hannity. Egg and rice for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Dean Obeidallah of The Daily Beast calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the new Sarah Palin Channel. Dean posts Palin TV Will Be Comedy Central. It's 63° and sunny for my walk to Denny. Catch a #40 to Mercer. I'm with the Dolphins all day. Joyce is out. A new little girl is a bit on edge. Sometimes, she throws her pacifier in disgust and then scampers for it. The nap and feeding schedule is very scattered. So, it's always busy. We have fun on the deck. Streetcar to d'town. It's the longest trip ever! Stuck in traffic. Check Gawker. Showbiz news, gossip and scandals. Orlando Bloom Punches Justin Bieber in a Fight in Ibiza, Spain. And people cheered for Orlando. This is going to be a big headache. The breakdown of the jumbo ferry Tacoma caused major delays Tuesday on the Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry route, triggering huge backups that lasted for hours on end.

Someone jokes that it's a beautiful day to be stranded, but people are very irritated. Let them eat cake... Cheesecake! Hey, everybody! It's National Cheesecake Day. And someone from the Cheesecake Factory visits KOMO.

Thai spiced red cabbage and rice for dinner Watch Rachel Maddow. Impeachment threat electrifies Democratic base. Rachel Maddow talks to Chuck Todd about what Congress can reasonably accomplish in the next 24 hours before they leave for summer recess.

Perhaps some Pave du Nord Herve Mons will calm me down and help me to sleep. But no cheesecake.

dinsdag 29 juli 2014

dinsdag 29 juli 2014 Restless night. It's too warm in the apartment. Watch a mixture of MST3K, Star Trek and France 24. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Of ‘Prolonged’ Campaign In Gaza.

Egg salad sandwich for breakfast.  Man!  I need to complane!  There's no hot water.   The coldest shower EVER! It's already 68° for my walk to work. I'm melting and sticky. Planning time for the Sea Otter teachers. We take the kids outside to the Infant Playground. A couple of them want to climb the stairs and eat the wood chips. I'll spot you! Once inside, it's a couple quick bottles and naps. They're exhausted. Naps at 11. That's early. More action with the Moons & Stars. I'm extra. Messy yogurt on the floor. Raisins on the floor, too. They're too high-energy for naps. Good luck. Down to Infants for a couple hours. I give an 2-month-old a bottle. So young! He gives me the biggest smile when he's done. Amazing experience. Streetcar to d'town. Down to Pike Place Market. Where's the elevator? (It's been a while.) Visit and tour the Pike Market Child Care and Preschool. They seem to embrace Reggio Emilia... where children are endowed with "a hundred languages" I think that I'm ready for a change... a new adventure. Whew! Nice shower. Rice and beans for dinner. Need to re-watch MST3K: Space Mutiny (again). It helps me relax. Thick McRunFast! Buff Drinklots! Dirk Hardpec! Punk Rockgroin! Big McLargeHuge!

maandag 28 juli 2014

maandag 28 juli 2014 Up at 4:35. Watch KOMO News. Lewis-McChord soldier claims fast food worker spiked soda.  Turn on Stephanie Miller. Denver! City by the bay! Sarah Palin's Oddball Speech In Denver Sounds Downright Inebriated.

Blue skies and 62° for my walk to work. Patty and Charmaine get planning time. We take the Starfish out to the playground. The Trailblazers are blowing bubbles for us. Too much sun for me. Up to Moons & Stars to be extra. 14 kids today. They get a little silly at lunchtime. Lots of talking at nap time. Down to Sea Otters to give Chelsea planning time. Late lunches. We have water play outside. Streetcar to d'town. Bus #11 up to Harvard Market. Shop at QFC. Back to my place. Watch KOMO News. Mission to repair Bertha tunneler hits another delay.

Yay! Capitol Hill Block Party!

Watch Justice League - Eclipsed. Chicken teriyaki for dinner. France 24. Too Late for Sanctions? Pressure Mounts on Russia over Ukraine.

zondag 27 juli 2014

zondag 27 juli 2014 Wait! What about the French? Marcel Kittel? Le Tour De France est finis! Marcel Kittel won the final charge up the Champs-Élysées on Sunday, but the last stage of the Tour de France was mostly a gentle victory parade for the winner, Vincenzo Nibali, and the two Frenchmen who occupied the lower steps of the podium.

