I was walking around the Puyallup Fair Grounds this past Sunday towards “Sillyville”, the kids area. I love the cacophony of sound. The people talking and laughing, the loudspeakers blurting out invitations to try your luck at a game or two. The music from various areas of the fairgrounds all mas
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09/30/2010
Yelpful in Seattle… When I talk to real estate professionals about social media, newcomers to it are concerned right out of the gate about the time it takes. “How much of this do I need to do and what’s my return on investment,” are two phrases I hear often. I honor those concerns. They are valid
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09/22/2010
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my next door neighbor, Cheryl. She was 3 or 4 years ahead of me in school and even though I was a punk kid to her we shared a special connection; we both played the French horn. We also shared a huge curiosity for the changes starting to take place in pop music.
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09/19/2010
I'm going to the Puyallup Fair tomorrow. I've been getting my camera ready, making sure I've got fresh batteries, and my lenses and filters are clean. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, but that's okay. It does that here in the Northwest. Fall is usually a beautiful time of year and the colors can b
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09/18/2010
Is NOW our destiny? One of my favorite movie lines of all time is from the 1985 Blockbuster Back to the Future... Remember the diner scene as George McFly walks up to Lorraine’s table. She asks him, “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” (He’s bashful and awkward.) “Yes... Yes... I’m George, George M
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09/17/2010
Residential property transfers in Renton, WA 98055 & 98057.July 1, 2010 through August 23, 2010... Green = sales by Warranty Deed. (16) (38%)Blue = sales by Bargain & Sale Deed, REO or Short Sale. (7) (17%)Red = sales by Trustee Deed, Foreclosures. (19) (45%) In this 54 day window of time in Ren
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09/14/2010
Driving to work the other morning the tall buildings had their tops in the clouds. Ah, clouds, it got me to thinking about Google's purchase of Metaweb . Seattle... "Is your head in the cloud? Are your feet on the ground?" Metaweb invented Freebase, a massive semantic database using what it calls
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09/11/2010
A couple of weeks ago I shared a special resource I found in Kent, Washington, Psychic Special $10. I know these are challenging times and I always try to help my friends out with the best resources I can find. I drive by this location a few times a month and I know that the normal price is $25.
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09/09/2010
I'm at Broadway East and Mercer Street on Capitol Hill. Sitting at the red light my eye catches a man walking his dog down the Ave. They cross the street in front of me and it's immediately obvious this dog is having an absolutely wonderful time. On leash, well behaved, its youthful energy can ha
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09/04/2010
