Today's Thought

Sometimes I want to get a monkey just so I can name him "Jacques". Then, when people ask me what his name is, I can say, "Jacques. ... Jacques the monkey.".

New Year's Peeve

What New Year's Eve in Seattle used to be: An awesome, colorful fireworks display exploding over our most prominent landmark and the center of our beautiful city.

What it has become: A stale night of T-Mobile smearing their logo feces and trademark magenta all over the Space Needle (and Seattle Center), eventually interrupted by eight minutes of mediocre fireworks and obscure, unrecognizable music.

Thank you, relentless and mind-numbing marketing industry for ruining, yet again, something that I used to love.