Mystery Date
August 8, 2022
Board game from the 1960’s reflects on the conduct of men today. … More Mystery Date
Category: Consumer Goods
The Costco Song
March 6, 2020
I picked up the guitar and started singing all those old folk songs American’s love, like The Hammer Song etc. I realized they were all all labor songs from an era that has passed. They do not seem relevant. So I wrote a song about modern life. The Costco Song is more about how we … More The Costco Song
Seattle Bike Share; Death Be Not Proud
September 24, 2017
Well here we go again, another effort at getting people out of their cars and on to bicycles. The idea of a bike share enterprise, private or publicly funded, refuses to die in Seattle. Why is it called “Bike Share” when in reality it is “Bike Rental”? Because in collectivized Seattle it is considered poor … More Seattle Bike Share; Death Be Not Proud
Pete Patterson Is Doing Life Behind Bars
July 28, 2017
I have not committed any crimes, but I am doing life behind bars…. Handlebars. I am just back from my annual birthday ride and thought I would post this up, recorded earlier. This episode of Lawyers Road Review one of those moments where I open the mike and a bottle of beer and take up … More Pete Patterson Is Doing Life Behind Bars
What is it about Everett, anyway?
July 2, 2017
What is it about Everett, anyway? People are born here, live out their lives here and die here, never leaving, never seeing a reason to leave. This audio is about a lovely Friday evening in Everett, and commentary about the town and what we do here in the summer then segues into a commentary about … More What is it about Everett, anyway?
My Visit to the Jack Daniels Distillery
June 11, 2017
In 1993 we drove south from Nashville on I-24 into rural Tennessee and into another world. The objective was a visit to the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg. It wasn’t much like the film Deliverance, but then the people we encountered were not that far removed from the cast either. Soon after turning right at … More My Visit to the Jack Daniels Distillery
Life’s Little Instruction Book
December 23, 2016
Instruction #85: Never encourage anyone to become a lawyer. … More Life’s Little Instruction Book
Tears for Sears; A Big Box Retailer Commits Suicide
July 11, 2016
In a time of great anger at how things have turned out for the USA, in a time when we want an America back we think once existed, it is hard, at best, to watch one of the institutions of my childhood commit suicide. What used to be a reliable source for all things American, … More Tears for Sears; A Big Box Retailer Commits Suicide
Open the Pod Bay Doors Hal
May 31, 2016
In the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey a computer takes over a spacecraft and tries to slay the astronauts so they would not, due to the human inherent proclivity to err, jeopardize the mission. His name was Hal 2000. Overnight, without my permission the very large software company across the lake installed Windows 10 on … More Open the Pod Bay Doors Hal
When We Get Done With This One
May 1, 2016
The Whole Foods checker and her bagging clerk talk to each other as if I am not standing there. One says to the other “When we get done with ‘this one’ ” referring to me. She then goes on to describe what task they have before them next. It was an existentialist experience. I am … More When We Get Done With This One
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