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  Which wu-tang song is THE BEST??

  0 2 The ones on the GZA's solo albums. Jim answered in Music/Bands/Venues 10 months ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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  What is your process for reading books?

  4 0 ooh, I know this one. http://youtu.be/pQHX-SjgQvQ Jim answered in General Book Discussion 11 months ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

• Follow Following 2 Kids Bicycle Jim asked in Bicycles 11 months ago 2 Answers by Fnarf , Davey Oil, of Bike Works and the Bikery…

• Comment on Anthony Hecht's answer…

  0 0 Wow, that map is fantastic! Thanks Anthony. I guess 4 hr free parking is to much to ask for. I didn't factor the price of parking into my costs of education. (I can't do the bus as I have to drop off and pick up a child right before and after) I think I'm going to park and bike but the two hour limit is cutting the bike - class - bike - time very very close. Jim commented 11 months ago

• Follow Following 1 Is there any 4-hr parking on Capitol Hill? Jim asked in Cars & Motorcycles 11 months ago by Anthony Hecht

• Comment on Barry Wright's answer…

  1 0 One of my most vivid and depressing memories is of a night when my mother asked me where I was going as I headed for the door and like a punk I said "out". She said "OK." It stopped me dead in my tracks. I couldn't believe that we were in a situation where she really didn't care. Perhaps I was at the zenith of my adolescence but i still remember it as the nadir of her parenting. Jim commented 11 months ago

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  Does it make anyone anxious knowing the Big One's fault line is under Seattle?

  2 0 Anxious enough to put "think about shit to store in the basement incase of earthquake" on my to do list but not anxious enough to actually make the list or procure any of the items on the theoretical list. This may reflect the fact that I'm an idiot more than anything else. Time will tell. Jim answered in Local News & Politics 12 months ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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  Let's start with the dreaded structure question.

  0 0 I should start by saying that I haven't finished the book yet. Regarding the structure however, I have a couple of thoughts. I really enjoyed the idea of following one character from one story to the next. It has a novelty factor ala Pulp Fiction. Although I think things would have worked better had the stories followed one another chronologically (In the end there may be a reason to introduce one character prior to another - I don't know and maybe the earliest chapter wasn't a strong opener). More technically I think the evolving nature of the transitions from one chapter to another, each related to the prior yet distinct, is perhaps intended to mirror the evolving nature of the characters. Which seems to be the point of the novel: We can't, in the end, recognize the pit from which we were dug nor the stone from which we were hewn. We've transitioned seamlessly into someone else and are left wondering how and why that happened. Jim answered in Book Club- A Visit from the Goon Squad 12 months ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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  How can you use the right click on a mac while I am logged into a PC via a VPN conection?

  1 0 Get a two button mouse. fin. Jim answered in Tech Support about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 2 more answers »

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  which are the best playgrounds in the seattle area?

  0 0 You Guys!?!? How can you forget Madison Park? It was redeveloped a few years ago now by someone with a mean sense of fun. Lots of literally twisted play structures and many spinning devices and a Zip-line. Plus it has the highest slide in Seattle that I know of. Walking distance to a beach, tennis courts, Red Apple, Ice Cream (Scoop DuJour - I can't spell that) and Mad Pizza delivers. Jim answered in Things to do with Your Kids about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 7 more answers »

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