Sunday, March 7, 2010
zondag 7 maart 2010
zondag 7 maart 2010 Up at 6:30. Turn on KEXP. A lot of talk about nuclear power and the clean up at the Hanford Site. What a big mess. Explore the Hollywood District of Portland, Oregon. Listen to A Prairie Home Companion. It's their annual Joke Show. Stay inside watching movies like Barefoot In The Park - 111 Waverly Pl, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011 - and episodes of South Park. Who is Cartman's father?
Saturday, March 6, 2010
zaterdag 6 maart 2010
zaterdag 6 maart 2010 Up at 10:10. Wow! I can't believe that. The sun and blue skies beckon to me. I take a bike ride up and down the waterfront... mostly through Myrtle Edwards Park. Quite a few shirtless runners. Many cool views. The azaleas are blooming already.
When I get back to my place, I turn on Rick Steves' program. He interviews Jane and Michael Stern about their food findings across America. Man! I am drooling! Short walk up to B'way. Not much goin' on. Back to my place. Watch Caprica - Know Thy Enemy.
Fajita Steak for dinner. Watch Boy's Life 3.
When I get back to my place, I turn on Rick Steves' program. He interviews Jane and Michael Stern about their food findings across America. Man! I am drooling! Short walk up to B'way. Not much goin' on. Back to my place. Watch Caprica - Know Thy Enemy.
Fajita Steak for dinner. Watch Boy's Life 3.
Friday, March 5, 2010
vrijdag 5 maart 2010
vrijdag 5 maart 2010 Up with alarm. Solid night's sleep. Turn on Stephanie Miller. The show seems to take on a religious theme. For example... American Family Association: Stone To Death Killer Whale Who Killed Trainer. “Zounds, apollyon, look thee upon how Jesus bringeth a bashing unto those blasphemers who are squeezing profit from the medical tithings at the temple !! He doth rock !!” There are bumper stickers which say, “God hates liberals and pussies.” Oy, vey. Chili on rice for breakfast. Shower. Up to Kaladi for coffee. Jeremiah and Lauren are busy today. Short walk on First Hill. Finish coffee at my place. Listen to more Stephanie Miller. Walk up Westlake to work. Visit the Rainforest Kids in the Bike Room before I go on duty. Andy makes a protective structure for Marina. I admire Andy's architectural skills.
I head outside to do some breaks. Everyone seems to be enjoying this beautiful weather... especially me and the kids.
11 - Charmaine's lunch. Four Sea Otters on the playground. They seem a little tired, so we take them in early. They have a little free-play. Ryan amazes me! He tries for more than 20 minutes to build a tour with 20 log blocks. He seems determined to use all 20. It keeps falling over at every attempt, but he's learning at each attempt, but Ryan keeps trying. When he gets them all up - at last - I shout for joy, "YOU DID IT!" He had a goal and he achieved it! I appreciate his determination. For sure. 12 - Kenn's lunch. Austin gives me this playful defiance at nap time. So, Pam gets him to sleep. 1 - Patty's lunch. Four Sea Otters sleep soundly. 2 - Jessica's lunch. Pam leaves early and Jessica takes over. So, it's you break. Nolan wakes up sad. Kenn takes him and Austin to the Bike Room. I replace him around 2:30. This has been a wonderful day at work. I see when I leave that the rest of the day has possibilities. Walk down Westlake to my place. Change clothes. Up to Velo with my bike to fill up the tires. I ride around lower Capitol Hill. Wheeeee! Ride down to my place. Turn on The World. After that, I switch to 3 Voor 12 Radio live. Love it!
Teriyaki chicken for dinner. Watch movie - RoboCop. 1987! Really?
I head outside to do some breaks. Everyone seems to be enjoying this beautiful weather... especially me and the kids.
11 - Charmaine's lunch. Four Sea Otters on the playground. They seem a little tired, so we take them in early. They have a little free-play. Ryan amazes me! He tries for more than 20 minutes to build a tour with 20 log blocks. He seems determined to use all 20. It keeps falling over at every attempt, but he's learning at each attempt, but Ryan keeps trying. When he gets them all up - at last - I shout for joy, "YOU DID IT!" He had a goal and he achieved it! I appreciate his determination. For sure. 12 - Kenn's lunch. Austin gives me this playful defiance at nap time. So, Pam gets him to sleep. 1 - Patty's lunch. Four Sea Otters sleep soundly. 2 - Jessica's lunch. Pam leaves early and Jessica takes over. So, it's you break. Nolan wakes up sad. Kenn takes him and Austin to the Bike Room. I replace him around 2:30. This has been a wonderful day at work. I see when I leave that the rest of the day has possibilities. Walk down Westlake to my place. Change clothes. Up to Velo with my bike to fill up the tires. I ride around lower Capitol Hill. Wheeeee! Ride down to my place. Turn on The World. After that, I switch to 3 Voor 12 Radio live. Love it!
