When female restaurant servers draw a smiley face on bills, their tips increase by about 20 percent. The surprising origins + more
When female restaurant servers draw a smiley face on bills, their tips increase by about 20 percent. The surprising origins + more
I know I’m supposed to be outraged (or something), but all this photo collection elicits from me is fond recollections of my + more
If you’re one of those who wonders why so many people these days are concerned, hurt, offended, or “made uncomfortable,” + more
The irreproachable Morgan Lynch, soon-to-be runner-up in the office chess championship, alerted me to Bartholomäus Traubeck’s modified record player that “plays” slices of wood: It’s + more
When my friends and I used to act out Star Trek episodes—favorites were “The City on the Edge of Forever,” + more
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 percent who are + more
For the kickoff to the 37th Annual Northwest Bach Festival last night, the missus and I eschewed the wine-and-cheese affair at Barrister in + more
Nothing says “God bless America” quite like a 1968 campaign ad for the man who issued Executive Order 11582, thus designating the + more
So. Valentine’s Day is coming up. If we’re to believe conventional wisdom—which, let’s be honest, is a pretty safe bet + more
Having firmly established myself as something of a curmudgeon, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I found + more
LET CITIES SUBSIDE TO THEIR NAMES Osip Mandelstam Let cities subside to their names, Brief meanings that flare in the + more
A decade ago I worked at a downtown Spokane ad agency whose culture was, shall we say, unforgiving. Not a day passed + more
“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art + more
More odds and ends today, but this time from the worlds of art, architecture, and poetry. So, you know…no Bigfoot. + more