Story – Joseph Boyle / Photos – Joseph & Kjeri Boyle During the beginning of October 2013, I stepped out of my comfort zone to drive 100 miles round-trip to North Seattle Community College to attend an off-the-wall class entitled Ron Reid’s Stand-up Comedy Class 101. If you want to learn more about upcoming comedy classes, […]
Letter: Marijuana Supplants Rhody as State Flower
By David Anderson No, it hasn’t happened yet but it could. And why not? On November 6, 2012, Washington was joined by Colorado in becoming the first state to legalize the sale and possession of cannabis for recreational use since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, marking “an electoral first not only for America but for the world.”
Westside Story – 10,000th Customer
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Friday evening, I was working my Starbucks beat as a mild mannered reporter for The Suburban Times. As I sat at my regular table, table 1, watching the world go by, a young woman with two small children and Grandma entered the Towne Center Starbucks. When the woman entered, […]
Letter: Pop Stars Promo Pot – So that’s gotta (as in Gaga) help the cause
By David Anderson Cannabis queens all, Rihanna, Gaga and Lana Del Rey are on stage – and setting the stage – for what’s happening at the polls. At least that’s the assessment of Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, who points to the parallel between – and […]
Westside Story – Parking Chaos
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Check out the photo I captured at the Starbucks located at SR 512 and South Tacoma Way. Everyone knows the parking, while recently improved, is very limited. That being the case, does anyone have any idea why this driver would do such a sloppy job of parking? Why should […]
Westside Story – The Eyes Have It
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Warning! Grandfathers, everywhere. Be careful what you teach your grandchildren when it comes to eye tricks. Since it is too late for me, how about a Caption-for-Photo Contest? Go ahead, what captions come to your creative mind?
Letter: Marijuana – Not Here, Not Now, Not Us
By David Anderson Putting marijuana in the mainstream will not keep it out of youth’s bloodstream. The board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) opposes the siting of marijuana retail, growing, or distribution centers within the Tillicum Woodbrook neighborhood and the TWNA board further appreciates and expects that its elected representatives will give due […]
Letter: ‘Once Upon A Time’
By David Anderson The Prince Charming far, far too many sex trafficked victims will never meet. When Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis conceived the TV series entitled “Once Upon A Time,” it was rejected by the networks as “too fantastic.”
Letter: “The End”
By David Anderson Why mentoring matters. Typical, or at least rudimental, for beginners anyway, are the use of the words that frame the familiar opening sentence in fables, folk-lore, fiction and the like.