Take me back. Shelter.

zaterdag 26 juli 2014

zaterdag 26 juli 2014 I'm up at 5:34. Jeez. I want to sleep in. It's under a pile of DVDs, but I find WALL·E. I love how that little robot chases the red laser dot.

After watching that, I need to see Hello, Dolly! And Put On Your Sunday Clothes! Cornelius - 28 and 3 quarters... Barnaby - I'm only 19 and a half. Dolly Levi! You can dance in my street any time!

vrijdag 25 juli 2014

vrijdag 25 juli 2014 Up with alarm. Lay in bed for a while. Watch KING 5. Video from drone that may have hit Space Needle surfaces. Amazing stuff. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Ahhh. Fred is getting petted by John Fugelsang.

Breakfast burrito. Cool and cloudy for my walk to work. It's 63° already. I'm extra for the Moons & Stars and the Infants. We have a fire drill. The poor napping Seahorses. It takes a while to get the Moons & Stars to settle down, but they all go to sleep. Back down to play with the babies. Streetcar to d'town. I hear Polly on the radio. I am enjoying The End more and more. Back at my place. Watch KOMO News. I'm glad that they found Nathan. Missing 10-year-old boy found alive near Lake Cushman. I like Mary Nam's interview with the guy from Frost.

Mary and Steve try the Bacon Maple Bar. The ultimate salty/smoky/sweet combo. That sounds very YUMMY!

I want to move to Mill Creek just for Frost. Watch Justice League - A Better World. It's amazing. Superman becomes a dictator of Earth in a parallel universe.

As part of the Justice Lords.

donderdag 24 juli 2014

The War On Drugs - Red Eyes. Nice to just lay in bed listening to the music. Leftover lasagna for breakfast. Watch a 1950's science fiction movie - The Man From Planet X.

Turn on Stephanie Miller before I go to work. She does a little Tinsel Talk. This should upset some fans. Wheelchair-Bound Justin Bieber Cut All the Lines at Disneyland.

Cool and gray for my walk to work. Watch 30 minutes of WALL-E with the Summer Campers. They love the slapstick. Over to the Dolphins to provide extra help. Nap, bottle, diaper. Then I go to the Infant Room to play with the babies and eat pizza. Streetcar to Whole Foods. Get some yummy stuff. Bus #8 up to B'way. Walk around the neighborhood. My back hurts, so I walk to Olive Way and catch the #43 to d'town. Watch KOMO News. Oil tankers shouldn't be running through our city. Oil train derails under Seattle's Magnolia Bridge. Of course, there's the annual San Diego Comic-Con! Fox, Arnett Share 'TMNT' Love With Comic-Con Crowd.

Then it's Ronan Farrow Daily. NRA releases ‘family-friendly’ pro-gun ad Mark Halperin and Jonathan Alter discuss the NRA’s new Trigger the Vote ad and what is next in the battle over gun control.

Back to Hemlock Grove. Peter gets out, but it's at a cost.

woensdag 23 juli 2014

woensdag 23 juli 2014 Radio alarm tuned into 107.7 The End. Strange to wake up to MGMT - Electric Feel. Sorry about the ad. Fried egg sandwich with sauerkraut for breakfast. Sauerkraut is yummy! Turn on Stephanie Miller. Ted Olson, attorney for the plaintiffs in the Prop. 8 case, calls in to talk about his new book Redeeming The Dream: The Case For Marriage Equality. It's a wet walk to work with my wimpy umbrella. One of my co-workers comments about it. I'm with the Dolphins most of the day. With 7 kids, it seems like 7 different schedules. A handful would be sleeping, some others are eating... juggling with diapers. We're doing alright. Over to Seahorses. They're all awake. We get out the play-doh, then we play in the rain like real Seattlites. Streetcar to d'town. Head straight home. Need to dry out. Watch KOMO News. Record rainfall! Nice view from the Jose Rizal Bridge.

Relax with a few cartoons. Watch Justice League - Hearts and Minds. Jon Stewart learns that Katmu Tui has been missing. In his search for her, he is captured by a couple of warriors of a cult. All hail Despero! O, flame of Py'tar!

