I SAW YOU
JAYWALKING TURKEY ON MONROE: To the turkey I was inches from hitting while driving up the hill on Monroe a few days ago, my sincerest apologies for any lingering emotional distress. I saw you—just in time. I hope and pray you make it through Thanksgiving without ending up on someone's dinner table.
HOME DEPOT: I saw you the weekend before Halloween. You said your name was Heidi you complimented me in my Van you were driving a blue car. Gorgeous :)
WHICH GROUP, WHICH HAT: Join a group, wear a hat, You tell others' where you're at. Do you hope to change my mind? Your feverous viewpoint on the line. What do you wish will come to pass? For disease and justice to kick my ass? For those who choose another hat, Another group, what's wrong with that?
HUNGRY? Cap Norty, we saw you pretending to enjoy that new side dish, not because you're gracious, but your image would be tarnished if you balked. We wouldn't have taken you for a crispy, hard-shelled taco, but then you've never been too discerning at the beautiful buffet of distressed damsels. We hope it was yummy.
YOU SAW ME
SUBSTANCE IN OASIS: Our eyes did meet as you waited for your daughter. Sometimes a smile is all it takes. Thankfully you reached out with the Inlander. I challenge you to ask me out for coffee on November 23rd. I will be wearing my glasses!!!CHEERS
HUNKY HEROES: I wanted to hug you both! The two kind men in the City of Spokane Wastewater Treatment Facility Truck. You stopped and helped when everyone else was driving by. What appeared to be a homeless man's cart had overturned in the crosswalk at Maxwell and Monroe. You helped him get it back on its wheels and out of traffic. I wanted to catch up and give you the biggest thanks. Happy to see humans acting like humans.
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: A condition where the immune system is confused and it attacks healthy cells. A healthy immune system guards against germs like bacteria and viruses and can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells. When you take pills to control your blood pressure, blood sugar, stress, depression and a thousand other things, the immune system is confused. It doesn't have a job to do because it is being taken over by the pills. To control things like blood pressure and blood sugar depends the lifestyle, not the pills. The wear and tear on the body is controlled mainly by the lifestyle (diet & exercise). The old axiom of "use it or lose it" applies here. If you are healthy, the only pills you need to take are vitamins.
CHEERS TO YOU: The psychiatric teams serving the Spokane area hospitals. You do such a good job and you are very much appreciated. May you have a very bright Christmas.
SPD AT ITS FINEST: I had an unsolicited encounter with Spokane Police and ambulance Thursday evening, November 7th. I have seldom, if ever, met a kinder, more compassionate and professional group of people in my 69 years. I was absolutely amazed at how they all worked together to take care of a medical situation, and they even gave me a ride home! So for all you critics of police and medical people, I certainly have nothing but the highest praise for all of them; they all deserve substantial pay raises.
RE: RE: FULL POCKETS ... I throw my gloves at your feet. You brag that your pockets are empty of compliments when you return home. I say you have run out, while my pockets remain full. I challenge you! More compliments, more compliments!
JEERS
STALLED RED CAR ON WHISTALKS WAY: Hi! I was stuck behind your red car this afternoon while you were broken down near SFCC. Remember? I was trying to go around. You started yelling at me that I was stupid and stating the obvious that you were stuck... and I told you I didn't care. Next time shut your mouth and stop taking out your problems on other people, grow up. I hope someone ran you over.MAYOR BROWN: So, you begged for a public safety sales tax, and the day after voters approved it, you announce that you're forming an Office of Arts and Culture. Does this seem like a responsible choice for a city with a budget crisis? This is the problem with elected officials, they use government funds to support their pet projects while homeless people wander the streets, and people drive 55 in a 30. Spokane, you have been duped by Mayor Brown. Don't believe me, go read her budget proposal which increases spending despite her claims to the contrary.
