Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Last night I was heading over to the Lakewood Towne Center Safeway when I spotted what I have termed “Good Sign – Bad Sign”. Check out my photo to see what I mean. GOOD SIGN – Hallmark: For 35 years we have enjoyed the benefit of having a Hallmark […]
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Westside Store – Exploding Wallet
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Guys, we are always talking about women carrying big purses. I wouldn’t say anything more about that if you have a wallet like my pal’s shown in the photo.
Westside Story – Outer Space Banana Invasion
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle A couple nights ago, I was sitting at one of those really cool high-altitude cocktail lounge style table and chair sets with my pal, Ronnie McKinney, at the LTC, (Lakewood Towne Center), Starbucks. All of a sudden I see Ronnie back stepping off his chair, knocking his tasty adult caffeinated […]
Westside Story – Lakewood Mystery Building
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Way back in time around 1969 when I first moved to Lakewood, I noticed a white single family home on the corner of Steilacoom Boulevard and Bridgeport Way SW. There was a little museum sign out front. The house had been there forever. 43 years later, the house is gone. […]
Westside Story – FedEx Spam / Scam
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Short Story: Step 1. Look at my photo. Step 2. If you receive a similar e-mail, ignore the spam / scam communication and push delete. Full Story: While out of the city my wife and I both received an e-mail informing us that FedEx attempted to deliver a package to us.
Westside Story – Graffiti Rant
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle The other day… That’s right, I was at Starbucks, which is a happy place for most patrons. I was highly disappointed to see that a lowlife had destroyed four of the beautiful exterior wood panels on the Starbucks building with their stupid gangbanger or skate board tagger illiterate markings. It looked […]
Westside Story – Dr. Seuss
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle I found myself in another school principal’s office the other day. I noticed the sign depicted in my photo posted prominently on the Principal’s office wall.
Westside Story – zipcar
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Friday on my way home from work I stopped at Starbucks on 11th and Pacific in downtown Tacoma to pick up a rolling Freeway beverage. There it was, zipcar. My nephew, Paul, had told me about zipcar. He lived in Boston for several years and never owned a car. He zipped […]
Westside Story – Negative & Positive Set-ups
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I have hundreds of stories I could share with you regarding the concept “Negative & Positive Set-up”. Let me just share a few negative set-up stories with you. NEGATIVE SET-UP: How about the guy who put a briefcase on the top of his car? This happened years ago. He is […]