Teriyaki chicken for dinner. Watch movie - RoboCop. 1987! Really?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
donderdag 4 maart 2010
donderdag 4 maart 2010 Another crazy dream wakes me up at 4:00. Turn on BBC News. Rest in bed listening to the program Outlook. The Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont has just completed his epic thirteen thousand mile journey from Alaska near the top of North America to Argentina at the bottom of South America. Two fried eggs on rice for breakfast. Switch to Stephanie Miller. They mock a Senator from Bakersfield, CA - Roy Ashburn. Sen. Roy Ashburn Arrested For DUI... but it was going home from a Gay bar in Sacramento. What's this anti-gay senator doing in a GAY bar? It takes a while to get hot water for a shower. Visit Paris via Google Earth. The Louxor Hotel - where I once stayed - is now Hôtel L'Annexe. Hover above Centre Georges Pompidou.
Walk up to Whole Foods. Get some chick pea salad. This weather is more typical... cool and cloudy. 10 to 11 - Open space. Hang out with 7 Rainforest Kids on the big playground. Andy has a scenario for a Rainforest play - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. We're going back to the 80's again. Andy assigns roles - to each kid, a character... Aunty Entity, Master Blaster, Ironbar, Pig Killer, etc. Andy will be Jedediah The Pilot. Andy cracks me up! The "mock" Naeyc assessors are inside. I think that I hear Michelle say, "I need a drink." 11 to 11:30 - Lunch set-up for Dolphins. Break myself. 11:45 - Outside with the Sea Otters. We eventually head inside for lunch. 12 - Pam's lunch. Five Dolphins finish lunch. Kenn and I let them play a while. It's too soon for naps. 1 - Olivia's lunch. Six Seahorses sleep. Sara rolls into a toy cupboard and wakes up. I get her back on her map. She signs "Thank you" to me before she falls back to sleep. How sweet! 2 - Patty's lunch. Six Sea Otters sleep. Wyatt is having a hard time staying asleep. Walk down Westlake to my place. Turn on France 24. Report - Spanish Police Crack Massive 'Zombie Computer' Network.
Switch to MSNBC. Michael Steele Tries To Spin Fundraising Story. Wow! Wow! WOW! How low! From France to this stupid shit.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Left-over spaghetti for dinner. Thanks to Andy, I watch Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Good stuff.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
woensdag 3 maart 2010
woensdag 3 maart 2010 Another crazy dream wakes me up at 2:10. Oy! Turn on BBC News. The sound is so low that I can barely hear it. Yet I hear them talk about the Budget Crisis In Greece. Fall back into a light sleep. Fried egg and chicken fried rice for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Hal Sparks calls the show all the way from Taiwan. People are having a delightful time with Photoshop, imagining Hal and Steph together.
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) agreed to a deal Tuesday night to end a budget standoff, which caused federal furloughs and threatened the unemployment benefits of hundreds of thousands of people. The Kentucky senator had said he was concerned that the $10 billion measure’s cost was not offset. So, they talk a lot about the ass-hat behavior of this certain Republican Senator. When George Bush took a $236 billion surplus and turned into a $1.3 trillion deficit, Jim Bunning voted with him again and again. When Bush and the Republican Congress ran up the national debt to eight trillion dollars, Bunning went along. And I hear that Republican Step-By-Step thing again. Ugh! You Pugs are going to sour me to one of my favorite songs by New Kids On The Block. Don't you do that to me...
Watch some MSNBC News. Spaghetti with tomato mushroom sauce for dinner. Watch Rent after dinner.
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) agreed to a deal Tuesday night to end a budget standoff, which caused federal furloughs and threatened the unemployment benefits of hundreds of thousands of people. The Kentucky senator had said he was concerned that the $10 billion measure’s cost was not offset. So, they talk a lot about the ass-hat behavior of this certain Republican Senator. When George Bush took a $236 billion surplus and turned into a $1.3 trillion deficit, Jim Bunning voted with him again and again. When Bush and the Republican Congress ran up the national debt to eight trillion dollars, Bunning went along. And I hear that Republican Step-By-Step thing again. Ugh! You Pugs are going to sour me to one of my favorite songs by New Kids On The Block. Don't you do that to me...
