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By Mark Posted on November 30, 2014November 30, 2014

Hats for Bats

It’s good to have a long weekend to spend in the heat. While we are in California, Seattle is being hit with a cold snap and snow. We really aren’t … Continue reading Hats for Bats

Categories: Life, TravelTags: Dates, desert animals, Mexican food, Palm Springs, Salton Sea, tommy bahama, Zoo
By Mark Posted on November 29, 2014June 7, 2018

Desert Gallery

Categories: Photography, TravelTags: Giraffe, Living Desert, Palm Springs, Thanksgiving, Zoo
By Mark Posted on September 21, 2014September 21, 2014

Don’t Ask Me Why

My senior year of high school, they offered Russian as a foreign language. I had taken German from Jr. High, (side note: I’m old as shit, and went to Jr. … Continue reading Don’t Ask Me Why

Categories: LifeTags: Billy joel, Camp, foreign language, Jr. High, language drills, Olga Michailovna, Olga Penrose, Russial Language
By Mark Posted on August 28, 2014June 7, 2018

Gallery: “John Buoy”

  A gallery of our newly purchased boat, a 1983 Sea Ray 340 Sport Bridge.

Categories: Boating, Life, PhotographyTags: Boat, Boating, Sea Ray
By Mark Posted on August 19, 2014June 7, 2018

Gallery: A Fantastic Set

Categories: PhotographyTags: Crew, Film, Movie, Seattle Film, Set
By Mark Posted on August 4, 2014June 7, 2018

Spitfire Project Gallery

Categories: Cars, Hobbies, PhotographyTags: Automotive, british, car, Car Show, Restoration, Spitfire, triumph
By Mark Posted on August 3, 2014June 7, 2018

Seafair 2014 Gallery

Categories: Hobbies, Leisure, PhotographyTags: Ballard, Blue Angels, Boating, Boats, Flag, Marina, Seafair, Singing, Space Needle, Sunset, Swimming, Tanning
By Mark Posted on August 3, 2014August 3, 2014

Bring Out Another Thousand

There is never, ever, a logical reason to have a boat. Boats are expensive, and if they aren’t they are broken, and need expensive repairs. You need special training to … Continue reading Bring Out Another Thousand

Categories: Hobbies, LifeTags: Ballard, Ballard Locks, Boating, Boats, Chittenden Locks, Lake Union, Lake Washington, Montlake, Seafair, Seattle, Seattle area
By Mark Posted on July 30, 2014July 1, 2021

Hail, Britannia!

I was up early. I had packed a picnic basket the night before. It was actually, a basket, we had purchased it several years earlier, and was woven wicker with … Continue reading Hail, Britannia!

Categories: CarsTags: Bentley, British car, British Cars, Car Show, Cunt, Daschund, Delorean, Land Rover, Margaret Thatcher, Spitfire, triumph, Triumph Spitfire
By Mark Posted on July 19, 2014July 20, 2014

The Night Wieners

Be sure to check out the new blog from Librarian and Lifting genius Josh Hanagarne: Night Wieners. It is a blog about writing. Check it out. A clip: Here’s the … Continue reading The Night Wieners

Categories: Hobbies, Writing
By Mark Posted on July 18, 2014July 19, 2014

Happy Birthday HST

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, … Continue reading Happy Birthday HST

Categories: Books, WritingTags: Birthday, HST, Hunter S. Thompson
By Mark Posted on July 16, 2014June 7, 2018

East Coast Photo Gallery

Categories: 2014 East Coast Vacation, Photography, TravelTags: Amish, New Yory, Philadelphia, Rocky, Statue of Liberty, Washington D.C.

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