Month: December 2006

I’m not

The Circular World of Illegal Labor:

Just caught this at Rolling Stone:

It’s hard to imagine a clearer sign that current American immigration policy is a total crock:

The Golden State Fence company, a firm that builds border fencing to keep illegal immigrants out of the San Diego area, has just been fined $5 million for… wait for it… employing illegal immigrants to build its border fencing.

Um. Please raise your hand if you are really surprised.


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Captain Renault might have been, but me, not so much.

heresy

I could learn to like this. Images D40
I may have to rent one of these DSLRs for a weekend and see how I like it. My experience with digital cameras has been with point and shoots, of various sizes, and it’s always dissatisfying. There’s just not enough there, not enough focal length, control, whathaveyou. I see too many good images to think that digital is by definition bad, and as much as I love working with film, the immediacy appeals. This D40 is priced pretty well @ $349 w/ lens (says a guy who finances his activities through embezzlement from the household budget).
Hmmmmm.

power outage, II

The second windstorm hit us last night at about 1 AM and roared around the house til 4 or so, making sleep difficult. The power went out right around 1 and came on again at 11 or so.

Pictorial evidence here.

We abandoned the upper levels here at Thistle Dew and slept in the basement living area. It was quieter but still noisy and the shadows against the blinds were in constant motion.

<yawn> This is like a hangover without the drinking. I’m not down with unearned punishment.

Since Seattle City Light is publicly-owned, I wonder if burying these residential powerlines could be done as part of a bond issue or levy?

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powerless

Eight-hour power outage today. I wasn’t home until after it ended. Huge windstorm last night and today.


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Possibly another tomorrow as an even stronger storm is expected then.

Here’s a look at what we had today.

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I think they need to get out more

Urbanspoon:

urbanspoon.com lists 53 restaurants in my ‘new’ neighborhood, more than any other online restaurant review resource. The site bears watching.

My ‘hood doesn’t even exist on their map, even though they list places that are named for it. And some of the listings are for places that have been closed, bulldozed, and rebuilt since I have lived here.