Good morning to the 70% of King County residents 16 years old and above who are vaccinated with either the Johnson and Johnson shot or the second of the 2-shot vaccines. It means that in 2 weeks we’ll have 70% of people with full immunity. So things like mask mandates can ease off.
I am proud to live in a county that was able to do that relatively quickly. It has been a real drag, this past year. But of course there remains a lot of work.
So, please, everyone else, get vaccinated if you can.
Seattle’s Drinking Liberally will meet in person on Tuesday! Please join us for an evening of politics over a pint.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is cool when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve.
Good morning to the new terminal cranes only. It was too rainy to go out and have a look myself, but I love seeing the pictures. I hope it’s a boon to shipping in the region.
Also, probably unrelated, but has it seemed to anyone else that there are a lot of cargo ships hanging out in the Puget Sound? Is this actually happening, or just my imagination? The last time I can recall so many ships was the West Coast Longshoremen striking.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
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Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Jeez, just let the CHOP Art people have their event. Honestly, whatever you think of CHOP, or how it ended, celebrate the art. Or just let other people celebrate it. You actually have the ability to ignore it if you don’t like it.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Oh shoot. I forgot to write this until now. Sorry.
Anyway, there’s still time to wash your hands right now and to get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Seattle’s Drinking Liberally will meet in person on Tuesday! Please stop by our gathering at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is okay when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Chapters of Living Liberally are reopening all over the place. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community.
– Is anyone else following the King County vaccine tracker on Twitter? I love seeing the updates.
– Anyone else excited about taking the bus to a trail? Has anyone done it in the past?
– Please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
– Here are some interesting looking LGBTQ businesses that you can visit during Pride Month, or any other time.
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Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Look, I think you should get vaccinated because it will stop or slow down a horrible disease. Because it makes you much much much less likely to pass that disease on to your friends and family, to your neighbors, and to a suffering world. But if a chance of winning the vaccine lottery is what gets the shot in your arm, it has the same effect. And who couldn’t use the money? So good luck on that front.
And you can win the wash your hands right now lottery. The prize is diseases dying in the sink, and going down the drain.
Darryl noted yesterday that Drinking Liberally is back. It is so great to be vaccinated. To touch other people. Hell, even not having to worry about the dingy bathroom is a blessing. It’s great to be back with people.
I also took the bus for the first time in over a year. And am back to work from work. The return to normal is happening so quickly. It’s great.
If you haven’t been vaccinated, you should. It’s free. The more people get vaccinated the better for everyone. Let’s stop this horrible virus.
Also, please wash your hands right now.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is back! Please join us Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern. We have a lot of catching up to do after our 15 month hiatus.
We will, once again, meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is a-okay when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve. That said, we’ve had some folks checking the place out and they report that there is still plenty of room on recent Tuesday nights.
Stop by, if you can!
Cheers,
Darryl Holman
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Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
It’s 2 weeks after my second shot today. Hell yeah. We’re all touching each other’s eyes. Or whatever normal human contact is. I forget. But anyway, it’s pretty fantastic. I haven’t even rolled out of bed yet, but I feel a sense of liberation.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
I really like that Seattle is always changing. Like, you can definitely complain about Amazon and expensive housing. But there isn’t a mythical time when Seattle was better. There are real problems to fix, but I am glad that we’re doing it in a city with a $15 minimum wage, and a growing public transportation system.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
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