Posts in Seattle

9 posts in this category

Bags, cats, etc.

Since one of our VC firms just blogged about it, I might as well pile on with a repost: Given all this [need for companies to demonstrate immediate ROI from the products they sell], it’s not surprising that Madrona and Skytap’s other major investo...

Feb 09, 2009
Seattle

Ballard Man, I love you

From a recent ruckus over foie gras consumption in Seattle: Seriously touch my foie gras and I'll run one of you vegan fuckers over with my Subaru. The one with the Obama sticker. Ballard Man, I love you.

Winter Solstice Fire Festival Part 1

I went to the Winter Solstice Fire Festival at the Seattle Center this afternoon. It was delayed by a few weeks due to ice, snow, rain, floods, and all of the other nigh-on-Biblical tribulations we heathen-esque Seattleites have suffered over the ...

Jan 07, 2009
Seattle

Wetter than usual

Seattle is wetter than usual today. It’s been raining since last night, and some areas around here are expected to receive 10-20” before it’s all over. Needless to say, this amount of rainfall is way above the minimum level required for flooding a...

Dec 18, 2008
Seattle

Snow in Seattle

It snowed here in Seattle starting in the wee hours of the morning. I woke up from a thunderclap around 5:30AM, and then heard another one a few minutes later. We’ve only received a couple inches, but that’s still enough to tank the whole city. Ch...

Aug 27, 2008
Seattle

Lawnmowers

I walked part of the way into work this morning, and was surprised to find a group of goats “mowing” the grass alongside I5 next to downtown Seattle near Boren and Pine. Who organizes this?