Parked along the Skokomish
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Sculptures in 2010
This year the speed at which late 20th-century events are disappearing in the rear view mirror seems to be accelerating. That might be because of the ease of calculating the elapsed number of years between them and 2010. The calculation was also simple for the first couple of years of the new century, but back then the 20th century was only, like, you know, a couple of years ago. Now it’s been 10 years since we were worried about the millennium meltdown.
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SMP is an abbreviation for Shoreline Master Program, a comprehensive shoreline land-use plan that includes policies and regulations for the use and development of the shoreline. The Shoreline Management Act, passed by the Washington legislature in 1971 and adopted by referendum in 1972, directs local governments to periodically update their SMPs, which are the basis for implementing the state law. A task force recently issued a draft update to Kitsap County’s SMP. A section in it describes the Mud Bay shoreline.
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Posted in Government, Mud Bay & Rocky Point
People walk to subway stations, bus stops, ferry terminals, and train stations. Why not walk to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport? I don’t mean from home. For me that would be more than 50 miles. I mean walking from the satellite parking lots along International Boulevard (SR 99) to the airport, or the other way around if you are returning from a trip out of town. There’s no good reason to do this, of course, other than exercise and the possible benefit provided by a good walk just before or after a lengthy airline flight.
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I have been paying quarterly estimated tax for years. Today as I made out a check for the 2nd quarter of 2010 (due June 15th), I wondered for the umpteenth why the IRS Department of the Treasury doesn’t divide the year into 3-month quarters and make the payment due on the 15th of the month after each quarter ends. While looking for the answer, I came across a blog post on the subject that was so thorough further research was unnecessary.
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Posted in Economy, Government
Ford, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, De Soto, Buick horn rings (clockwise from upper left)
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