Oct 11
Mike commented on At The Movies: This is What HUMP! Looks Like....
Mike commented on At The Movies: This is What HUMP! Looks Like....
Yes, Beyond Gay was Lynn Shelton's.
Aug 2
Mike commented on From the Transcripts: The Mayoral Endorsement Meetings, Part 2.
Mike commented on From the Transcripts: The Mayoral Endorsement Meetings, Part 2.
"I think that people are frustrated and angry right now, they look at their retirement and they see that they’re gonna have to work until they’re 95 in order to retire, and the incumbent mayor's a pretty good target for that—that’s not just in Seattle, but in other cities as well."
Totally! Because when most people look for somebody to blame for a global recession, decades of deregulation and questionable fiscal policy, they immediately think of their town mayor.
Totally! Because when most people look for somebody to blame for a global recession, decades of deregulation and questionable fiscal policy, they immediately think of their town mayor.
Jul 10
Mike commented on For Your Stomach's (and Your Wallet's) Consideration: A Giant Burger.
Mike commented on For Your Stomach's (and Your Wallet's) Consideration: A Giant Burger.
The dimensions on that "regular burger" aren't exactly ideal for the purposes of comparison.
Jun 22
Mike commented on Nuns in Trouble.
Mike commented on Nuns in Trouble.
Jen Graves is posting news from the future. Quick, what will the stock market do in two days? Slog readers will make a killing!
Jun 9
Mike commented on Explain to Me How This Is a Bike Path.
Mike commented on Explain to Me How This Is a Bike Path.
Birsch @69: "Does anyone have advice about UW to interbay?"
Good question. I don't think there's a good way by bike. 15th and Interbay are both awful in my experience. But here's what I'd recommend:
Burke-Gilman to Stone Way, then hop off the trail and get in the bike lane westbound along 34th. Take a left at Fremont Ave and cross the Fremont Bridge, then get on Nickerson. Nickerson sucks when you pass SPU and start climbing the hill, but I don't know a better way. Take the underpass that gets you from Nickerson to 15th. 15th at this point is no fun - watch out for people pulling out and people trying to take the Dravus off ramp. Take the Dravus off ramp yourself, and watch out for cars turning right - the lanes there are narrow and a lot of people think they can squeeze past you when they really can't. Turn right and you're at interbay.
An alternative to Nickerson, if you're in good shape and/or want to get in better shape or if hills are no big deal to you or less of a deal than Nickerson and 15th: go over Queen Anne. You can even make it a long gradual climb instead of a short, steep one by going straight on Florentia instead of turning right onto Nickerson after crossing the Fremont Bridge. Florentia ends at 3rd Ave W, so turn left and take 3rd up to McGraw. Turn right on McGraw and then another immediate right onto W McGraw Pl. This puts you on a pleasant scenic drive that is mostly flat and a nice break after your big climb. It turns into 5th Ave W heading north, then turns west into W Raye St, and then turns north again on 8th Ave W, and west again on W Fulton St. It sounds complicated, but just follow the scenic drive - it'll be level the whole time. Right after it becomes W Fulton St, you'll hit 9th Ave W. Turn right and head downhill to W. Barrett St, where you'll take a left. Head down to 11th Ave W, where you take a right, and then downhill to W Dravus St, where you take a left. Dravus is the street that forms Interbay, so just coast downhill and through the lights and there you are. I estimate that this approach would take 10 more minutes than the Nickerson->15th approach, but it's a lot safer and much more beautiful.
Good luck!
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Good question. I don't think there's a good way by bike. 15th and Interbay are both awful in my experience. But here's what I'd recommend:
Burke-Gilman to Stone Way, then hop off the trail and get in the bike lane westbound along 34th. Take a left at Fremont Ave and cross the Fremont Bridge, then get on Nickerson. Nickerson sucks when you pass SPU and start climbing the hill, but I don't know a better way. Take the underpass that gets you from Nickerson to 15th. 15th at this point is no fun - watch out for people pulling out and people trying to take the Dravus off ramp. Take the Dravus off ramp yourself, and watch out for cars turning right - the lanes there are narrow and a lot of people think they can squeeze past you when they really can't. Turn right and you're at interbay.