RE: FIRST DATE NIGHTMARE: The question "Who would you rather eat in a sandwich: Moo Deng or Pesto the Penguin?" is a phenomenal ice breaker. I would be on the edge of my seat waiting to see how someone might answer that. Interesting questions like that can tell you a lot about whats going on inside a persons head. Are they vegetarian? Which animals are okay to eat, which ones are off-limits? Do they prefer seafood(?) or poultry? Could they ever come to terms with the monster they would then become? That, or they might answer that question with an "I don't know," or, "that's a terrible icebreaker." Which also achieves the goal of telling you what's going on inside that person's head, albeit less interesting.
EYE SORE DOWNTOWN: Anyone that has built a new house or changed their house in a major sort of way knows that Spokane County and the City require that you have a complete landscape plan in place and done before you get either your permit or upon completion an occupancy certificate. I guess for the right people that part of "Equal justice under the law" doesn't pertain to everyone. So the EYESORE West of the Monroe street bridge north of the river next to the Inlander building is a BIG UGLY lot with debris and weeds, not adding anything to the downtown area that would beatify at all. If it takes years to build something there WHY is Kendall Yards getting a pass on that? Clean up and grass would be better than it is now! Why not a park at the Kendall Yards expense? You know just like you pull on the public!
VEDDY SCARY NOTICE: the Halloween season has been extended. It won't be just for another week or month, it'll last at least the next 4.2 years. DJ and JD & their lemmings & newly appointed sycophants & rabid fundamentalist toadies will provide us all with a thrilling but dangerous rollercoaster ride of new proposals. When Hairless Leader speaks admiringly of Adolf or enviously of Orban, when he kisses up to Kim Jong or praises Putin, history will be shaking as we contemplate the tasks he wishes to put our military onto. Of course he'll ONLY (ab-)use his power in service of the people of this country... he'd never use it in service of his fragile, insecure ego.
BOWDISH ROAD IS WRONG: To whom it may concern, Spokane County needs to do things right the first time! I see they are widening Bowdish Road. Why not make it a 4 lane with turning lane now, like they did University Road 12 years ago, rather than have to redo it in 5 years? I mean why spend more time and money?
RE: INFLATION MISINFORMATION: Jeers to the recent jeer about Inflation Misinformation. Inflation was indeed caused by the Biden administration by their response to Covid when they decided to suddenly inject almost 2 TRILLION dollars into our economy to include $1400 checks for each person in a family, with some income caps, along with expansions to child tax credits and other things. That caused people to spend this money, which increased demand on products, which caused product shortages (remember those?) which in turn caused prices to increase, which in turn caused wages to increase, which again in turn caused prices to increase again, and on and on, and that cycle still has not stopped. Instead, this person blames it all on corporate price gouging (of which there IS some), but it is NOT the root cause of the inflation we all face.
DOWNTOWN DENY-ERS: Paint it how you will, downtown Spokane has drastically deteriorated. The well-written, though not well-researched article by A. Gill, glossed over some truth. Chad White "hung in there" at Zona Blanca MUCH longer than most, and only after two burglaries did he close in order to protect his employees, his family, his business. LONG before that, many biz's closed in the core. A partial list: Bridgepress Cellars, Crave, Starbucks on 2nd, Lolo Boutique, churches, and many other fine establishments. Do you wander past the Ridpath Apts. on the way to the Satellite? Do you walk to the Ridler Piano Bar from any "distance"? We previously wandered ALL over Downtown and thru Riverfront Park at all hours on our way to and from several establishments, with zero concern for our safety. From Zola to the D'Port and all places in between. We'd park, or bus and walk to the Bing, the Fox, the Knit. NOT NOW! Scare-eeeee!! One can rarely cut thru the space between Atticus/Steelhead on the way to Aunties, or Sushi.com during daylight hours. Have YOU, Mr. G., wandered from Chicken 'n' Mo 'round the corner or down the street to any other joint, at night. Not advisable. Downtown is not as safe as you need to convince yourself it is. Ask the thousands who previously wandered its glorious spaces. They are elsewhere. We wish you a lovely comeback. We remember it quite recently as a sweet spot. ♦
