<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:47:15.852-07:00</updated><category term='City Council'/><category term='promotional'/><category term='media'/><category term='animals'/><category term='technology'/><category term='business'/><category term='arts'/><category term='public cameras'/><category term='development'/><category term='economy'/><category term='columbia city'/><category term='concert diary'/><category term='music'/><category term='nature'/><category term='environment'/><category term='international'/><category term='neologism'/><category term='Translation'/><category term='cute'/><category term='question'/><category term='parks'/><category term='pictorial'/><category term='APT'/><category term='library'/><category term='Rainier Valley'/><category term='King County'/><category term='newspapers'/><category term='Downtown'/><category term='sex'/><category term='Asahi Shimbun'/><category term='fire'/><category term='West Seattle'/><category term='craft'/><category term='food'/><category term='Central District'/><category term='Capitol Hill'/><category term='International District'/><category term='video'/><category term='dating'/><category term='cynicism'/><category term='maple leaf'/><category term='UW'/><category term='transit'/><category term='U District'/><category term='restaurant review'/><category term='Japanese'/><category term='money'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>The White Blazon</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-3716419882776765702</id><published>2009-04-20T11:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T11:22:12.917-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Sadly, this is very true of me lately</title><summary type='text'>via don't touch my moleskine</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/3716419882776765702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=3716419882776765702' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3716419882776765702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3716419882776765702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/04/sadly-this-is-very-true-of-me-lately.html' title='Sadly, this is very true of me lately'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5760859498748522658</id><published>2009-03-24T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T11:26:37.787-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='library'/><title type='text'>Book Lust</title><summary type='text'>Image: metroactive.comWhat is it about the library that incites such lust?Or maybe it's just the free computer usage.In the three minutes I took to find a computer and sit down at it, I have seen someone looking at a hetero porn sight, someone browsing plentyoffish.com, and another person clicking through pictures of jockstrap-clad muscular men on Flickr. I knew that this stuff happened before, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5760859498748522658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5760859498748522658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5760859498748522658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5760859498748522658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/03/book-lust.html' title='Book Lust'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-8802426653494461118</id><published>2009-03-17T09:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T09:41:35.526-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Googles the Duck</title><summary type='text'>At long last I have finished Googles the Duck. He was intended to be a Christmas present for my stepsister, but uncontrollable circumstances delayed his completion until today. His design comes from the book Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi by Chronicle Books. It was originally published in 主婦と生活社, which roughly translates to Housewife and Life Style Co.Hmm I'm no housewife, but it'd be a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/8802426653494461118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=8802426653494461118' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8802426653494461118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8802426653494461118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/03/googles-duck.html' title='Googles the Duck'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/Sb_RwwpB-fI/AAAAAAAAAUA/PCvgAiz5oJM/s72-c/DSC_2622.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-3637181431717121009</id><published>2009-03-10T22:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T22:11:44.155-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Hee, that's me</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/3637181431717121009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=3637181431717121009' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3637181431717121009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3637181431717121009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/03/hee-thats-me.html' title='Hee, that&apos;s me'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6550681327862271386</id><published>2009-03-09T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T22:10:50.223-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Craigslist Hilarity</title><summary type='text'>This has got to be the funniest Craigslist ad I have ever read. I am sure it is a spoof... I think.seattle-tacoma craigslist         &gt; seattle &gt;  pets         Baby M needs new home ASAP!!! (Seattle)  Reply to: comm-azeak-1068187409@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-03-09,  9:29PM PDT 15 year old treasure!!! Magpie has been a part of our family for what 'feels' like a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6550681327862271386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6550681327862271386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6550681327862271386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6550681327862271386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/03/craigslist-hilarity.html' title='Craigslist Hilarity'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5809007006912733179</id><published>2009-02-25T09:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T09:33:40.617-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Sad?</title><summary type='text'>How sad is this ad?I wonder what criteria they use to determine "members unfit to date." Sounds a smidge elitist to me.Time for hard-hitting investigative journalism!?