Dear The Beauster: Since Coronavirus hit Seattle, my life has gone to Hell. The place where I bartend shut down and my girlfriend dumped me because of my obsession with flattening the curve. Is there a silver lining to this stupid pandemic?
If Boris Johnson’s conservative triumph in England is a harbinger of things to come in the 2020 election, should I start planning my move to Canada now?
My daughter is getting close to taking her SAT test to get into college. I’m really worried about her language skills, especially her English writing ability, because it’s mostly emoticons, emojis, strange abbreviations and slang. It might as well be a foreign language altogether and I’m worried about how this might affect her prospects for college. Any suggestions?
I write to you with great optimism. Our movement is growing and Seattle’s politicians cower in fear before our mighty residential power. We are still a long way from finally making the word “NIMBY” a hate crime punishable by law, but we have seen great gains in the past month.Continue reading Mike The Menace→
Brett Hamil discusses the local small business owners who are working to help mega-corporations like Amazon save money on taxes, and correspondent Reagan Jackson shares her reaction to the new parking meters in Columbia City.Continue reading Video Commentary: Amazon Reaches Out To Mom and Pop→
I’m in a band that’s starting to get some attention, but we still don’t have a name. Every time we try to agree on something it’s as if every band name that might work for us has already been claimed. I’d describe our music as Indie Rock with edgy guitar and strong harmonies. Can you help us out here?
I am not a football expert, but when the Emerald asked me to write about the Bills/Jaguars playoff game in light of the Seahawks missing the playoffs for the first time in five seasons I agreed, because one of my resolutions this year is to write more about things outside of my area of expertise, things people are actually excited about, things other than the maddening minutia of local Seattle politics.Continue reading A Tepid Seahawks Fan Lament: Bills vs. Jaguars from the Fair-Weather Sidelines→
Hi there. I’m Mike. I write funny stuff for The Emerald. Well, I try to anyway. Like all art, comedy is subjective, but what makes comedy a little different is that almost everyone has an opinion on it; and furthermore, many people think they can do it. Continue reading Humor Sauce: “That’s Not So Funny”→
I’m a 30 year old who has currently moved back into my mom’s house in Skyway. She and my father have been divorced for years and she has a pretty active love life. I wouldn’t mind it that much, except she and her gentlemen friends are pretty loud when they’re doing “the deed.” It would be bad enough if this was a roommate, but it’s my mom!!! How in the world do I have this conversation with her?
