As part of my protest to only support meaningful environmentalism at the expense of feel-good environmentalism, I have found that you can grab an extra couple of bags from Trader Joes and “re-use” them at Madison Market. Madison Market has decent produce – TJ’s does not.

Also: commenters advise you to keep your eyes out for the extra bags they provide for reuse at the front.

Also, has any post ever received a net “-1” score before?

Every time I go to Madison Market, I check out with a bad taste in my mouth. The checker is there, watching me to see if I take a bag so they can punish me with a surcharge. It’s annoying. It doesn’t make me bring my own bag – it just makes me annoyed with Madison Market and the holier-than-thou crowd. 

This is from a guy who drives a car that gets 35+ miles to the gallon. I bring bags to the store – when I haven’t used them all for garbage bags. I am seriously concerned about global warming. But I am thoroughly annoyed by grocery bag fees.

I will be protesting the Block Party Crashers in spirit this weekend. This tax is a bad idea. It won’t impact the amount of garbage Seattle hauls in any significant way (i.e. changing weight or volume by more than 1%), and it gives people who are on the fence about environmentalism a really bad feeling about it – by giving them an annoying reminder of the “nanny state” every time they check out. 

Ways we could *actually* make the city greener:

• tax gasoline
• charge people a congestion tax on the freeway
• increase fees for garbage collection
• Increase electricity fees and give a fixed rebate back to low-income households
• Increase natural gas fees and give a fixed rebate back to low-income households
• pay people to not cut down large trees on their properties

If you could get just one green initiative passed per year – just one thing that would make the world greener – this is it? It’ll take 1,000 years at this rate!

Why does Aurora get 3 taco trucks, 45th gets a (albeit crappy) taco truck, but we get nothing closer than the taco bus on Rainier Ave south of I-90?

For those who are unaware: Taco trucks are the best quick food nature has to offer.

And if we did get a truck, where would you put it?

Check photo #10 of 914 Randolph Ave. Yes, that’s a built in circular bed but they only left the box spring.

1. Was this the coolest thing ever in 1977?
2. Where on earth did they take the circular mattress that didn’t need the box spring?
3. Does the circular bed add or detract from the value of the house?

In Google StreetView. Any idea what they are “discussing”?

Can’t embed here (wish I could!), so you’ll have to click:
cop and dude “discussing”

Update from jseattle: We have a solution to allow anybody to embed that we’re ready to roll out any day now. In meantime, I can do it for you. Here’s your Street View find from 12th Ave E. Looks like a meter maid is doing some lecturing!

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