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5809007006912733179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5809007006912733179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5809007006912733179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5809007006912733179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/02/sad.html' title='Sad?'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SaWAkS4FE-I/AAAAAAAAAT4/8cjcfHzrT2E/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-8890556836159263591</id><published>2009-02-21T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T09:36:29.053-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Senator Patty Murray's Synopsis of Economic Recovery Bill's Effect on Washington State</title><summary type='text'>TAX CUTSINCOME TAX CUT:   Includes income tax cut of up to $800 for Washington workers and their families.  This means that shortly after this bill is enacted over 2.4 million Washington state workers will begin to see a tax cut in their paychecks. Workers would begin to see this tax cut in their paychecks roughly 90 days after enactment of the bill.  Workers would receive the full value of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/8890556836159263591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=8890556836159263591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8890556836159263591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8890556836159263591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2009/02/senator-patty-murrays-synopsis-of.html' title='Senator Patty Murray&apos;s Synopsis of Economic Recovery Bill&apos;s Effect on Washington State'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-885375591935219612</id><published>2008-12-02T08:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T23:10:53.618-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asahi Shimbun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Translation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neologism'/><title type='text'>"Arafoo" and "Gu~!" Win First Prize</title><summary type='text'>Asahi ShimbunDecember 1, 2008On December 1 the "2008 You Can Neologism and Buzzword Contest," presented the words that best represented social trends this year, which were chosen using the survey, "Basic Knowledge of Modern Terminology." Among the winning words were "arafoo" (short for "Around 40"), which refers to women around 40 years old, Comedienne Harumi Edo's joke "gu~!," and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/885375591935219612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=885375591935219612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/885375591935219612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/885375591935219612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/12/toppu-ten.html' title='&quot;Arafoo&quot; and &quot;Gu~!&quot; Win First Prize'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-7819144853473600383</id><published>2008-11-22T18:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T20:35:35.222-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asahi Shimbun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Translation'/><title type='text'>Suspect Koizumi "Sent a Letter" to Father, His Phone Call After 10 Years of Silence</title><summary type='text'>**Hi kids, this is the first in (hopefully) a series of my own, personal English translations of Japanese newspaper articles. Feedback is appreciated.**Asahi ShimbunNovember 23, 2008In his family home in Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 23rd, the 77-year-old father of suspect Tsuyoshi Koizumi, unable to hide his shock, said "Even though my son hated violence. I saw the subtitles (on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/7819144853473600383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=7819144853473600383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/7819144853473600383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/7819144853473600383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/11/suspect-koizumi-sent-letter-to-father.html' title='Suspect Koizumi &quot;Sent a Letter&quot; to Father, His Phone Call After 10 Years of Silence'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-8258628699336987382</id><published>2008-09-19T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-19T18:24:17.813-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maple leaf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>These Are a Few of my Favorite Things</title><summary type='text'>I recently moved to the southernmost edge of the Maple Leaf neighborhood. As well as being a refreshingly residential area, it has a surprising number of animals. Let me show you just a few of them:My roommate's ridiculously cute rats. The one on top is named Beers, the other is mini Beers.The cat that stalks through our yard and stares into my bedroom. I suspect he came in once too. I found </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/8258628699336987382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=8258628699336987382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8258628699336987382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8258628699336987382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/09/these-are-few-of-my-favorite-things.html' title='These Are a Few of my Favorite Things'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2871707418_51694e63f1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-4837434457339236053</id><published>2008-09-04T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T11:13:21.242-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='columbia city'/><title type='text'>Cute Photo from Yesterday II</title><summary type='text'>Columbia City Farmers Market, Girl watching bellydancers, around 6p.m, September 3.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/4837434457339236053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=4837434457339236053' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4837434457339236053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4837434457339236053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/09/cute-photo-from-yesterday-ii.html' title='Cute Photo from Yesterday II'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2827656136_13a0856d2d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-1656914626478196195</id><published>2008-09-03T13:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T13:40:07.102-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Cute Photo of the Day (that day being yesterday)</title><summary type='text'>Shot on the second floor of Bauhaus on Capitol Hill around 3p.m, September 2.