I grew up watching The Cisco Kid, The Lone Ranger, and Superman on television. The Cisco Kid featured two Mexicans or maybe two Mexican-Americans righting wrongs and helping people. The Lone Ranger was an ex-Texas Ranger and his “faithful Indian companion” Tonto protecting people from the bad guys. Superman was an alien who fought for […]
Letter: Lottery purchases unaffected by virus so support (sex) education
On March 23, the “Lottery Post” broke down every state’s lottery response to Covid-19. Here, according to Lottery Post, was Washington’s: “Business as usual, with no changes in operation or claiming of prizes.” Washington’s official lottery website has a link for “Responsible play during Covid-19.” You can still buy tickets for “both Washington-based and multi-state […]
Westside Story – Failure To See The Light
An avid reader of Westside Story, who is also my favorite daughter, Paige, sent me the car vs. traffic-light pole crash photo below. The image speaks volumes to me. It reminds me that a majority of drivers fail to “see the light” when it comes to driving safely. To help my readers “see the light,” […]
Towing the Line . . . and a few cars
My client King’s Towing/Recovery received great news last week. King’s Towing of Puyallup has been selected for the 2020 Best of Tacoma Award in the Towing Service category by the Tacoma Award Program. Each year, the Tacoma Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business […]
Letter: A homeschooling irony
Harvard would ban homeschooling. The National Education Association (NEA) would ban homeschooling. And yet what hath the coronavirus wrought? Homeschooling. The Editorial Board of the Tacoma News Tribune (TNT) recently opined with regards “Washington’s new sex education law (that) if parents don’t like it? Two words: Opt out.” They might. Altogether. “The coronavirus pandemic has […]
Business Statistics Are Up and So Is The Internet . . . Hopefully
On Wednesday, the first of the month, I ran March stats for my clients. Internet business traffic means sales. We like to provide our clients with a list showing the number of visitors they had along with downloadable pdfs for possible viral marketing, and their most popular pages. Once the stats are complete Peggy sends […]
Letter: This little light of mine – in the coronavirus, a candle in the window
She’s so little. ‘Petite’ a stranger called her. She has just learned to walk and while she’s already become quite proficient and doesn’t at all need my help, still I extend way down to her my hand and she, reaching up, will grasp one finger of mine in her little grip, and off we’ll go. […]
Labrador Retrievers Are Still Number One
Opinions differ on the approximate time of domestication of dogs from gray wolves, but the window that scientists do agree on is somewhere between fifteen thousand to forty thousand years ago. Brian Hare, director of the Duke University Canine Cognition Center reveals in the Smithsonian Magazine (August 15, 2018), “. . . the physical changes […]
Jaynie Dillon – Radio Personality Plus
I met Jaynie Jones when she and her husband Charles came over to buy my wife’s exercise bike. It was a beautiful summer day. We all chatted and laughed for well over an hour. The bike had very little use at our home. Once gone I never asked about the bike, but if Charles and […]