學校開學了…大家又回學校了. 網路真的的幫了很大的忙, 以前一本上百元的教科書, 現在只需要 1/3 的價錢就可以在網路上買到. 10 幾年前要是有這麼方便就可以省很多的銀兩. Side Note: Biggest waste producers in state get best fee deal Mattel recalls 800,000 toys worldwide: Mattel 第三次玩具回收… Skilled immigrants often stuck at bottom of U.S. job ladder Medical Side Note: Pregnancy disorder linked to lack of Vitamin D
Skate Parks in Snohomish County
Arlington: 18204 59th Dr. NE, Arlington, WA Bothell: 9815 NE 188th Street, Bothell, WA Edmonds: 6th Ave. N. & Bell St., Edmonds, WA (Civic Center Playfield) Edmonds: 73rd Ave. & Olympic View Dr., Edmonds, WA (Lynndale Skate Park) Everett: 1226 W. Casino Road, Everett, WA (Walter E. Hall Park) Marysville: 1050 Columbia Ave., Marysville, WA Mill Creek: 15728 Main St., Mill Creek, WA Monroe: Fryland BLVD, Monroe, WA Mukilteo YMCA: 10601 47th Pl. W., Mukilteo, WA Snohomish: 116 Union Ave., Snohomish, WA 資訊摘自 Community Transit 的小冊子. Side Note: WASL results mixed in Seattle, statewide State among best in home profits Good test scores can sway home buyers Medical Side Note: That buttery aroma might be toxic, too: 一般微波爐爆米花含有雙乙醯 (Diacetyl), 讓爆米花的味道有著奶油的氣味. 只是雙乙醯似乎會造成呼吸器官的疾病. Ovary removal at young age could raise dementia risk
總統先生到訪…Bellevue
Bush visit will snarl traffic: 總統先生在今天下午會到訪 Bellevue. 再加上警察, 贊助者, 抗議者等等之下, Bellevue 今天下午的通勤就自己照顧自己了… We’ll have front-row seat for lunar eclipse: 明天凌晨有月全蝕… 時間是從 1:51 a.m. 月全蝕從 2:52 a.m. 至 4:22 a.m. 並結束於 5:24 a.m. 今晚的天氣應該是滿適合的. 不過月全蝕太常見了, 不知道有多少人有興趣??? Side Note: How happy are we? Danes are an 8.2, but Americans only a 7.4 24 schools fall short of standards State SAT scores drop, but remain among best in nation Home prices here up, but not way up 1 in 10 youths in state lives in poverty Home prices here up, but not way up Medical Side Note: Human stem cells fix heart damage in lab rats Obesity rates climb in most states
只有我一個…
昨天下午搭公車回家終於有了十一年來的第一次”私人”公車. 昨天公車晚了約十五分鐘, 看看上車的人潮, 當時立即決定改搭下一班. 很巧的, 下一班公車就躲在另一輛公車的後面. 上了車發現只有一位乘客. 而那位乘客在下一個公車站牌就下車了. 之後的市中心三個站牌都沒有人再上車. 公車司機就這樣的載我一個人回家. 差不多一年前曾經發生全車 16 位乘客只有我一位男性乘客的紀錄. 那時還在想什麼時候會有”私人”公車的紀錄. Medical Side Note: More kids getting type of diabetes related to obesity
Evergreen State Fair 和 Puyallup Fair
Evergreen State Fair 是沒有 Puyallup Fair 來得響亮. 不過倒有很多大大小小的折扣. 比如從特約商店(Bartell’s Drug)預購省 $2, 星期四十五歲以下小朋友免費, 或是八月二十八日的 $2 入園費(兩點前入園)等等. Evergreen State Fair 是從八月二十三日至九月三日. 從市中心搭 Sound Transit #510, #513 (Eastside #532) 至 Everett Station, 轉乘 Community Transit #270/271/275 至 Evergreen Fairground. Puyallup Fair 是從九月七日至九月二十三日. 可搭乘 Sound Transit 至 Tacoma Dome Station. 再轉乘 Pierce Transit 提供的 Fair 公車. 今年 Sound Transit 還特別提供從 Eastside 出發的 Fair 公車(只有平常日). Side Note: $370 replacement green cards proposed Seniors aren’t ready to kiss sex goodbye Check fraud getting high tech Medical Side Note: Obesity surgery boosts survival
A Panhandler’s Note
How do panhandlers spend your money? 這篇報導讓我想起兩個星期前在 Westlake Center 前一個 Panhandler’s Note. 不太記得完整的句子. 大意是, “Please help! Parents murdered, need money to learn Karate to revenge.” Side Note: Complaints mount about debt collectors Read a good book lately? 1 in 4 hasn’t Youths don’t rely on money for happiness — but it helps Medical Side Note: Youths may not know of high blood pressure
更換成抽油煙機…
星期六家裡的微波爐使用了十多年後, 在小小的爆裂聲中終於壞了… 由於老婆很久前就想把這台微波爐加上抽油煙機給換成像東亞家庭使用的抽油煙機, 剛好就利用這個機會把它給換了. 去了西雅圖的 Chinatown/International District 逛了一下, 選了太平洋這個牌子. 先前的舊微波爐/抽油煙機已經有排煙管了, 不需要另外請人做過, 只需要更換成這個抽油煙機. 還好沒有太難…