Author Archives: Jim deMaine

By Richard Buck – Special to The Seattle Times The latest financial report on Social Security portrays a dire future of supposedly inevitable benefit cuts of 21%, starting in 2033, as the system continues to pay out more each year than … Continue reading →

From Buzznet – thanks to Bob P. Over two million tourists visit Alaska every year, and many go hiking. But some of these hikes are dangerous. A deaf college student went on a hike alone and fell 700 feet down … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mike C. Rep. Byron Donalds’s medical education consists of a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from Florida State University. But the Florida Republican played a doctor on TV over the weekend, telling Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that, after … Continue reading →

Thanks to Diana T. – from the The Dementia Action Collaborative “We are excited to invite you to a webinar that will make an impact: Partnering for Progress: Washington State’s Action Plan for Dementia. This webinar, offered on two separate … Continue reading →

Thanks to Pam P. Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean —the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who … Continue reading →

From crosscut.com The King County Council greenlit a proposal that will boost the minimum wage in unincorporated King County to $20.29 an hour, one of the highest in the country. Councilmembers Girmay Zahilay, Rod Dembowski, Teresa Mosqueda and Jorge L. … Continue reading →

Thanks to Pam P. Alex Wong/Getty Images ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA (The Borowitz Report)—The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took “full responsibility” for the piles of men’s clothing that suddenly appeared on the couple’s front lawn Monday morning. Neighbors awoke … Continue reading →

Thanks to Bob P. (Hope this doesn’t catch on to, but it might liven up a Mariner’s game) By Amy Woodyatt and Jacob Lev, CNN A furry pitch invader paused Major League Soccer play on Wednesday as a rogue raccoon ran onto the … Continue reading →

Thanks to Bob P. — Agence France-Presse in Paris ‘Bakery scent’ added via microcapsules to postage stamp celebrating ‘jewel of French culture’ The French Post Office has released a scratch-and-sniff postage stamp to celebrate the baguette, once described by President … Continue reading →

Thanks to Ann M. – from the Daily Art Magazine Newsletter If you’ve witnessed someone fainting in front of great masterpieces, it could have been Stendhal Syndrome—an art lover’s sickness. Stendhal Syndrome, also known as hyperkulturemia or Florence syndrome, is … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mel B. The Skyline Chorale will be performing songs from “South Pacific” on Wednesday evening, May 22 at 7:30 PM in the Performance Hall.  We are encouraging people to invite family members who might enjoy the show.  It … Continue reading →

Thanks to Mary M. – for complete info click on this site: https://waterfrontparkseattle.org/the-park/ On the Waterfront news + happenings from Friends Alliums bloom at sunset by Pioneer Square Habitat Beach. Photo by Land Morphology. It’s hard to say if the … Continue reading →

Touching essay in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Thanks to Ann M. who notes, “Tom Lehrer is now age 96—this performance brings back happy memories!”

Thanks to Frank C.

By Sam Whiting in the San Francisco Chronicle (thanks to Bob P.) The marathon swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands is considered one of the hardest in the world, combining strong currents, fierce wind and frigid water … Continue reading →

Thanks to Pam P. NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – In the latest setback for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid, a worm who dined in the candidate’s brain wrote a brutal Yelp review shortly before dying, the reviewing site … Continue reading →

Thanks to Janet M.

Thanks to Mike and Diana C. By Claire Withycombe Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — Bob Ferguson could face Bob Ferguson and Bob Ferguson in the August primary. That’s Bob Ferguson, the state attorney general; Bob Ferguson, a retired state employee … Continue reading →

by Christine M.E. Guth in the Harvard Magazine (thanks to Ann M.) BENJAMIN SMITH Lyman was living proof of the benefits to health and well-being of the lifestyle he advocated in his Vegetarian Diet and Dishes, self-published in 1917, when he was … Continue reading →

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