My word is absolute and must be accepted by all! Very good. Very authoritarian. Lasagna for dinner. Movie - MST3K: The Sword And The Dragon.

dinsdag 22 juli 2014

dinsdag 22 juli 2014 Up at 3:14. Watch France 24. A call for harmony in riot-hit ‘Little Jerusalem’ Paris suburb - Sarcelles.

This seems like a bizarre subject to discuss - Is there such thing as 'telegenic' victims of war? Switch to KOMO News. Barack Obama arrives in town during the evening rush hour for a quick visit to raise funds for the Democratic Party. Traffic warnings! Hummus sandwich for breakfast. Streetcar to work. I'm in the Infant Room all day giving teachers lunch breaks. There's extra help, so it goes fairly smoothly. The boys love their food! The girls seem a little finicky. One seems ready to crawl. It can be frustrating for him. While waiting for the streetcar, I see Air Force One flying to Boeing Field. It seems so close. Awsome! When I get home, I instantly turn on KOMO News. President Obama arrives in Seattle for fundraising visits. Back to work for a meeting. Technical difficulties (again) with the slideshow. But we muddle through it. Another not so wonderful full-staff meeting. Walk back home feeling discouraged and lost. Spaghetti Carbonara for dinner. Watch movie - Piranha 3DD. It's a bad movie... and I own it.

maandag 21 juli 2014

maandag 21 juli 2014 Up with alarm. No breakfast. Not hungry. Watch KOMO News. This looks like fun. Sherman, Seahawks draw 22,000 to softball game. The traffic is not bad.

Turn on Stephanie Miller. The Rude Pundit talks about what’s happening in Gaza, and on our southern border. His post - What's Happening in Gaza: A Savage and Obviously Anti-Semitic Blog Post. Walk up to Whole Foods to get my breakfast - coconut rice, scrambled eggs and bacon. I'm in the Infant Room most of the day. I try three times to get Russell on his mat for his nap. No way. Upstairs for Rainforest nap time. One of the non-nappers gets sent down to the office. Streetcar to d'town. Watch KOMO News. Wildfires Danger! And BBC News. Mondo burrito for dinner. Watch Justice League - Maid Of Honor.

Justice League team – The Flash, J'onn J'onzz, and John Stewart head for the space station in the Javelin, but are shot down by the station's defenses.

 
Maid of Honor - 4 of 5 by inwebmasti Turn on Ronan Farrow Daily. Pushback on Putin. The United States government has now said with confidence that the pro-Russian separatists, who are believed to have downed Malaysian Airlines passenger plane MH17, were trained and armed by the Russian military. The question now is how much longer can a power that hands out the hardware to shoot down commercial airliners, murdering hundreds of innocent people play the role of legitimate world power? Michael Weiss and Nina Krushcheva join today’s panel to discuss.

Best Way to Punish Putin? No World Cup! After the downing of MH17, in which so many of its innocent citizens were killed by men loyal to Putin, a World Cup in Netherlands would be cosmic justice.

zondag 20 juli 2014

zondag 20 juli 2014 Up 5:55. Check de Volkskrant. People are upset. Can you blame them? I am so sorry. Het is de derde dag na de ramp met vlucht MH17 die aan 298 mensen het leven kostte (onder wie 193 Nederlanders) en nog steeds is veel onduidelijk.

This affects everyone... everywhere. It's a gray and cool day in Seattle. I hear the seagulls crying - Meeuwen. It seems appropriate. MH17: Why Commercial Jets Aren't Equipped To Avoid Missiles.

Do you know what? Tom Daley! He cheers me up!

And Stormtroopers twerking. The Revenge of the Twerk!

zaterdag 19 juli 2014

zaterdag 19 juli 2014 Où est le wasabi? I'm out of wasabi! I watched the last episode of Kickin It. Wasabi Forever!

It's Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! Live from the Nourse... Built in 1927, the Nourse [275 Hayes Street] is a landmark venue located in the heart of San Francisco's Performing Arts Center (across the street from Davies Hall musicians’ entrance). Amazing news!

Doctors Say Justin Bieber Could Save Lives

What? While some shake their heads... but NPR says so.

It's true! It's on the Bluff The Listener. What about juvenile delinquency?

