The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: accidents

  • My Love/Hate Relationship with the Blue Angels

    The cons are starting to outweigh the pros for me.

  • Do a Search of Women and Drawbridges

    Do a Search of Women and Drawbridges

    Not one word about the many amazing female bridge operators out there.

  • Just One Step Ahead

    I don’t think I’d be very good at chess, even if I found someone with the patience to teach me how to play. I find it very hard to strategize. Thinking 3 steps ahead seems to confound me. If I were on Survivor, I’d be the first one voted off the island. Having said that,…

  • Crazy Bicyclists

    The first thing most people think of when you mention Seattle is rain. Because of that, I was really taken by surprise at the number of people who ride bicycles in this town. Thousands of bikes cross my drawbridge every single day, rain or shine, cold weather or mild. You have to admire their determination,…

  • I am Officially Doomed

    After 12 years of working crazy shifts here on the drawbridge, often two or three different shifts in the space of a week, I’m now discovering that there is an official name for my constant state of mental fog, my messed up immune system, and my apparent inability to lose weight despite all efforts. It’s…

  • Confession: I Can be a Sick Puppy.

    No, I don’t pull the wings off flies or flash people from under a trench coat, but apparently I AM the only human being willing to admit that, yes, I DO slow down to look at traffic accidents. So feel free to blame me for every traffic jam you’ve been in since about 1970. I…