PacificNorthwestLife

today's headline says it all about "them." "4 US soldiers killed during exit of Iraq." Like so many other "nations," they are un-grateful for what we have done for them. I'll leave off my venom about that.
Thank God for the US Military. God bless 'em.

these battery cars--what a joke. I was thinking the other day: if the good Libs (and others) who drive the "look at me" hybrid cars---really care about the environment and all--- then why don't they stay off the freeways? Since, supposedly, they get better mileage on city streets? I say, if that's the case, GET THEM OFF THE FREEWAY, and leave more room for us gas-chugging rednecks!!!

And then come to find out---that their supposed in-city mileage figures aren't even realistic---since they're going on ideal conditions---such as a fully-charged battery. Remember, the charge has to come from somewhere---coal-burning power plants, maybe? Gasoline engine? hmmm.

why don't these good Libs just ride the bus or their bicycle? Why do they have to have such a convenient life- while sacrificing the environment? Apparently, they want their cake and eat it too. Whenever I ride the bus in this town, they're almost empty. And they're running nonetheless, just a-chuggin' exhaust into the air. Imagine the conservation and cleaner air if: that bus was full of good environment-loving Libs. Imagine that, what a concept.

well maybe this is why they're passing the Green Bill. Because the well-intenetioned Libs can't figure out how to get some self-control and do it themselves---they have to have government-imposed environmentalism. Oh, and I get to pay for it. that's just great.

well, today they pass the Green Bill. They'll proclaim that they've SAVED THE EARTH. The state-run media won't say the truth: this bill will raise the cost of every kind of energy that we buy. Oh, and it will hurt our domestic energy industry.

Funny how--it's always OK for the earth-loving Libs to allow OTHER COUNTRIES to destroy their beaches and forests and stuff, but not for our wonderful nation or Canada. It's as if the Earth, in their mind, is confined to our borders.....and these are the America-haters in other areas. Go figure. To me, it's just another big power grab by this Neo-Marxist regime. The Libs have been waiting a long time, and now's their chance!

The fact is, the earth is now in a cooling cycle,(according to a professor at WWU) and besides, this bill's effect on the temperature of the earth will not even be measurable. Of course the Green Believers will trot our their diagrams and scare tactics to get us to conform and "believe."

And they say the Christians have "blind faith." Gimme a break.

Thanks, Democrat voters. I can't thank you enough. I just love spending more and more of my money on Government Regulation!

Give me LIBERTY from taxes and regulation! ...and they wonder what the conservatives are so upset about. don't get me started.

I recently joined the family to the YMCA. We have access to all the Y's in the area. The best one is in Shoreline, where it was built by some huge endowment from a local wealthy man. It's a state-of-the-art facility, with a nice parking garage and beautiful surroundings (pictures coming soon). While sticking to their low-budget values, they built a really nice place.

All I usually do there is ride the stationary bike. Sometimes I'll also do a back or abdominal exercise--so as to lift the kids without killing myself. They have lots of fitness activities there. It's not as cool as my previous gym, LA Fitness, but it'll do for now-with the family.

I like going there before work--it's a healthy distraction.

The Y has become politically correct in a lot of ways; but then, what's new in this town?

I hear there's a new Red Dawn movie in the making; perhaps the attack will come from the INSIDE this time---art mimics reality.

I'm typing this in bright red in honor of the Communist nature of our current regime, both state and federal. I just read some excerpts from the Letters to the Editor from Reno, NV. Nevada has pretty much been fairly conservative, while at the same time being--Wild West. There has been an influx of Californians, who, after ruining their own state electing these Leftist idiots (including Governor Shriver), then after their state becomes dis-tasteful to them to live in, they come to Nevada and---turn over a new leaf???? No. They proceed with their Liberal nonsense and try to ruin Nevada also. They actually have a smoking ban in Nevada--where it's legal to hire a hooker and gamble and drink 24/7. go figure. I guess the Libs love their partying too much to outlaw those practices as well. Or maybe they just like living.

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out if these letters represent the real Nevada still, or the local rag decided to show those nutty right-wingers on those days. I'm not sure if the so-called journalists there are Leftists or just regular Nevadans.

there seems to be a fair amount of outrage. Savage asks the question: "you think it can't happen here?" he's talking, of course, about a Communist takeover. I'm looking at the other side of it, however: Torches and Pitchforks can also happen--in fact has happened-- here.

the July 3 march on WashingtonDC--is becoming more and more appealing. and I'm here to tell you---these people are not happy big time. there could be some serious trouble--especially if the Libs show up for a "counter-protest." Well, the DC cops can handle it; I've seen them in action--and this was PRE-9/11. Now, they are basically their own branch of the military, I would say (just because of the threats and such).

