By bluerasberry on 2011-06-26
There was a pie eating contest at the Fremont Outdoor Movie screening of Shaun of the Dead. I went in a Shaun costume and was very serious. There were not many willing competitors and only two others volunteered for this. I have no idea why other people do not see this sport the way I […]
Posted in Seattle | Tagged competitive eating
By bluerasberry on 2011-06-06
I attended the June 4 open house to celebrate the opening of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation building opening across the street from the Seattle Center. This is a 500 million dollar building whose employees have the responsibility to manage the spending of 3 billion dollars a year to improve the human condition. The […]
Posted in education, encounter, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2011-06-05
Matt Mullenweg is the founding developer of WordPress and he still seems to be a frontman for whatever WordPress does. I was at an event he arranged on June 3. Matt looked like a typical America who, as Nandan would say, gave very little attention to his personal appearance other than hygiene. About 40 people […]
Posted in computer, presentation, research, Seattle, work | Tagged hero
By bluerasberry on 2011-05-20
I arrived in Seattle on the night of Friday May 13. The weather is wonderful here and I love my city. I find that my life is not so different here as it was in India. I work in front of a computer for part of the day and play for another part. Every day […]
Posted in personal, Seattle | Tagged boring
By bluerasberry on 2010-11-22
I participated in the Mashed-potato Munch Off at the Green Lake Gobble again this year. I ate 75 ounces of mashed potatoes (4.7 pounds, 2.1 kilograms) in four minutes. The woman to my right was second place. I was intimidated because I had expected them to leave my finished bowls in front of me, but […]
Posted in art, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-22
Four times in one week I have heard the same story in different contexts. I am struck by the profundity of this problem, it being that there exists evidence that funding social wellness programs for children is both the simplest and most effective way to improve individual and societal health, and yet in America and […]
Posted in health, legal, presentation, religion, Seattle | Tagged politician, weapon
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-20
The University of Washington Alumni Association does these environmental lectures every year. The series is on Tuesday nights for eight weeks. Last year the talks were about coffee and I went to all of them and they were great. This year it is about top-level economic policy on food production, and the series is called […]
Posted in health, presentation, Seattle | Tagged lecture
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-06
I went to Infocamp at Seattle University on Saturday and Sunday October 2-3. I saw a sign or something about this conference – I am not sure what I saw, but I had never heard of it. It was $50 for two days and the website seemed to have a lot of community input on […]
Posted in computer, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2010-09-23
I went to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health meeting Monday and Tuesday September 20-21. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the role of the university in promoting global health. I had been talking with Nandan for some years now about doing things to attract enough students to merit the establishment of […]
Posted in non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2010-07-15
I went to see Lords of Acid and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Tuesday July 13 at Studio 7 in Georgetown. I listened to them when I was a teenager and it was cool to see them live. The venue sucked and I gave them a bad yelp but both bands were good. […]
Posted in drug, presentation, Seattle | Tagged concert, dance, music, pop culture