Pride 2010 – thanks for the memories!
Yesterday was a FAG-ulous pride day. i ended up walking in the parade 3 times. my favorite was the last time, when i got to help carry the rainbow flag that ended the parade. now THAT was a really good memory.
The "End of the Rainbow"
HUGE Rainbow
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Pride is HEEEERE
Well, bois and grrls here we are, another year, and another season of Gay Pride. Did you make it downtown today to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the “Gay History” exhibit at City hall today? Idid, kinda….. i got all the way down there waiting for the event to start when all of a sudden i realized that maybe i should not have eaten JUST yogurt with my pills this morning. Desperately searching for a bathroom, i was told by more than one person about the public toilet “around the corner”. Imagine my dismay when i get there, only to be told that there are already 2 people occupying it, and then when i finally get in there I find a person who seems to be wiping his ass with his bare hands. He looked up and me and smiled, yes actually SMILED at me. I fled, my own mess starting to work its way down my leg. Eventuallh i found someplace to releive myslef but not before i had thouroughly soiled myself.
Anyway. This week i will be going out with my camera taking pictures of your pride. Look for a nice slideshow on Monday or so, its gonna be spectacular.
Speeking of PUBLIC TOILETs
Public toilet on eBay
Public toilet for sale. You are bidding on a Hering-Bau WCmatic Automatic/Automated Public Toilet #3 – City of Seattle.
The City of Seattle is making available its surplus inventory of five (5) industrial-grade, automated public restroom facilities. This auction is for one (1) unit only – check our other auction for the remaining 4 lots.
This automatic public toilet (APT) was made by Hering-Bau International of Germany. These units were installed in several locations around the city of Seattle in March of 2004 and have seen moderate, average use since then. City officials have decided to pursue other options for public bathrooms and are now offering the APTs for immediate surplus sale.
The APT offered in this auction is located in Pioneer Square (S/N: 100). The other units are located near the Pike Place Market, the Elliot Bay waterfront, in the International District and on Capitol Hill.
Purchasing a pre-owned APT can offer significant savings for any company, municipality or other agency considering such facilities, as the cost per unit new is approximately $500,000.
(I would like to order 2 please.)
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Here is a counter of the amount of oil being spilled in the gulf – SO FAR……….
Visit the new Wheeker-Cam
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
In honor of July 1st Google has helped to launch a new website called 1forAll. 1 for All is a national nonpartisan program designed to build understanding and support for First Amendment freedoms.
The first amendment is the one law that gives us all the power to express ourselves. Some people very much want to take that right away from us though.
Accordingly, My guinea pig has decided to express his freedom of wheek-ness via webcam. Please visit the Wheeker-Cam and say hello.
Brain-Buckets are back in fashion!
Brain-Buckets are back in fashion!
3 weeks ago I got into an accident with my electric bike. I got hit by a driver who was not paying attention to his driving close enough. According to the police report, i was “ejected from the scooter”. i ended up sliding about 10-15 feet on the pavement, my right knee and left ankle taking most of the action.
THIS is why you ALWAYS wear a helmet!
Its B-R-O-K-E-N!!
\i called AAA today (hey that rhymes!) and started the process for gettign my battered bike fixed.
As a boy I HAD to go to the fair every year whether I liked it or not. Having grown up on a dairy farm, I participated in 4-H every year, as well as FFA (Future Farmers of America). I showed a Holstein Heifer I named Sherri, and together we won a lot of ribbons and trophy’s, including the Idaho Statesman Award a couple of times, which is the top award given to showmen for demonstrating superior showmanship with their animal.
Below is a photo i found of this years’ Dairy Days FFA Competition.
Fierce Competition.
I always had to go to at least 3 different fairs every year. The Meridian Dairy Days, in Meridian Idaho (June 17-19), followed by the Owyhee County Fair & Rodeo, in Homedale Idaho, (August 11 – 14) and the Western Idaho Fair, in Boise Idaho (August 20 – 29). My memories of the fair include long grueling hours of sitting doing nothing but watching “city folk” walking by making stupid comments about cows. For a week. 3 times a year.
Yesterday my room mate and I had tickets to the San Diego County Fair. We left at 2:30pm, promptly on time, but then I had to go and say “Oh we should take the Coaster”. LOL and so we did.
We ended up waiting an hour and a half at the Old Town Trolley Station for the Coaster. It took about 20 minutes to get to Solana Beach, where we then waited another 30 minutes for the shuttle bus that took us to the west gate of the fair. If you have ever been to the Del Mar Fair you will know this is the back gate.
By now its 5:00pm!
We left the house at 2:30pm
Once there, however, we saw some pretty cool looking rabbits and guinea pigs. (see below)
Later on we left the fair at around 7pm – and did not get home until around 10:30pm. i got to see a freight train come down the tracks, i could hardly believe it was practically highballing through the Solana Beach station! Check out this video I got!
V is for Voltage
