Comics, cartoons, piano, and protests

— Thursday —
July 10, 2025 

We're all old, not too much time left, so if you'd like to get together just say the word. Here's what I might be up to this week...

Tonight, Thursday the 10th, there's prohibition-era piano jazz in a prohibition-era bar, the Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown. Pretty sure I'll be there, tapping my toes and eating one or two of their pretty good blue cheeseburgers.

On Saturday the 12th, Fantagraphics is having a book fair at their Georgetown store. Is it possible y'all don't know Fantagraphics? They publish 'literary' comics like Acme Novelty Library, Ghost World, Love & Rockets, and such. This ain't Archie in Riverdale.

A collection of Max Fleischer cartoons is now playing at Northwest Film Forum, including some Betty Boop and early-era Popeye the Sailor Man. Great stuff, from when the very idea of images moving on a screen was still radical.

Next Thursday the 17th will be one of the big protest days, so I'll be at one of the big protests, being big, and protesting. I'll come home all tuckered out, so the next once-weekly update on this page will be a day or two late.

And next Friday the 18th, there'll be breakfast. Actually, there's breakfast most days, but most days I'm not there, and Friday I will be! Have I mentioned that the chicken-fried steak is exquisite? 

No, I'm not doing all the above. But on any given morning, if my mood is right and the stars align and especially if you're coming with me, I might do something off the list.

If you're family, friend, former friend, acquaintance, or simply Doug-curious, you're invited. Click the links for details, and/or drop me a note!

 • Please RSVP by the day before. 
 • All events are 'Dutch treat'. 
 • Please remember the basics of Doug. 

And if you're planning something or going somewhere, and you'd like a fat man with flatulence to tag along, all invitations will be cheerfully considered, possibly even accepted.
 
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— Friday, July 18 —
 
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Great Scott! I'm an old man!

❗❗ FLASH — YOU'RE INVITED ❗❗
Breakfast at Little Pat's on Wednesday 7/9, 9AM.
Try the chicken-fried steak!

But enough about you, let's talk about me! Here's what I'm hoping to be up to this week...

On the 4th of July, I'll be at Seattle Center for the annual swearing in of new citizens from all over the world. We're hoping the ICE Gestapo doesn't swoop in and arrest them all five minutes before the ceremony.

On Saturday July 5th, it's time for free, all-you-can-play pinball. Can't speak for anyone else, but my flipper skills could use a workout.

If you're up for a hike — which for me is a fairly major if — this walking tour of the waterfront on Tuesday the 8th sounds fun. And since we're there and we've burned all those calories, why not have greasy yummy fish'n'chips for dinner?

On Thursday the 10th, there's prohibition-era piano jazz in a prohibition-era bar, the Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown. But also there's poetry in the park at Meadowbrook Pond. Haven't decided yet, between the piano and the poetry. Might do both! Might do neither! Life is full of surprises!

No, I'm not doing all these things. But on any given morning, if my mood is right and the stars align and especially if you're coming with me, I might do something off the list.

If you're family, friend, former friend, acquaintance, or simply Doug-curious, you're invited. Click the links for details, and/or drop me a note!

 • Please RSVP by the day before. 
 • All events are 'Dutch treat'. 
 • Please remember the basics of Doug. 

And if you're planning something or going somewhere, and you'd like a fat man with flatulence to tag along, all invitations will be cheerfully considered, possibly even accepted.
 
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— Thursday, July 10 —
 
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No exciting news, and that's good news

Hear ye hear ye, due to holiday complications our next family breakfast will be WEDNESDAY JULY 2 instead of the usual first Friday, which is Independence Day.

In other exciting news, there's no exciting news, and that's good news.

Here's some things I might be up to over the next week, and you're invited to any and all. Someone asked, so let me 'splain: No, I'm not doing all these things. But on any given morning, if my mood is right and the stars align and especially if you're coming with me, I might do something off the list.

Saturday, June 28: It's the annual BioBlitz at Seahurst Park in Burien. Get up close and personal with all the bugs and critters.

Also on Saturday the 28th, it's the grand re-opening of my local hardware store. Free hot dogs, and I need some duct tape.

Sunday, June 29, and every Sunday for that matter, lots of wingnuts Plunge into Puget Sound. I usually don't stay for the potluck, because there tend to be people there, but nothing wakes you up better than a cold water dunk.

George Clooney pretends to sing, and pretends quite well, in O Brother Where Art Thou?, now playing at Central Cinema. Tuesday's show has two-for-one tickets!

Breakfast on Wednesday July 2, but I repeat myself, sorry.

On the 4th of July, the Naturalization Ceremony at Seattle Center is a real joy, a celebration of what America ought to be. Come early, bring a chair, find some shade. Three cheers for the Red, White, and Blue.

And speaking of patriotism, there are protests seven days a week against the treasonous schmuck who's trying to blow up the Constitution, due process, civil rights, and the planet.

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— Thursday, July 3 —
 
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