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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
A magical visit to Garden D’Lights
Hope you get a chance to visit Bellevue’s Botanical Gardens – it was a fun Skyline sponsored trip. Amazing improvements since our last visit years ago.
Alexa, fix Seattle!
Lately I’ve been reading Hit Refresh, the best-selling autobiography of Satya Nadella in which this CEO gives his philosophy of making Microsoft a more empathetic yet successful leader in transforming technology. But what does this really have to do with Seattle’s problems … Continue reading
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Broad Majority of Americans Support Moving Trump to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a new poll conducted on Wednesday, a sweeping majority of Americans said they support moving Donald J. Trump to Jerusalem. The sixty-three per cent of survey respondents who approved relocating Trump to Jerusalem placed few conditions … Continue reading
Messiah Sing-a-long tonight
Tonight at the Seattle First Baptist Church you can enjoy Garfield’s Orchestra’s Messiah sing-a-long at 7:30 PM. Also, you might enjoy the surprise this little girl had after tossing a few coins into a musician’s hat.
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‘Sometimes inspiration for big ideas comes from really unexpected places’
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The optometrist and the tax bill
Try the other eye senator!
Out next President? Who is Mike Pence?
The following article is from the Atlantic: “No man can serve two masters, the Bible teaches, but Mike Pence is ‘giving it his all.’ It’s a sweltering September afternoon in Anderson, Indiana, and the vice president has returned to his home … Continue reading
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Santa’s elves snapping pics
Images sent in by an unknown elf. Do we have more of Santa’s photo bugs out there?? Hey, do you have a favorite pic?
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Looking for a new home
Whether you own a dog or not, you must appreciate the efforts of this owner trying to sell her dog. Look at the picture of this lovable Chinese Mastiff and then read the sales pitch below. Dog For Sale. Excellent guard dog. Owner cannot afford to feed … Continue reading
Medieval Women’s Choir Christmas Concert
Nowell Sing We December 9, 2017; 8:00 PM; Saint James Cathedral BUY TICKETS Submitted by Mary Ann Hagen
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The Ethics of the DNR Tatoo
LINDSEY BEVER, THE WASHINGTON POST 1 DEC 2017 Doctors in Miami faced an unusual ethical dilemma when an unconscious, deteriorating patient was brought into the emergency room with the words “Do Not Resuscitate” across his chest. The 70-year-old man was taken earlier this … Continue reading
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The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Amazon and More in December
From the NYT: “Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are the titles we think are most interesting for December, broken down by service and release date. Streaming services … Continue reading
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What is your Holiday tradition?
The Holidays are here. Please send pictures of your special decorations for the blog – Christmas, Hanuka, Kwanzaa, etc. The Holy days vary for many of us in our pluralistic society. Of note today December 1st is a Muslim special day. … Continue reading
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“Alexa – call Skyline”
When my techie son gave me an echo dot (now on sale at Amazon for $29.99), I felt the last thing I needed was another gadget. But this one turns out to do some amazing things. Today I tried something new … Continue reading
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Why Whitman College teams are no longer “the Missionaries”
Have you visited Walla Walla (not sure why it needs to be more than one Walla), but then there’s others (wasn’t there an old poem about these double names where the maiden’s heart goes Hamma Hamma)? There’s more there than the … Continue reading
Why there is depression around Thanksgiving
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Tips about Medicare Fraud
New Medicare cards will be mailed starting in April 2018. Identity theft from stolen Medicare numbers is becoming more common. To help combat fraud, Medicare is removing Social Security Numbers from cards and replacing them with a new, unique number for … Continue reading
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This astonishing sequence was filmed by wild life cameraman and travel journalist Dylan Winter who is currently sailing around the UK in an 18 foot boat.
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Upcoming media programs on addiction
From Jim Sanders: “Dr. Lynn Hankes, one of our past speakers here at Skyline (Addiction – April 2017) will be appearing on the CBS Sunday Morning show this coming week. There were a number of residents who attended his presentation and … Continue reading
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A Millennial job interview
Aren’t you glad you’re not hiring?! Click here to see this spoof on a Millennial job interview. https://vimeo.com/239050403/cdd07b248e
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