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/1656914626478196195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=1656914626478196195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1656914626478196195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1656914626478196195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/09/cute-photo-of-day-that-day-being.html' title='Cute Photo of the Day (that day being yesterday)'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2824610624_0ed5cd236a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-3225837659789624947</id><published>2008-09-03T13:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T13:36:16.020-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='question'/><title type='text'>Random Bits and Pieces</title><summary type='text'>Search for "qurdity" in Google, and you'll probably find around 292 results. Stop, don't go look it up in the dictionary—it's not a word.It appears that, for many results, the actual PDF displays "quality," but the text Google displays as a result mis-scans the word as "qurdity."However, if you restrict your results to only PDFs, Google finds 119 results, and a search for "qurdity" and "pdf" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/3225837659789624947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=3225837659789624947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3225837659789624947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/3225837659789624947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/09/random-bits-and-pieces.html' title='Random Bits and Pieces'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5635290126643045404</id><published>2008-08-31T17:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T19:19:52.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Downtown'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>SHHHHH! Secret Bumbershoot Entry</title><summary type='text'>So I'm here writing to you from the Bumbershoot Press Room in the Alki Room, tucked way in the corner of the Seattle Center. I'm using the Onereel intern's Apple to boot. I feel so illicit. I am here volunteering as the Media Room Assistant, which means I get a walkie-talkie, staff badge, staff shirt, and achy feet.But never mind that minor discomfort, the real value is in the access. It's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5635290126643045404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5635290126643045404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5635290126643045404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5635290126643045404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/shhhhh-secret-bumbershoot-entry.html' title='SHHHHH! Secret Bumbershoot Entry'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-945210859867515880</id><published>2008-08-24T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T14:51:45.900-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>That Other International Sports Competition</title><summary type='text'>The final celebrations of an international athletic contest filled with drama, sportsmanship, and record-breaking were held right in the Hagget Dorm on the University of Washington campus last night.Teams from as far away as Switzerland, Japan, and Australia and representing more than 10 different countries, celebrated after five days of competition in the World Boomerang Championship, organized </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/945210859867515880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=945210859867515880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/945210859867515880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/945210859867515880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/international-sport-of-mystery.html' title='That Other International Sports Competition'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2795978543_a67bd0c0be_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-1890706375185351383</id><published>2008-08-18T15:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T13:09:32.700-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><title type='text'>Hempfest Moments: August 16, 2008</title><summary type='text'>The way was long and dusty, but the weary pilgrims trudged on. After what seemed hours under the hot August sun, they finally reached the entrance. Hempfest 2008 had finally arrived.Read on to see the oddities and wonders Hempfest had to offer...Just beyond the gate, a smiling woman offered faux-weed leis in return for donations.Calm men with angry signs stood stoically under the hot sun.Deep </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/1890706375185351383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=1890706375185351383' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1890706375185351383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1890706375185351383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/hempfest-moments-august-16-2008.html' title='Hempfest Moments: August 16, 2008'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2774813687_9221b9f28f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-4490782974983645489</id><published>2008-08-14T08:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T09:20:18.151-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert diary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><title type='text'>Concert Diary: Blanket Truth, Da Bears and James Rabbit at Dog City on August 12</title><summary type='text'>Though there's much to be said for the bone-rattling power of huge amps and stadium speakers, sometimes it just can't compare to the intimacy of a house show.Despite the limitations of their performance space — a tiny, messy basement in the University District — the three bands performed with impressive energy.The show began with a friendly and endearing set from Blanket Truth. Jon Manning sang </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/4490782974983645489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=4490782974983645489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4490782974983645489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4490782974983645489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/concert-diary-blanket-truth-da-bears.html' title='Concert Diary: Blanket Truth, Da Bears and James Rabbit at Dog City on August 12'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2756393189_91cf7123c3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6723248557856543082</id><published>2008-08-11T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T08:25:22.574-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public cameras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promotional'/><title type='text'>Seattle Surveillance Society?