Tom Joad is Alive and Well and Playing Music in Pike Place Market

The highway is alive tonight But nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes I’m sittin’ downhere in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad. –Bruce Springsteen, The Ghost of Tom Joad In the photo: Banjo player Charlie Beck from The Tallboys. Or, Tom Joad. You decide. [tags]buskers, Pike Place Market[/tags]

Fish Wednesday: “You’re Doing WHAT Now?” Edition

I never think twice about the fact that I fuss a bit over my food, push things out of the way in the background, hover over my plate with the lens coated in steam… none of this behavior is cause for second thought. So the fact that the house guest seemed to think this was …


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Can You Hear Me Now?

“When our intelligence professionals have the legal tools to gather information about the intentions of our enemies, America is safer,” Bush said. “And when these same legal tools also protect the civil liberties of Americans, then we can have the confidence to know that we can preserve our freedoms while making America safer.” — Guardian …


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Buh-Bye Blue Angels

Dear Capitol Hill, It’s true, we miss you. We admit it. We miss falling out of bed into the QFC on 15th when we find there’s no milk for our coffee in the morning. We miss dropping by your house to see what you’re making for dinner, not because we want to join you, but …


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Fish Wednesday: Damned Food Photography Workshop Edition

While at the blogging conference last weekend, I attended a food photography workshop. So this week, when I set out to cook Fish Wednesday, I felt a little pressure. A little workshop hangover. A little “you were supposed to have learned something and now that you have, you’d better be able to show it, dammit.” …


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