I admit I’m a little heavy on the West Richland blog posts, but I live there, so I know this stuff! In 2004, the Wiley Elementary PTO was asked to spearhead an effort to get new computers for the school’s computer lab. The PTO that year tabled the suggestion for next year’s PTO to handle. […]
apparently not, anyway. The Los Angeles Times is doing a series on U-Haul. Important pieces of evidence they’ve uncovered so far include no lug nuts on some wheels and failing emergency breaks. Moving is stressful enough without discovering you could die on your way to your new destination. I used U-Haul plenty of times, and the only […]
I went to this page and then clicked on ‘Letter Houses’ under Richland, in the Architectural History section, along the left-hand column. There are loads of the A’s, B’s, C’s and F’s still around. They’re easy to spot. If we ever turned into an area with a huge housing need and no more land upon which […]
Thought I’d change the title … In the face of more opposition, they decided to do it anyway. “They” being the CID, and the “opposition” being an additional 174 objections to the Belmont LID. Clearly, this is a more accurate assessment of how people feel. If it really bothers someone, hopefully he or she has […]
I traveled to Ireland over ten years ago. Before I went, and while I was there, I heard about the famous friendliness of the Irish people. If you ask for directions, they’ll close down the shop and walk with you (’tis easiest that way). Every single cashier thanked me for me ‘custom’. When we were […]
As a rule, I’m not horribly sensitive. I don’t always cry at sentimental commercials. I feel manipulated by some television programs, as if I’m supposed to cry, so not only do I not cry, I change the channel. But one of the first houses I ever sold was foreclosed upon just about 18 months after […]