</title><summary type='text'>Jarmick, in blue on the left, talks with a photographer at the Camerahead Projectdemonstration in Cal Anderson Park July 26. On the right, KOMO 4 interviews a volunteer.Some call the media the fourth arm of the government because of its ability to check the government with investigative reporting. In "You're On Camera," Martin Jarmick captures Seattleite reactions to the emerging policy of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6723248557856543082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6723248557856543082' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6723248557856543082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6723248557856543082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/seattle-surveillance-society.html' title='Seattle Surveillance Society?'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2708717514_80fdd16e7a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-208738897110791487</id><published>2008-08-07T19:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T20:11:52.381-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Central District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Citizens Assess SLUT Service</title><summary type='text'>The results are in from the feedback forums on the extension of the South Lake Union "streetcar" to the University District, Central District, Fremont/Ballard, and Capitol Hill/First Hill.Road width and traffic disruption seem to be the most common concern. Many questions asked for very specific routes—indicating that some attendees wanted to cater their own commute.But possibly the most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/208738897110791487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=208738897110791487' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/208738897110791487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/208738897110791487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/that-slut-sure-gets-around.html' title='Citizens Assess SLUT Service'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6005877734863185393</id><published>2008-08-06T19:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T08:24:01.741-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='newspapers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cynicism'/><title type='text'>Who's Laughing Now?</title><summary type='text'>"I submitted the budget today to Congress -- it's on a laptop notebook, an e-budget. It saves paper, saves trees, saves money. I think it's the first budget submitted electronically. And it's a good budget. It's a budget that achieves some important objectives. One, it understands our top priority is to defend our country, so we fund our military, as well as fund the homeland security. Secondly, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6005877734863185393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6005877734863185393' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6005877734863185393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6005877734863185393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/whos-laughing-now.html' title='Who&apos;s Laughing Now?'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-1816276830369578324</id><published>2008-08-05T16:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T16:52:17.272-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cynicism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><title type='text'>Let's Try This Again...</title><summary type='text'>The City of Seattle has put its five automated public toilets up for auction again after the first round received no bids. The minimum bid has changed too — from $89,000 to a mere 99 cents with a $2.50 minimum increase.The bidding could turn out to be a popularity contest, which toilet do people desire the most? Bidadoo Auctions has even uploaded dozens of high-resolution photos to entice the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/1816276830369578324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=1816276830369578324' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1816276830369578324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1816276830369578324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/lets-try-this-again.html' title='Let&apos;s Try This Again...'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6008128998054212698</id><published>2008-08-04T19:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T19:31:19.743-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Central District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promotional'/><title type='text'>Message From our Sponsors</title><summary type='text'>Hi loyal reader(s),Sorry for the gap in coverage, your tireless writer is a bit, well, tired. However, in the meantime, please take the time to visit Interweb Travels a quirky blog from a man who knows his interweb. You might even find a picture of me from Saturday night when I was completely... anyway.Also, please be sure to pay my dear sister a visit, she's been gathering articles and comment </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6008128998054212698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6008128998054212698' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6008128998054212698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6008128998054212698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/message-from-our-sponsors.html' title='Message From our Sponsors'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5910495803829114132</id><published>2008-08-01T14:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T14:14:52.410-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>Sunset from Red Square</title><summary type='text'>George really has a great view sometimes.