I thought of a t-shirt idea for those conservative sites: Karl, Jr.
Get it?

So today we set off to transfer the title of our mini-van; as I wrote before, it's taken me a year to get this done--because of the big sales tax to be paid.

Anyway, so we got everybody in the CAR--afterall, the "trip permit" didn't allow us to actually drive the VAN to the county for the actual title transfer. Maybe they expect you to take the bus--I don't know.

For those who live out of state, we here have the county offices and then a bunch of sub-contract stations for registering your car.

so we get down there, and lo and behold, the office is closed---they were on their "furlough," don't you know. That is, they had the day off due to budget cuts. Really annoying. And they keep electing....well nevermind.

So we go down to the "contract station, " where you get to pay an extra fee for their services, and find it has one teller, and at least a half hour's wait. So we decided to do it on Monday. Who knows, maybe the county workers will actually come to work that day!

The worst part is that: the guy I got the "trip permit" from- knew this was going to happen, and didn't say anything to me. And he seemed like such a nice, helpful young man....

you gotta love the DMV!

I didn't want to get too political on here, but I wanted to share a link to a bold man in Congress, as shown on YouTube. It would be nice if this guy was MY representative.

Suffice to say, now I REALLY KNOW how the Bush-haters felt. This video is very disturbing to me- as a man of Christian faith.

Good News! I was contacted by a woman from Classmates.com! She is this very nice, gorgeous Japanese girl who I remember from my 7th grade science class. She got out of Carson City--that's the important thing!

Anyway, we had this teacher in that class-who was like a Mad Scientist. He was like ex-military, bald head and beard, always wore a white coat (even though there were very little, if any, actual scientific activities that I remember)-very intimidating. Classic teacher stereotype.

I'm hoping that some old friends from Carson will write. If they ever return to the website, that is.

Some of my friends didn't fare so well. But that's another story. In fact, I didn't like looking at the "passed on" list there either. No fun there.

so I had to register my mini-van, which I bought in California about a year ago. So they have two choices for "travel permits."
you can pay $25 for a three-day all access pass, or for free they will give you a two-day pass. Sounds great, right? Well, the free pass only enables you to go to either Smog testing, or the scale for Weight. Well, what about driving to the county to get registered? Hello. Love the State!

On a positive note, when I went there (the county) the other day, NO WAITING and fast, friendly service. In fact, at Smog Test they were happy to see me--since they were all standing around. anyway, this is one of the "perks" of working night shift.

So the first guy at Smog--also told me: that if I get my registration renewed before the expiration date next year, I won't have to re-Smog test. Cuz that's the year my van's year will be due.

my neighbours are pretty upset it would appear--that our landlord is taking away free garbage pickup. I understand and all, but stacking your garbage and recyclables to the sky is kind of mean, don't you think? Afterall, it's not Waste Management's fault that our Landlord is a Scrooge.

anyway, I'm trying to "let them know" what needs to be done--as I roll out my trash bins- recently aquired. Afterall, it's July you know, and we don't want stuff sittin' around, if you know what I mean? starts in 3 weeks, and we've just had a hot, dry spell for 29 days officially. It's shaping up to be a hot summer here. Al Gore will be flying in soon to give a lecture, no doubt.

It's funny; I live in a place that is so into recycling and all, and yet this kind of stuff happens. Amazing. You would think the Gov't would step in and "force" recycling--like they do in Canada. Wouldn't that be great? Well, NO actually.

I'm into recycling myself, ever since they taught me to be a Greenie back in school over 20 years ago. Heck, I even bought some of that expensive "Bio-detergent" the other day. I've always liked the way the enzyme formulas of stuff like Amway's SA8-another enzyme formula-work (not trying to sell here, just making a comment).

I found another fantastic restaurant the other day. And we're talking about a sandwich place. This place is spotless, I think the owner is a Christian, and I'm here to tell you: this is the best Philly Cheese Steak I ever had.

I'm wondering--will the meat have gristle and fat, and who knows what else on it? Then I thought: well, maybe he uses something like Steak-Um.