Shower. Play with Google Maps of Santiago. It's fun to track the subway system which runs through the city.
I look down on Estación Central. Walk up Terry to work. Take some Thai tea on my walk. 10 to 11 - Open Space. Hang out with 6 Sea Otters. Mellow morning with them. 11 - Kris' lunch. Bring 6 Seahorses in from the playground to the classroom. Christen set up lunches. Olivia and I read lots of books with them individually and as a group. 12 - Olivia's lunch. I clean up the lunch mess while Kris does diapers. 1 - Kenn's lunch. He's still subbing for Theresa. Five Dolphins are sleeping. Wyatt - next door - hears a noise and wakes up crying... and that wakes up some of the Dolphins. 2 - Kitchen help. I just need to pick up some laundry and deliver the afternoon snack. Walk straight down Westlake to my place. Turn on Radio Netherlands Worldwide. I like their program - Curious Orange. I get to listen to up-and-coming bands in the Netherlands.
I look down on Estación Central. Walk up Terry to work. Take some Thai tea on my walk. 10 to 11 - Open Space. Hang out with 6 Sea Otters. Mellow morning with them. 11 - Kris' lunch. Bring 6 Seahorses in from the playground to the classroom. Christen set up lunches. Olivia and I read lots of books with them individually and as a group. 12 - Olivia's lunch. I clean up the lunch mess while Kris does diapers. 1 - Kenn's lunch. He's still subbing for Theresa. Five Dolphins are sleeping. Wyatt - next door - hears a noise and wakes up crying... and that wakes up some of the Dolphins. 2 - Kitchen help. I just need to pick up some laundry and deliver the afternoon snack. Walk straight down Westlake to my place. Turn on Radio Netherlands Worldwide. I like their program - Curious Orange. I get to listen to up-and-coming bands in the Netherlands.
Watch some MSNBC News. Spaghetti with tomato mushroom sauce for dinner. Watch Rent after dinner.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
dinsdag 2 maart 2010
dinsdag 2 maart 2010 Up at 2:10. Weird night's sleep with crazy dreams. I dream that I can't find my bus pass, and I'm fumbling through my wallet and everything falls out. Another - I dream that I drop my computer, and it breaks into 4 pieces. Turn on BBC News. Report about Palestinian bagpipe players.
Hearing those bagpipes really wakes me up. Some burrito for breakfast. Shower. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She talks about her appearance on Joan Behar. Comments about Sarah Palin encouraging Tea Party Politics. Steph thinks that they're going to crash and burn all by themselves.
Up to Kaladi to get some Chamomile tea. The shop is rather quiet. I wonder if Jeremiah gets bored... especially during the opening hour. Back to my place. Read news about the chaos in Chile. Report - Bachelet Urges Chile Earthquake Survivors To Stay Calm. Explore ValparaÃso, Chile - an ocean front town - with Google Earth. Short walk around d'town. Streetcar to work. 10 to 11:30 - Kitchen duty. 11:30 to 12 - Seahorse lunch prep. 12 to 12:30 - Mat set-up for Wildflowers. 12:30 to 1:30 - Extra for Rainforest Kids. I help some of the kids pack up their left-overs. Margot does potty time. The kids settle down for nap time. 2 - Organize the Tactile Room. It's used as a storage room for broken things. I throw most of those things out. Catch the 3 o'clock streetcar to d'town. #106 bus tunnel to Uwajimaya. I crave their teriyaki chicken. Also get some Thai tea, Sho Chiko Bai and a Mega. (I hope I win.) #41 bus tunnel up to my place. All the buses are packed. Turn on KOMO News. It's 56° while it's snowing in the South. Topsy-turvy. Watch MSNBC News. This report sounds a bit crazy - Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened The Days. But this report focuses on Seattle... Pacific Northwest At Risk For Mega Earthquake.
Thanks a lot. I'm feeling a bit on edge about earthquakes. Finish burrito for dinner. Watch Ocean's 11 (1960).
Hearing those bagpipes really wakes me up. Some burrito for breakfast. Shower. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She talks about her appearance on Joan Behar. Comments about Sarah Palin encouraging Tea Party Politics. Steph thinks that they're going to crash and burn all by themselves.
