My Favorite Fanatics of 2016 By Bill Gates | December 20, 2016 When I was in my 20s and early 30s, I was fanatical about software. By “fanatical” I mean that I was so focused on my vision of putting a computer on every desk and in every home that I gave up a normal existence. […][...]
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January 4th, 2017 - 11:40 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Bill Gates Recognizes Ana Mari Cauce as One of Six 2016 Favorite Fanatics
January 4th, 2017 - 9:27 am § in The Ave Scene
Zach: Are Progressives Hypocrites?
Employees of Snoqualmie Casino have been informed that the Tribe, citing sovereignty, will not be complying with the voter approved Statewide minimum wage increase. – If you believe that all businesses have a responsibility to pay a living wage, be prepared to defend how you get the State of W[...]
December 15th, 2016 - 12:03 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Bristol-Myers Squibb to shutter ZymoGenetics
Why has UW biology been so much less successful than our rivals in San Francisco, San Diego, North Carolina, Philadelphia and Boston? This epochal announcement comes as a blow to the idea that Lake Union will ever become a Life Sciences Lake, rivalling San Jose’s Silicon Valley. Zymogeneti[...]
December 13th, 2016 - 7:50 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
OHSO White Seattle
·POC, move on out here. I am lonely. And our political rights are being eroded. Our churches are being squeezed out to make room for Amazon employees. Census ranks Seattle among whitest big cities Seattle and Portland are at or near the top of the 50 largest U.S. cities for the percentages of their[...]
December 11th, 2016 - 11:38 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Don’t Tell Trump About Boeing’s Christmas Present
Boeing Selling Seattle Made Planes to Iran! TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s flag carrier finalized a major deal with U.S. plane maker Boeing Co. to buy $16.6 billion worth of passenger planes Sunday in one of the most tangible benefits yet for the Islamic Republic from last year’s landmark nuclear [...]
How to eat lobster AND lose calories!
As a hereditary guru on eating Homerus americanus, I recommend folks bring one more tool to a lobster feed … kitchen shears! The best way of eating our New England red bug is to turn the Homer on its back. Insert a scissors into the tiny circle just above the flippers at the end of the [&he[...]