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Sunday October 11, 2009 · 12:34 PM PDT

2009/10/11 · 12:34

Last week I received an "ORCA" public transit card. "ORCA" is a card that allows a commuter to use various public transportation systems in the greater Puget Sound (Seattle) area. I was told that the card would record each time that I entered the bus and be associated with my identity information. The information, I was warned, would be made available to my employer. The card will keep a running tally of my transportation usage for billing and other purposes. Gee, I thought, that's new!

Today, exactly eight years and one month since 9/11, I got to thinking about the ways our lives have changed since then, as it occurred to me that we are increasingly scrutinized and recorded. It also occurred to me that my behavior has changed subtly since then. Why, you ask?

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Sunday February 10, 2008 · 2:45 PM PST

2008/02/10 · 14:45

And I am really mad at myself. I visited a neighbor at 11:55 am yesterday in order to offer him a ride to the caucus at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, WA. I told this person a couple of days ago that I had reservations about attending the function, for reasons I will not bias this account by mentioning, and I was not sure I would attend the caucus.

My neighbor was not home. I assumed that he figured that I would not be going, so when he did not answer the door I was not concerned. In any case, he said that he would be attending the caucus with his son, so I assumed he would be at the caucus when he did not answer the door. I never saw him at the caucus and we are in the same precinct.

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Friday December 22, 2006 · 11:13 PM PST

2006/12/22 · 23:13

My son, who is 24, was visiting our home this evening. On a whim, he went to a local store to buy some ice cream for himself and his mother. On the way to the store, he was pulled over, stopped and surrounded (about eight officers according to my son)by the local police department.

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Tuesday November 07, 2006 · 9:57 PM PST

2006/11/07 · 21:57

Well, it has been 5 years 11 months five days 13 hours and 18 minutes since the Supreme Court released its decision to declare you the minus 540,520 vote winner of the United States Presidential Election of 2000. Read More

Bubble's pick for Washington!

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Sunday April 17, 2005 · 9:07 AM PDT

2005/04/17 · 09:07

The Seattle Times reports, in their Sunday, April 17 edition, that our peerless leader, Bush, intends to control the Republican primary for the Senate seat, soon to be re-won by Maria Cantwell. Bush, as a true Washington (state) insider, will exercise his in-state clout by orchestrating the four likely candidates, (Dino "wanna buy some land?" Rossi, Rick, "ineffectual" White, Chris "the newly clean shaven" Vance and a Gorton aide named Mike Gavick, into one approved candidate.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002244026_rickwhite17m.html

The thought of Bush involving himself in Washington state irritates my tender sensibilities, so I wrote the following e-mail to the Washington State Republican't Chairman--Vance. It is scarcastic, nasty, and totally without class, but I need the catharsis, so bear with me! Read More

If you can't outlaw abortion, embarrass them into submission

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Tuesday February 15, 2005 · 5:38 PM PST

2005/02/15 · 17:38

There is a bill in the Washington State Senate that will require the state department of health to keep a report every pregnancy termination and to provide a copy of the report to the woman terminating the pregnancy and the biological father. Read More

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Bubble's pick for Washington!

If you can't outlaw abortion, embarrass them into submission