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Re: One of these things is not like the other

SPG — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:55:48 -0000

Does the "Property of #41 Hands Off!" sign refer to McCain?
He can have him.

Re: El Coyote Boycott? Mormon Manager’s Faith Overrides “Love” For Customers

SPG — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:22:36 -0000

yelp.
Write up the offending businesses on yelp.

Re: Those wacky Canadian socialists

SPG — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:24:19 -0000

But how many stealth bombers does Canada have, eh?
The US is like an irresponsible teenager living alone, spending tons of money on toys with a credit card it can't afford.

Re: Iran's Supreme Leader stands by Ahmadinejad. Says stop protesting and calm down.

SPG — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:05:08 -0000

This is news? Of course Khamenei would want the protesters to stop since he is the one responsible for throwing the election.
If reformers win the presidency, they then have power to push back against Khamenei as there are some other members of the supreme council who would like to see him go. This entire fiasco is more about Khamenei than it ever was about Ahmadinnawintheelection.

Re: Crow causes power outage

SPG — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:40:11 -0000

A couple years ago I had a crow dive bomb me and peck me in the head. I retaliated with a low power pellet gun, nothing strong enough to really hurt or kill the crow, but enough for them to feel it. The next morning I'm working against a deadline on the computer and BANG! there goes the power and one fried crow on the sidewalk.
BTW, that's where the avatar came from. (edit: I guess my dead crow avatar only shows up in the forum posts, not comments)

Re: Crow causes power outage

SPG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:33:02 -0000

Shouldn't your cat be the solution? My dog has kept the unruly crows in check around here.

Re: Crow causes power outage

SPG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:36:59 -0000

You spelled quiet as quite.

Re: Crow causes power outage

SPG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:10 -0000

At least you didn't spell that as Dam! ;)

Re: Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

SPG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:31:11 -0000

You can't be serious! Zayda Buddy's? I had their piss poor excuse for bad cafeteria food when they opened, then stupidly again thinking they might have gotten their act together and swore it as the worst dining experience in Seattle. I would sooner eat leftover Domino's that fell on the floor two days ago than set foot in zayda's.
I have not been to Picolino's so I reserve my wrath or rave until I can try them out.

Re: Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

SPG — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:23:49 -0000

So that explains that scar.

Re: Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

SPG — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:29:32 -0000

I haven't been to Piccolino's but I am curious about your "crisp thin crust i'd hoped for" comment. Would your ideal pizza be closer to:
A) A matzoh cracker with ragu and few bits of cheese
B) Bread completely obscured by cheese with a hint of sauce in between

Re: Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

SPG — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:35:46 -0000

I will agree with TEC on the general lack of good pizza here in the PNW. One of the things I love about being able to visit NYC/Brooklyn often is getting some good pizza and some good bagels (but not pizza bagels which are an abomination and make Moses weep).
I wouldn't give up everything else that the PNW offers, so I've learned to lower my expectations a bit and eat less pizza. In the meantime I still go across town to Picora's or call up Pagliacci for a delivery. Not the same, but at least it's not awful.
Zayda's? That is awful and should be banned.

Re: Ballard pizza to be certified true Napoletana

SPG — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:40:26 -0000

Try Picora's up on 14th and Madison on Capitol Hill. Not perfect, but on their good days they're pretty close. At least the owners are from New York and know what the target they're shooting for tastes like.

Re: A rooster appears at Bergen Place Park

SPG — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:27 -0000

har. dee. har. har.
I cannot stop laughing at your comical satire.

Try to figure out if I'm being serious or not.

Re: Police shoot bank robbery suspect in Greenwood

SPG — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:03:30 -0000

As my login ID says, "SPG". oh yeah, that doesn't mean anything. What's TTTTTTCCCOTHGHFGDHVBBVS:LDKJGHKJLDHKFGJHDSKJFHL mean?

Re: Head-turning billboard near Ballard Bridge

SPG — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:54:28 -0000

Nice! Finally a good use of spray paint.

Reminds me of these guys:
http://www.billboardliberat...

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:37:28 -0000

They don't have to hide it because there is nobody other than homeowners and business owners that are looking for them. The cops don't seem too interested. That said, I do know of one tagger back in NYC who was hospitalized after a business owner and his buddies tracked him down. He had to drink his meals through a straw for 2 months while his jaw was wired shut. He pretty much lost interest in tagging after that.

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:43:20 -0000

First, you should report it to the city:
http://www2.seattle.gov/uti...
If it's city property they take care of it within the week. If it's racist or really offensive it's gone in 24hrs.

The city has a program for citizens to remove graffiti that's on private property after the owners of the property sign a waiver. The city even provides you with paint and supplies:
http://www.seattle.gov/util...

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:49:33 -0000

A simple way to punish appropriately is to legally define a tag as a signature. That way when a tagger is caught once they can be prosecuted for all their other signatures they've left.
A simple calculus of $100 per tag on top of a $500 base fine will have them thinking twice.

My other fantasy is to have any tagger caught sentenced to 8 hours of graffiti removal a week until there is no more reported graffiti in the city. Before long you'd have a small army of former taggers cleaning up the city and very inclined to rat out their friends so they can be released from their community service obligation.

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:47:50 -0000

Chopper, really uncalled for. I don't agree with ex-graffiti, but I don't think that we should chase him off the forums.
Ex Graffiti, I'd actually welcome a dialog on the issue if you're interested. Maybe when some of our neighbors calm down from the outrage of having their mural defaced.

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:50:57 -0000

Geez Chopper, take a deep long breath and chill a bit before you post anymore tonight. Are you sure you want to keep attacking everyone on the comments?

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:35:59 -0000

I don't see a problem with having a legal graffiti wall for pieces to get thrown up, but how is that going to stop taggers? In the story you cite in your other post, it was policing by the graffiti kids that cut the amount of tagging. Even if it didn't stop tagging, I would be fine with it. A good outlet for creativity where nobody's property gets damaged, what's not to like?
As far as the art issue, don't assume that nobody understands. I recognize that there is some skill needed to create a decent piece with spray cans, but the only style I see is a direct ripoff of what was considered played out in the 80's. Bubble letters? Come on. I don't see the 'graffiti style' as much more than a fad that gets co-opted by corporations and marketers to bring urban flava to their products. What I see painted on the walls around Seattle doesn't even look like it's intended to be anything more than a finger poked in the eye of everyone who has to look at it. I get the feeling that the tagger ethos of having more people see it begets an attitude of the more destructive and annoying the better.
I'd also take issue with your painting over tags just creates more tags. I'd bet that if no tag would ever survive 24 hours that most taggers would quit. Which begs the question...Why are you now an ex-graffiti artist/vandal?

Re: Vandals deface Bergen Place mural

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:42:52 -0000

I doubt that anyone here wants to squelch any art movement. The conflict is in the fact that the people painting and the people being painted are not the same. If the graffiti were solely done on one's own property then we can have a discussion about the quality of the art and not the costs of cleaning up the damage.
The other point here is that we need to separate the issue of graffiti and tagging. Graffiti is debatable as art, while tagging is pure vandalism to market oneself. I really can't see any artistic merit to the scribbled tag, and would welcome some enlightenment to the finer points of the craft.

Re: Edith Macefield’s house sold, to be elevated

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:47:38 -0000

Is that the sound coming from the basement? I better go check.

Re: Edith Macefield’s house sold, to be elevated

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:48:52 -0000

A place to drink beer out of a paper bag
A place to sleep off your hangover
A place to park your overloaded shopping cart of crap