Christmas season kicks off Friday with downtown parade: 沒有辦法去紐約嗎? 那就到西雅圖市中心(11/28)湊個熱鬧也好… [img=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/11/25/2008434422.gif] 照片出處: Seattle Times ================================================================================================= 9th Annual Winter Worldfest 2008 地點: Seattle Center House
檢視較大的地圖
[廣告]往返 Seattle Preimun Outlet 的接駁巴士
上星期 e-mail 問了 Tulalip Casino (Seattle Premium Outlets) 關於他們的接駁巴士, 意外的得知是有這服務. e-mail 上給了我個電話號碼. 上網查找後發現是間華人旅行社在做這服務. 所以就寫下來了. 這價錢會比搭公車(單程約兩個小時多)貴得多, 但是比 Shuttle Express 或計程車便宜許多. 有興趣的人可以打這電話問問. 不能當天預定, 要至少提早一天才行. 這是跑定點定時的接駁巴士. Asian Pacific Tours: 206-818-1658 Side Note: Retailers ramp up bargains for the holidays Brain-cancer center at Swedish maps tumors to design treatment Study: Math teachers 1 chapter ahead of students Breast cancer may sometimes go away on own, study says
Worst for crime in Washington…
Report ranks Everett 55th worst for crime in U.S. 39th: Tacoma 55th: Everett 84th: Yakima 98th: Kent 123rd: Spokane 165th: Seattle 166th: Federal Way 192nd: Vancouver 274th: Bellingham 299th: Spokane Valley 337th: Bellevue City Crime Rankings: 2008 – 2009 Side Note: Washington bankruptcy filings rise 40% Pitch that old PC or TV — free
行人被車撞…
Woman struck by car along Lynnwood street 原本是要在那路口轉車的. 結果道路封閉, 所以就到 Swamp Creek Park & Ride 才轉車. 希望那位女士可以安然渡過難關… Side Note: State deficit hits colleges Evidence of a Causal Role of Winter Virus Infection during Infancy in Early Childhood Asthma Chicken pox outbreak keeps 300 Monroe students at home: Chicken Pox Outbreak in Monroe
Lynnwood 第 164 街自流井 (the 164th Street Artesian Well)
什麼水來著? (一之二) 什麼水來著? (二之二) 三年半前曾提到這第 164 街自流井. 不過那時 Google Maps 還沒有這街圖功能. 所以現在又重貼了一次. Well No. 5 或稱 the 164th Street Artesian Well: 這是屬於 Alderwood Water District 所管轄, 提供居民免費的沒有水廠處理過的地下水. 如果你有喝茶的習慣, 一定要來試試從這水井的水泡出來的茶. (別忘了要自備儲水桶哦)
檢視較大的地圖 Side Note: MRSA’s toll climbs, but hospital is slow to change: MRSA (抗藥性金黃色葡萄球菌) State’s jobless rate jumps to 6.3% in October 36 million Americans face hunger Washington’s higher ed prepares for cuts up to $600M: 表示學費明年要漲得更多了… Bug bombs don’t just kill pests: People, pets also sickened by foggers
自言自語…
一直有人告訴我, 我自言自語就算了, 不要跟自己講話和對他人的講話聲調一樣大. 看起來很奇怪… 不過終於見識到有人比我更利害… 今天在公車上見識到一位說著華語的女生, 自己在那裡自言自語. 嗓門之大半個公車內的人都可以聽得一清二楚. 華人多的城市=城市有華語的翻譯 城市沒有華語翻譯=華人少的城市 華大這詞是誰翻譯的 上面看不懂沒有關係, 我只是寫下些她自言自語的大概而已… Side Note: U.S. foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year Heart transplants fare better from same sex Study: Calif dirty air kills more than car crashes Prescription pill deaths soar
Good luck, 陳鏞基!
原隸屬於 Seattle Mariners 四十人球員的陳鏞基, 被 Seattle Mariners 從球員裡轉至讓渡名單裡. 很快的今天被 Oakland Athletics 給讓渡走了. 上兩個球季一直受肩傷的陳鏞基, 希望在明年球季裡在新的球團裡有好的開始… Good Luck!!!