Monthly Archives: March 2012
March Lion
March roared in like a lion and then apparently we pissed him off. With a nod to the ancient proverb about the weather, it’s apt in some places, but not here in Western Washington. Not this year anyway. By the calendar this bad boy is just about outta here, but he’s one angry cat—soaked, snarling, and with claws unsheathed (see weather graphic). There’s no word on whether he ate the lamb or just scared it off.
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March Madness: Intrastate Rivalries
New Mexico vs. New Mexico State for the national championship? That’s a long shot given the rest of the field in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament. However, the intriguing possibility made me wonder whether any intrastate college rivalry, like the Lobos and the Aggies, will be settled during “March Madness.”
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A Brief Complaint
It has been said many times that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to complaining, the savings might be even greater. Instead of bitching about the miserable March weather we are having, including seven straight days of rain*, showing a picture of Rocky Point pond (see photo) should get the point across. That way I don’t need to mention that spring, due next week according to the calendar, seems as far off as it did on Groundhog Day.
Despite a wetter than normal winter, this is the first measurable accumulation this year in Rocky Point’s informal rain gauge. And that should be worth some sympathy—at least until you compare the size of the pond to a picture published a year ago in the Mud Bay blog.
* Catchall term used in short complaints for rain, sleet, snow, hail, and rain blowing sideways.
Pi’s Room
Until yesterday I have been ashamed of the condition of the upstairs guest room. But after receiving an email from my San Diego cousin with photos showing the destruction some pets do while their owners are away, I decided my cat’s efforts (see photo) are worth a blog post. They represent months of work and, in my view, surpass many of the messes attributed in the photos to a series of guilty-looking dogs and one pair of large tri-colored cats.
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Tallbucks
Do we really need another coffee place on Kitsap Way in Bremerton? That was my first thought when I read that a Starbucks will be located in the Walgreens parking lot at the intersection of Kitsap Way and National Avenue. As the new building began to take shape this week (see photo), another question arose: does it need to be so tall?
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Market Price
The Mud Bay blog should know better than to make predictions or write about a trend. In Springing Ahead I observed that the slow torture of steadily climbing gas prices started early this year. Forget slow torture. This year it’s more like waterboarding. The price for a gallon of regular hit 4 bucks today at my local Shell station (see photo)—up 46 cents per gallon since February 11th.
The oil companies ignored my earlier suggestion about just making one big price increase in mid-April. That’s OK as I’m offering a new suggestion to save them some work. Instead of posting a new price every couple of days why not just put “Market Price” on the sign? That’s what some seafood restaurants do when they don’t want to reprint the menu every time the price for lobster or fresh fish changes. I mean, at this point do you really care what the sign says? The tank of gas you buy today is going on a credit card. By the time you get your next statement, today’s price could well be a bargain.
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