An alternative to Nickerson, if you're in good shape and/or want to get in better shape or if hills are no big deal to you or less of a deal than Nickerson and 15th: go over Queen Anne. You can even make it a long gradual climb instead of a short, steep one by going straight on Florentia instead of turning right onto Nickerson after crossing the Fremont Bridge. Florentia ends at 3rd Ave W, so turn left and take 3rd up to McGraw. Turn right on McGraw and then another immediate right onto W McGraw Pl. This puts you on a pleasant scenic drive that is mostly flat and a nice break after your big climb. It turns into 5th Ave W heading north, then turns west into W Raye St, and then turns north again on 8th Ave W, and west again on W Fulton St. It sounds complicated, but just follow the scenic drive - it'll be level the whole time. Right after it becomes W Fulton St, you'll hit 9th Ave W. Turn right and head downhill to W. Barrett St, where you'll take a left. Head down to 11th Ave W, where you take a right, and then downhill to W Dravus St, where you take a left. Dravus is the street that forms Interbay, so just coast downhill and through the lights and there you are. I estimate that this approach would take 10 more minutes than the Nickerson->15th approach, but it's a lot safer and much more beautiful.
Good luck!
Jun 9
Mike commented on Explain to Me How This Is a Bike Path.
Mike commented on Explain to Me How This Is a Bike Path.
"Explain to Me How This Is a Bike Path"
It's not. It's sharrows. Which are definitely ridiculous. They take an established convention - that paint on the ground indicates a traffic law specific to this street - and break it. As stupid as sharrows are, does anybody call them a bike path?
"This is more dangerous than 500 to 1,000 people riding their bikes together in a dense group on the Viaduct."
Well, I've never heard of sharrows beating anybody with a bike lock, and your own post about that viaduct incident mentioned the squealing of tires of a car struggling not to hit the bikers, so I'm skeptical of that claim.
But let's say for the sake of argument I agree. What does that prove? That all bikers should ride in groups of more than a hundred people? I'm not sure what points you think you're gaining by this non sequitur. "CM may be unpopular, but it's safer than sharrows!" seems to be the point you're making, and for the life of me I can't figure out why.
I feel compelled to mention that you may not like what I post here, but it's safer than sharrows!
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It's not. It's sharrows. Which are definitely ridiculous. They take an established convention - that paint on the ground indicates a traffic law specific to this street - and break it. As stupid as sharrows are, does anybody call them a bike path?
"This is more dangerous than 500 to 1,000 people riding their bikes together in a dense group on the Viaduct."
Well, I've never heard of sharrows beating anybody with a bike lock, and your own post about that viaduct incident mentioned the squealing of tires of a car struggling not to hit the bikers, so I'm skeptical of that claim.
But let's say for the sake of argument I agree. What does that prove? That all bikers should ride in groups of more than a hundred people? I'm not sure what points you think you're gaining by this non sequitur. "CM may be unpopular, but it's safer than sharrows!" seems to be the point you're making, and for the life of me I can't figure out why.
I feel compelled to mention that you may not like what I post here, but it's safer than sharrows!
Jun 2
Mike commented on Critical Mass, a Suggestion.
Mike commented on Critical Mass, a Suggestion.
@123: "So if once a month we inconvenience a few of you drive-thru-gimme-convenience-or-gimme-death bozos (or some cattle from Seattle) all I can say is - whatever."
This myopia seems to be the only common characteristic in all the pro-CM commenters here. "The only people we inconvenience are selfish, dangerous, borderline-murderous, environment-killing slime."
What I'd like to know is how CM got their superpowers that let them inconvenience only evil people. Bitten by a radioactive narcissist?
This myopia seems to be the only common characteristic in all the pro-CM commenters here. "The only people we inconvenience are selfish, dangerous, borderline-murderous, environment-killing slime."
What I'd like to know is how CM got their superpowers that let them inconvenience only evil people. Bitten by a radioactive narcissist?
May 27
Mike commented on Jim Henson's Fantastic World Is at the EMP.
Mike commented on Jim Henson's Fantastic World Is at the EMP.
That picture of Rowlf makes him look like he lost a lot of weight in a really short period of time. What's the muppet equivalent of gastric bypass surgery?
May 26
Mike commented on While We Wait On Prop 8.
Mike commented on While We Wait On Prop 8.
Seems to me that the whole "homosexuality is a sin" approach was developed by people who actually are tempted by it. Labeling it as a sin may just help them fight off their temptations - they can cast themselves as a heroic Job instead of a brittle closet case. Same with gay marriage - if it becomes legal, then it's conceivably harder for ultra-religious gays to deny who they are. Once something moves into the mainstream it's harder to convince yourself that it's wrong to give in to it, right?
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