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5910495803829114132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5910495803829114132' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5910495803829114132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5910495803829114132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/sunset-from-red-square.html' title='Sunset from Red Square'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2722814345_def827da6a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-4026192220021900766</id><published>2008-08-01T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T08:39:00.785-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cynicism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Behind Deadline?</title><summary type='text'>As far back as May 28, the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce was supposed to have submitted a report to the City Council's Cultural Overlay District Advisory Committee that would "inform [the committee's] process for establishing the City’s first Cultural Overlay  District," according to the committee's Web site.But neither the committee's Web site nor the Chamber's Web site has a copy. As of two </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/4026192220021900766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=4026192220021900766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4026192220021900766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4026192220021900766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/08/behind-deadline.html' title='Behind Deadline?'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2722230520_e2ffbc63a4_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6021700392132225242</id><published>2008-07-31T13:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T14:06:05.791-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>It's Not Just a  Bagel</title><summary type='text'>Bear with me folks, I've been sitting on this article for a while. Food and gas prices are still high, so consider this when you go to a cafe next...International trade disputes , famine, and droughts have brought food production to the forefront of global consciousness. Gas prices remain high, and senators continue to call for approval of off-shore drilling. These problems may seem far-flung, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6021700392132225242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6021700392132225242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6021700392132225242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6021700392132225242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-not-just-bagel.html' title='It&apos;s Not Just a  Bagel'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2636039584_d796d32921_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6241336750924977390</id><published>2008-07-31T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T09:00:01.164-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Presidential- Sweet!</title><summary type='text'>Ever wonder what kind of view the President of the University of Washington gets?Well wonder no longer folks, cause here it is:Yup, that's SR-520 and a corner of the Husky Stadium. I bet he can see the Cascades on the right day too. Well, he will be able to, when he moves in.These pictures were taken from the 22nd floor of the newly christened University of Washington Tower, formerly the Safeco </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6241336750924977390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6241336750924977390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6241336750924977390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6241336750924977390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/presidential-sweet.html' title='Presidential- Sweet!'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2719071082_3f832b1beb_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-8622719834145421386</id><published>2008-07-29T20:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T09:25:05.036-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Green Behind City's Styrofoam Ban</title><summary type='text'>It may appear that the City Council's bill to ban styrofoam and plastic utensils from food service businesses has an environmental basis, but a "fiscal note" linked at the bottom of the bill reveals other justifications.It cites an annual cost of $620,ooo to the city for "collection, recycling, disposal and litter cleanup for the disposable food service items." The note also mentions that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/8622719834145421386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=8622719834145421386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8622719834145421386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/8622719834145421386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/green-behind-citys-styrofoam-ban.html' title='Green Behind City&apos;s Styrofoam Ban'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-4941862439018118946</id><published>2008-07-28T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T16:58:06.148-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><title type='text'>Styrofoam Containers to Go</title><summary type='text'>From the City Council Action Summary, July 27:Council Bill 116250 PASSED AS AMENDED 7 – 0This bill bans the use of expanded polystyrene—Styrofoam—food containers in restaurants and grocery stores by January 1, 2009. Also under this law, in July of 2010, grocery-store foam trays for raw meat and seafood will be banned and replaced with compostable alternatives. Council Bill 116251 PASSED AS </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/4941862439018118946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=4941862439018118946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4941862439018118946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4941862439018118946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/styrofoam-containers-to-go.html' title='Styrofoam Containers to Go'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-321063226650905727</id><published>2008-07-28T10:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T15:11:14.325-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert diary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Concert Diary: Capitol Hill Block Party, July 26</title><summary type='text'>Summer is the time to indulge in live music. This past weekend was no different.The Capitol Hill Block Party sold out Friday, and Saturday was packed too. The Block Party is just how Capitol Hill residents like it — lots of cheap beer and local bands, and nothing starting before 2p.m.Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground warmed up the Main Stage for a moderate crowd."Ain't no mother-fucking crime</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/321063226650905727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=321063226650905727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/321063226650905727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/321063226650905727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/concert-diary-capitol-hill-block-party.html' title='Concert Diary: Capitol Hill Block Party, July 26'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-1819290698705035395</id><published>2008-07-27T17:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T16:22:32.441-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Watching The Watchers</title><summary type='text'>Cal Anderson Park got a little extra surveillance July 26 when several suited individuals with security cameras for heads wandered through the park as a part of the Camerahead Project.The City of Seattle installed three security cameras in the Capitol Hill park in January despite a City Council budget proviso requiring definition of protocol for usage of the cameras, a move that surprised and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/1819290698705035395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=1819290698705035395' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1819290698705035395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1819290698705035395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/watching-watchers.html' title='Watching The Watchers'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-2250623100435341428</id><published>2008-07-25T23:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T17:32:23.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>                  July 25, 2008 Contact: Paul Strong (206) 851-8803   MEDIA ADVISORY for Saturday, July 26   “Camerahead Project”: Performance Art Takes on Surveillance in Cal Anderson Park   Seattle art activists are producing “The Camerahead Project” in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill on Saturday, July 26 from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Part performance art, part photo documentary and part public </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/2250623100435341428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=2250623100435341428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2250623100435341428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2250623100435341428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-25-2008-contact-paul-strong-206.html' title=''/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-2280264790239355205</id><published>2008-07-24T11:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T12:04:41.030-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='newspapers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cynicism'/><title type='text'>Repeat Offense</title><summary type='text'>                                 Click to examine.Bellevue, 520, Microsoft, oh my!Is it too much to ask that they just rename them The Eastside Times and The Eastside Post-Intelligencer?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/2280264790239355205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=2280264790239355205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2280264790239355205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2280264790239355205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/repeat-offense.html' title='Repeat Offense'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-4478370582716682625</id><published>2008-07-24T11:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T11:31:51.732-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Makes You Appreciate Your Job</title><summary type='text'>A group of about 20 people in dark blue uniforms stood outside Big 5 Sporting Goods at 7:30a.m this morning. Some smoked, some watched passing pedestrians, all looked a little bored.A man sat on a chair just inside the entryway, as if guarding the place from a mob of employees politely waiting for the signal to attack.One older man in thick-rimmed glasses and a dark blue polo embroidered with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/4478370582716682625/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=4478370582716682625' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4478370582716682625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/4478370582716682625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/makes-you-appreciate-your-job.html' title='Makes You Appreciate Your Job'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5592501259811969563</id><published>2008-07-23T15:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T17:07:53.669-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><title type='text'>A Primer In Guerilla Housing Tactics</title><summary type='text'>Max Rameau and other homeless occupied and set up homes on an empty lot in Miami for six months in 2006. Development had forced the city's homeless population out, so Rameau and his organization Take Back the Land decided to make use of the unused. While the settlement is no longer there, the group now finds homes for people in government-owned, abandoned and foreclosed houses.Rameau explains his</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5592501259811969563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5592501259811969563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5592501259811969563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5592501259811969563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/primer-in-guerilla-housing-tactics.html' title='A Primer In Guerilla Housing Tactics'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5531076275803802731</id><published>2008-07-23T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:38.433-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Did You Know...</title><summary type='text'>Spend a little time on the Seattle Police Department Web site, and you never know what you'll find out.For instance, I don't live in Rainier Valley, I live in Sector George.And have you seen the futuristic police cars? Both the Seattle Police and the University of Washington Police have them. It's a bit of a flashback (forward?) to Demolition Man.Well, maybe just a little.Don't get me started on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5531076275803802731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5531076275803802731' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5531076275803802731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5531076275803802731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/did-you-know.html' title='Did You Know...'