Up to Kaladi to get some Chamomile tea. The shop is rather quiet. I wonder if Jeremiah gets bored... especially during the opening hour. Back to my place. Read news about the chaos in Chile. Report - Bachelet Urges Chile Earthquake Survivors To Stay Calm. Explore ValparaÃso, Chile - an ocean front town - with Google Earth. Short walk around d'town. Streetcar to work. 10 to 11:30 - Kitchen duty. 11:30 to 12 - Seahorse lunch prep. 12 to 12:30 - Mat set-up for Wildflowers. 12:30 to 1:30 - Extra for Rainforest Kids. I help some of the kids pack up their left-overs. Margot does potty time. The kids settle down for nap time. 2 - Organize the Tactile Room. It's used as a storage room for broken things. I throw most of those things out. Catch the 3 o'clock streetcar to d'town. #106 bus tunnel to Uwajimaya. I crave their teriyaki chicken. Also get some Thai tea, Sho Chiko Bai and a Mega. (I hope I win.) #41 bus tunnel up to my place. All the buses are packed. Turn on KOMO News. It's 56° while it's snowing in the South. Topsy-turvy. Watch MSNBC News. This report sounds a bit crazy - Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened The Days. But this report focuses on Seattle... Pacific Northwest At Risk For Mega Earthquake.
Located just 50 miles off the coast, the 680-mile-long Cascadia fault has lain dormant for 300 years. When it awakens, the consequences could be devastating to Northwest cities such as Seattle (shown here), Portland and Vancouver.
Thanks a lot. I'm feeling a bit on edge about earthquakes. Finish burrito for dinner. Watch Ocean's 11 (1960).
The guy on the right has a God complex. He's so perfect.
Monday, March 1, 2010
maandag 1 maart 2010
maandag 1 maart 2010 I guess that yesterday's nap is enough. No sleep at all last night. Play various movies - Zoolander and Monte Python's Meaning Of Life. Then I turn on BBC News. Query - Why did fewer die in Chile's earthquake than in Haiti's?
The ring road of Santiago - the capital of Chile - is demolished. Limited services resume on Santiago metro and at international airport. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets. Kashi Sweet & Sour Chicken for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Shower. Up to Kaladi for some of Lauren's lovely coffee. Walk around First Hill, down to Freeway Park, back to my place. I bump into Karen in the hallway. She takes my rent. Walk up Westlake to work. 10 to 11 - Breaks for Pam, Kenn and Patty. 11 - Charmaine's lunch. Dolphins and Sea Otters romp in the Bike Room. We head back for lunch time. 12 - Pam's lunch. Five Dolphins finish their lunches. Tanja is extra. All the Dolphins are asleep by 12:45. 1 - Kenn's lunch. I fold a lot of laundry while the kids sleep. 2 - Patty's lunch. Six Sea Otters sleep. Alex stirs to some noise in the hall. He throws a tantrum. Whew! We work through it eventually. Maya and Ryan sleep through that riot. Walk down Westlake to d'town. Get my Monday Mondo Burrito at Taco Del Mar. Short walk toward the waterfront. #41 bus tunnel back to my place. Play KOMO Radio. Listen to The World while fixing dinner. The show is mostly about the earthquake in Chile. The Denver Post has a good photo blog - 8.8 Earthquake In Chile. I also check Chile's La Nación for the latest news. Watch MSNBC News. Watch Futurama. I can't get through Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV. Conk out.
"BENDER: TV's rowdiest robot opens up about drinking, smoking and his feud with Jay."
The ring road of Santiago - the capital of Chile - is demolished. Limited services resume on Santiago metro and at international airport. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets. Kashi Sweet & Sour Chicken for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Shower. Up to Kaladi for some of Lauren's lovely coffee. Walk around First Hill, down to Freeway Park, back to my place. I bump into Karen in the hallway. She takes my rent. Walk up Westlake to work. 10 to 11 - Breaks for Pam, Kenn and Patty. 11 - Charmaine's lunch. Dolphins and Sea Otters romp in the Bike Room. We head back for lunch time. 12 - Pam's lunch. Five Dolphins finish their lunches. Tanja is extra. All the Dolphins are asleep by 12:45. 1 - Kenn's lunch. I fold a lot of laundry while the kids sleep. 2 - Patty's lunch. Six Sea Otters sleep. Alex stirs to some noise in the hall. He throws a tantrum. Whew! We work through it eventually. Maya and Ryan sleep through that riot. Walk down Westlake to d'town. Get my Monday Mondo Burrito at Taco Del Mar. Short walk toward the waterfront. #41 bus tunnel back to my place. Play KOMO Radio. Listen to The World while fixing dinner. The show is mostly about the earthquake in Chile. The Denver Post has a good photo blog - 8.8 Earthquake In Chile. I also check Chile's La Nación for the latest news. Watch MSNBC News. Watch Futurama. I can't get through Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV. Conk out.
"BENDER: TV's rowdiest robot opens up about drinking, smoking and his feud with Jay."
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