And after the spanking?

vrijdag 18 juli 2014

vrijdag 18 juli 2014 Up at 6:01. Turn on BBC News. This is sad for me. MH17 flight: Netherlands mourns its many dead.

Fried egg sandwich for breakfast. Watch KOMO News. My God, this is such a shame. World calls for Ukraine cease-fire after crash.

Catch this just before I leave the apartment. It's 57° with scattered clouds for my walk to work. Low numbers in the Infant and Toddler Rooms. Hang out with the Sea Otters, the Dolphins and the babies. I sit with a sleeping baby for 90 minutes. My body was very stiff when I got up. Walk up Mercer. It's still a mess with many detours. Finally, I'm at The Bite Of Seattle.

Sit down to rest at the skateboarding park. Try something different... a Peking duck taco at the Chopstix truck.

A family sits next to me. That boy has amazing hair!

Bus #1 to d'town. Traffic is heavy on Denny Way, but 3rd Avenue is ok. Back to my apartment. Watch MSNBC News about the latest reports about the MH-17 disaster. I find out that Hemlock Grove has Karaoki. You need a few shots of Tequila before Karaoki.

It's still Global Warming in my apartment. Good restless night.

donderdag 17 juli 2014

donderdag 17 juli 2014 Up with alarm. Beef and bean burrito for breakfast. Watch RT News. Interesting things going on in the world. Cheney reaction: Interview blackout as protester waves handcuffs at ‘war criminal’... Unconvicted war criminal Dick Cheney. Kia Makarechi - Vanity Fair: Dick Cheney Thinks You Should Listen to His Absurd Take on Iraq. Iraq war advice from Cheney? That's just too much to swallow.

Deep mystery. Giant 80m Siberian crater at 'world’s end' Dick Cheney's wet dream - World War III. Malaysian airliner crashes in E. Ukraine near Russian border, over 280 people on board.

It's 57° and cloudy for my walk to work. I like the cool breeze. I'm with the babies. I got Tanya's boys. They get upset when I tried to give them naps. Rebellion! Kyle gets one of them to sleep... easily. Up to Rainforest for lunch and nap time. I sit with a couple silly boys.  I farted! It's funny for a little while, then it's very annoying. Down to the babies again. It's just me and Evan. We visit the Sea Otters. He seems amazed and amused by their antics. Outside with the Summer Camp. Wow. They pick on each other a lot. Glad to leave. Streetcar to Whole Foods. Bus #8 (the late #8) up to B'way. Walk around the neighborhood. It's 75° with bright sunshine. I'm in the sweet spot weather-wise. Back to my place. Check NBC News. So, it was a missile. 'Blown Out of the Sky': Malaysia Jet Shot Down by Missile. Putin Says Ukraine 'Bears Responsibility' of Jet Crash. Putin stinks of propaganda!

НАМ НУЖЕН МИР! It's A Dream.

woensdag 16 juli 2014

woensdag 16 juli 2014 Midnight movie - MST3K: The Sinister Urge. Written and directed by Ed Wood. Actually, I don't get past the MST3K short - Keeping Clean And Neat. I conk out. Up at 4:16. Turn on BBC News. Laying in bed for a while. Potato salad and sauerkraut for breakfast. Watch MSNBC News. Any light of hope for peace? Airstrikes occur on Gaza Strip.

Bus #40 to Mercer. Walk around South Lake Union Park.

The geese seem wary of me, but I say HI anyway.

I have my ups and downs at work. Some of the babies are fighting naps. The Sea Otters treat me like a king. We just play after lunchtime. They want to do Row Row Row Your Boat. Streetcar to d'town. Stay at home. Check The Guardian for the latest news about Israel - Palestine, but this catches my eye. A post by Ana Marie Cox. The backlash machine has finally backfired with a generation that cringes at old people yelling at gay clouds - The GOP self-destruction is complete: millennials officially hate conservatives. Watch KOMO News. It's 88° people! By reaching the 80s once again today, we've now hit 80 or warmer on 11 consecutive days, making it the third-longest such streak in Sea-Tac history.

But Kent Allan reports - Another delay in Justin Bieber's Fla. DUI case.

Poor Justin. Sleep well, Seattle. We have no A-C.