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIb3JnTPorI/AAAAAAAAAPw/1y62JoPzs_M/s72-c/DSC_2958.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5929048353183515010</id><published>2008-07-22T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:38.622-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='West Seattle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>City Council Advisory Committee Takes First Steps Towards Cultural Overlay Districts</title><summary type='text'>A newly formed advisory committee to the City Council held its first meeting yesterday to discuss how Seattle might preserve affordable arts space through a type of neighborhood planning called the Cultural Overlay District.Already used in other US cities, the district is designed to preserve low-cost art space through cooperation with developers, like special zoning allowances and expediting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5929048353183515010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5929048353183515010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5929048353183515010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5929048353183515010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/city-council-advisory-committee-takes.html' title='City Council Advisory Committee Takes First Steps Towards Cultural Overlay Districts'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIYg8E75Q4I/AAAAAAAAAPo/YxLdPIVJu7s/s72-c/2506117721_24ea53e761_b.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-7677155825857169030</id><published>2008-07-21T15:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:39.516-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pictorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International District'/><title type='text'>Anything-Goes Seating</title><summary type='text'>If you want to see humanity at its most inventive, check out how people sit at festivals.Not convinced? Well, let's take last Sunday's Chinatown-International District Festival, put on by Seafair, as an example.Some sat in families.Some sat enthroned.Some sat quite authoritatively.Others were more daring...and even  sat illegally!Some preferred fire hydrants...... and even used them as fashion </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/7677155825857169030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=7677155825857169030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/7677155825857169030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/7677155825857169030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/anything-goes-seating.html' title='Anything-Goes Seating'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIUZkQTKgtI/AAAAAAAAAOg/CuLqCzvJkpA/s72-c/bushhotelfamily.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-16142028604571424</id><published>2008-07-21T08:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:40.090-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Downtown'/><title type='text'>Yes, Our Library Is Pretty, Please Give It Back Now</title><summary type='text'>I knew something was up as I pedaled up Fourth Avenue Sunday morning. A motorcycle cop sat staunchly in the middle of the bike lane and one of those new police cars nicely took up the next lane over. The whole block surrounding the Central Public Library was eerily empty as went to lock my bike in front of the building. "Kshhshk- biker in front-kshksh," went a man's walkie-talkie as he approached</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/16142028604571424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=16142028604571424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/16142028604571424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/16142028604571424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/yes-our-library-is-pretty-please-give.html' title='Yes, Our Library Is Pretty, Please Give It Back Now'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIRNOaUESUI/AAAAAAAAANo/IsHi6QHbPeo/s72-c/DSC_2604.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6934708247028004721</id><published>2008-07-19T14:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:40.404-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert diary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>Concert Diary: The World Fair and Siberian at Neumos, July 18</title><summary type='text'>Barcelona headlined yesterday's Neumos show, but I didn't see them.Instead, I came for the openers: This World Fair and Siberian.First up was This World Fair at one-third its usual manpower. Chris Kalgren — A.K.A. vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist-extraordinaire — put on a one-man show though the band's Facebook page indicates that a guitarist and drummer were expected to accompany him.Kalgren</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6934708247028004721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6934708247028004721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6934708247028004721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6934708247028004721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/concert-diary-world-fair-and-siberian.html' title='Concert Diary: The World Fair and Siberian at Neumos, July 18'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIKuqnCKokI/AAAAAAAAANY/vYFgr8zRzrE/s72-c/SiberianSetlist-crop-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-2769914859855708506</id><published>2008-07-19T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:40.505-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire'/><title type='text'>Nobody Couldn't Have Done It</title><summary type='text'>On July 10 a fire at the once-popular hookah bar best known by its old name, The Rabbit Hole, garnered a full response from the Seattle Fire Department. A recently released report on the incident reveals that a total of 17 vehicles and 46 personnel responded to the visibly smoking building early that morning. By the time the first engine arrived, several chairs and couches were already "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/2769914859855708506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=2769914859855708506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2769914859855708506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/2769914859855708506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/nobody-couldnt-have-done-it.html' title='Nobody Couldn&apos;t Have Done It'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SIH9CRJdjnI/AAAAAAAAAM4/ukcBu38N8u8/s72-c/-200807152-40.