It’s a sad, sad day, but if anything can make you smile through the tears, it’s the sight of Roger Ebert arguing with Gene Siskel over the merits of Sleepless in Seattle. “What you have to do,” notes Ebert acerbically, “is describe what it is, rather than what it isn’t, or the movie you would have made.” Continue reading Roger Ebert & Gene Siskel Review “Sleepless in Seattle”
“Infants younger than 6 months account for 90 percent of all pertussis-related deaths and the majority of hospitalizations,” reads the Seattle & King County Public Health brief on whooping cough (pertussis). That statistic came into stark relief last Thursday, when a newborn baby died from a cases of pertussis. Continue reading In King County, a Baby Has Died of Whooping Cough
The ten-minute play, the haiku of theatre, is a proving ground for playwrights. Every minute, every word and action, has to count in order to convey distinct lines, character, relationship and the changes that events bring to them. Alternatively a playwright might slap a disjointed wad of wackiness on the stage and at least keep the audience from boredom. Continue reading Sex Life is the Highlight of Balagan’s “Death, Sex: Election Season”
But not everything can happen on the internet, so very quickly, a memorial to Jobs began to grow at the closed-for-renovation Apple Store in the University Village. I remember a friend writing on Facebook that he’d thought about leaving a card, but instead walked into the grocery store, bought an apple, and left that. Continue reading At Seattle’s Apple Store, An Apple-Laden Memorial Springs Up
“There is a bit on the east side where the trail seems to go down a lot of steps and then back up. It is not apparent until you are near the steps that they are actually steps rather than a ramp. I think this is dangerous currently. I would strongly recommend some warning signs here. If cyclists are meant to instead travel on the nearby road against the traffic flow, the trail needs signage and road markings to indicate this.” Continue reading Even an Advance Warning Didn’t Save Cyclist’s Life