These Cheesesteaks are prepared from cold. I had the beef and onion, and it had a lot of oniions--more than I need, but healthy nonetheless.
And the bread was premium. Soft, fresh. They have two sizes, regular and Belly Buster, so of course I had to have the Belly Buster.

Oh, and they also have garlic fries with or without cheese, etc. I'm going there today in fact!

It's called Philly Ya Belly. And it's tucked back off Aurora, about a block south of Airport Rd. on the west side (Everett).

sorry google bigwigs, but Bing is pretty cool. They have lots of high-tech stuff on there. I didn't realize just how powerful these Search-type places were.

They have everything you could ever need at Bing.

I watched some "Barney Miller" TV show on there. What a riot!

Now I understand why google plays such hardball.

help, it's an allergy attack! and I'm not kidding; the "cotton" trees here are actually dropping "pods" on my lawn. I can't remember if this always happens, but I don't think so. Must be Global Warming, don't you know? In fact, we're all gonna die! oh, that's right, we were all going to die anyway.

reminds me of the movie, "The Happening," which featured nature's revenge on us for polluting the earth. Gee, I wonder who sponsored that movie?

Anyway, after seeing Congressman Randy Forbes' video about Spiritual Heritage, the politico in me has been given its first shock to the chest. CLEAR!!!!!

I just received the book, "Red Hot Lies," which tells the story of how the Greenies use any means to force their agenda of bigger government.

Queensryche, a local band here, had a song called "Revolution Calling," and this was back in the 80's. I suspect they are on the "other side of the fence" politically, but the sentiment is appealing.
It would be nice to get these politically minded rock stars on our side of the issues, like Dave Mustaine, or Bono. At heart, I suspect they are conservative for the most part. But they play the PC game for whatever reason.

Let me tell you about a subject that I think you may already recognize---unless of course you're ONE OF THEM. I'm talking about GROCERY STORE ZOMBIES. I think you know who they are: they're the people who stand in the middle of the aisle and just sort of, well you know, read stuff on labels---or perhaps they're studying the marketing scheme of the aisle. I don't know. But of course there they are, oblivious to anyone who might actually be "going down the aisle and maybe even in a hurry." There's all kinds of grocery store zombies out there. Yesterday it was a mother with two kids---acting like they own the place.

I understand that you can say "excuse me" and all, but I don't want to because then they SNAP TO and realize the in-civility they have wrought, by blocking the aisle for those who are in the here and now. Then they over-react, grabbing kids and jumping out of the way--and apologizing of course. Who wants that? Then YOU get to look like the in-hurry jerk!

Maybe this is why so many people hide behind their phones and other gadgets at the store---this way they don't have to think about those hideous GROCERY STORE ZOMBIES.

just as soon as I get on a roll with my internet activity, that baby wakes up. Where did all my time go? toddlers--they'll keep you young!

found a great burger joint in Lynnwood. I was sitting at the light in the middle lane, close to the intersection. I saw this little sign that said: "Redline Burger." I immediately thought of Redline bicycles of my youth. When the light changed, I pulled across both lanes to make the turn. Fortunately, there was not a bus coming down the lane!

anyway, since I always eat out before work, I thought I should try this small business. what a great call!

It's a couple of young guys running the place. And the food is great because it's not your typical "assembly line" type of burgers and fries. they have their own gourmet flavor.

I'm always looking for something that's different from the ordinary.

Redline Burger, on the corner of 208th SW and Aurora.

...so here I was bored the other night at work, looking at some things online. I wanted to click some links from my "free" websites--so as to support them. so I clicked on "Classmates.com."
Well, I got sucked in to the idea, and got myself a membership--so as to be able to have all the bells and whistles. What I found out was--what I already knew: this site is not only for "get a life" people, but is basically a dating site.

I found a few folks who came to mind, but quickly realized that if people had clicked in at all, then they had simply taken a quick look and went on with their life. Some folks put pictures and stuff, but there just wasn't much. I tried writing some posts to some of these folks, and all I got was deafening silence in response (just like back in school). I guess if they didn't know you, then you still don't exist.

Then I had this idea: I'll post a rant about this bully (that someone was "looking for") I had an encounter with back then, and what I should have done, etc. Ended up deleting it. In fact I was so let down by the whole thing, that I almost quit the membership.

Anyway, I don't want to dog on the site too much. That was just my experience.