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6380315381576814202</id><published>2008-07-15T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:41.034-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Council'/><title type='text'>The Mid-Week News</title><summary type='text'>Brace yourselves, we have lift-off:The day has come at last for the City of Seattle to jettison it's odd space-toilets. A mere four months after Seattle Public Utilities recommended their removal, citing uncleanliness and criminality, and only two months after the City Council ordered their contract to be suspended, the five toilets will find new homes.Bidadoo auction service will auction the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6380315381576814202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6380315381576814202' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6380315381576814202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6380315381576814202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/mid-week-news.html' title='The Mid-Week News'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SH3BbyB8diI/AAAAAAAAAL4/pp5rOfV_gqE/s72-c/-200807152-42.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-541403121419234497</id><published>2008-07-13T06:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:41.715-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='King County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='restaurant review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rainier Valley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitol Hill'/><title type='text'>The Weekend News</title><summary type='text'>Hot transit scoop:Some Metro buses, like the number 48 pictured left, now have LED displays that indicate when a stop has been requested. They display the date and time as a default.The King County Web site reveals that Metro Transit began a move towards "smart" bus technology last year, requiring replacement of bus communication systems and installation of internal displays.The site also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/541403121419234497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=541403121419234497' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/541403121419234497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/541403121419234497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/weekend-news.html' title='The Weekend News'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SHndtfFYjaI/AAAAAAAAAK0/uDC87epal7w/s72-c/-200807111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-6525991783525596382</id><published>2008-07-10T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:42.471-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><title type='text'>Waterfowl, Part II</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday was a cool day in Seattle.The sun shone brightly, but not so brightly as to melt you into a mass of quivering sweat glands. A day such as this demanded exploration of local nature, so there I went. A lot of boats cruised under the Montlake Bridge, and it looked like the Waterfront Activities Center was doing good business.The wetlands on the edge of Lake Washington are full of life — </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/6525991783525596382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=6525991783525596382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6525991783525596382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/6525991783525596382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/water-fowl-part-ii.html' title='Waterfowl, Part II'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SHelwRlrBmI/AAAAAAAAAKk/vk22vLoCOV4/s72-c/7-10-08-32.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-1650921241301338453</id><published>2008-07-09T21:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:42.997-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='newspapers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cynicism'/><title type='text'>Twins!</title><summary type='text'>It's no secret that The Seattle Times and the PI are joined at the hip — literally and figuratively — but yesterday's front pages just screamed out for comparison.Like here, onn the left, the PI: "Court nixes county's land use limits.And on the right, the Times: "Court says rural-land restrictions go too far."Yes, they  are  on opposite sides of the paper, but they are actually about the same </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/1650921241301338453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=1650921241301338453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1650921241301338453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/1650921241301338453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/twins.html' title='Twins!'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SHWiFRk61aI/AAAAAAAAAJY/k1cY-VLnbYU/s72-c/courtright.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168920100977789898.post-5383055160171915229</id><published>2008-07-09T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:38:43.506-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U District'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UW'/><title type='text'>The First Issue</title><summary type='text'>Hello future, imagined readers!Welcome to my personal realm, where I publish what I like, edit myself (poorly), and write about what I find interesting!Step inside for a quick peek at some terribly cute little ducklings that someone threw in Drumheller Fountain at the University of Washington this morning.    A representative of Facilities Services said that ducks nest all over campus, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/feeds/5383055160171915229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2168920100977789898&amp;postID=5383055160171915229' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5383055160171915229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168920100977789898/posts/default/5383055160171915229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thewhiteblazon.blogspot.com/2008/07/first-issue.html' title='The First Issue'/><author><name>Roselle Kingsbury</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160548833091960</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1rDx1QoWSw/SHV2oo2G66I/AAAAAAAAAIw/QDoNjltuuh4/s72-c/7-8-08+064.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
