MyNorthwest.com - Dan Restione http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 MyNorthwest.com 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif Sloth Becomes Me http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=212060 So yes, I am a lazy, slothful pig. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:26:16 PST Tramps Like Us: Jawing Through Jersey http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=202267 So Im sitting on my Moms back porch. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:40:46 PST "He Bleeds!"- One For Our Side http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=199311   Salvation comes from the strangest places and in the most unexpected ways.   I was having a straight out crappy day, with everyone and everything seeming to be shoving sh#t sandwiches in my mouth. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:34:15 PST The Promise of Pastrami?!? http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=197779 Regional tastes fascinate my ass. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:44 PST Thou Shalt Have No Other Grill But Me... http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=197335 I got to admit- if I had to choose, Id pick the Old Testament God over the New Testament Jesus. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:10:39 PST Fast Food Uber Alles http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=196889 I meant to vent on this one last week- but as those of you reading this in the greater Seattle area are well aware- it was just too damned hot. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:30:19 PST NO Visible Means of Support http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=196465 Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time." Holmes: "That was the curious incident." --Arthur Conan Doyle, "Silver Blaze" One my heroes (who Ive been emulating all my life without knowing it) is the writer Harlan Ellison who is to the pipe-smoking, patches-on-jacker, introverted writer what Scotch bonnet peppers are to cottage cheese. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:02:04 PST Were in the Frying Pan-THEY are in the Fire http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=194575 "What a filthy job" "I dunno . . . could be worse . " "How?!?" "Could be raining . " -exchange while digging up a corpse, between Frederick Fronkestein and Igor, "Young Frankestein"- Thats how I get by. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:59:40 PST Recipe Relief: A Somewhat Saner Addendum http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=194048 Okay- I admit that last posting, which if youve missed- check it out now for a Portait of the Artist as an overheated Looney was a bit...strange. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:24:34 PST A Damning Lack of Exquiste Sin http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=408&sid=193677   From the all knowing Wikipedia: "Hyperthermia: Heat stroke or heat prostration. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:01:23 PST