Category: Seattle

Stickers

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Around my neighborhood their are two common forms of street art; live venue concert posters which can coat lampposts like tree bark, and sticker tags which can be small and numerous enough that its easy to pay them no mind. If you do stop to look at the tags they are all very interesting, and some are beyond weird; I hope they all mean something to someone.

  • Signs being taken over
  • Go Sounders!
  • This is my home
  • Cat tax
  • Watch out for the quite ninja
  • People seem to not like this Bezos guy.
  • A rare holographic tag
  • Mail
  • Heh…
  • Cute
  • The universe is balanced on the back of a giant koala. Why is he smiling? What does he know?
  • A sad waifu?
  • Some stickers are not mean to be seen by mortal eyes

To borrow Portland’s catch phrase; stay weird.

This is How Democracy Thrives

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For most of the country today is voting day. (Take this as a reminder and go vote) There has been a lot more scrutiny around how voting systems can be manipulated to deter people from voting.

Though there isn’t a closely watched election this year in Washington I did want to call out how much I like the voting system here. Everyone is mailed a ballot weeks in advance along with booklets which explain all the propositions and have statements from each of the candidates. One can fill in the ballot at one’s leisure, using the the provided materials or the internet to do research while going down the ballot.

Materials assembled; ready to vote

The ballots can be mailed back without postage anytime on or before Nov 5th or can be dropped off at one of many ballot boxes around. Since I had just finished adding a new lights to my bike last night I took a test ride to the ballot drop box.

Testing my new lights while dropping off

For a healthy democracy I think two things are critically important: access to voting, so everyone can participate; and access to information, so everyone can vote with full knowledge of their choices. I really like the vote by mail system as it means that I don’t have to worry about finding my polling station, and I can research my choices thoroughly while filling out the ballot without pressure of holding up a line.

Snowing in Seattle

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It doesn’t snow often in Seattle. Which is good because it is a very hilly city without the infrastructure to remove snow. On the rare occasion when it does snow this circumstances leave residents with only one option for getting around the city.

Skiing down Fremont hill