What I Dithcovered in Theattle, Day One
I recently traveled to Seattle for the New Conspirators conference, sponsored by Mustard Seed Associates and inspired by the new Likewise book The New Conspirators by Tom Sine. Here are some of the observations and insights I gained over the course of my first twenty-four hours there.
* A person's anxiety level can be determined by a complex equation involving (a) the size of the vehicle he is driving in comparison to his normal vehicle, and (b) the narrowness of traffic lanes he is driving on in comparison to his normal lane sizes.
* Said anxiety level is increased exponentially by the number of one-way streets along the route to the driver's destination.
* Seattle has a lot of one-way streets.
* Seattle drivers park in ways that make one-way streets look like two-way streets, and vice versa.
* There are places in the world where green, not white, is the color of late February.
* Rock and roll music and science fiction are two great tastes that go great together.
* There are major cities in the United States that have managed to build up and out without paving over every green space and chopping down every tall tree.
* Split pea soup is best enjoyed with gluten-free bread and new friends.
* Thpeaking with a lithp, while juvenile, ith alwayth funny. Ethpecially in Theattle.
* Every man over the age of thirty in Seattle (and perhaps even some of the women), regardless of race, ethnicity, country of origin or habits of exercise and diet, looks almost exactly like IVP Academic senior reference editor Dan Reid.
* I could live here, I think.
Posted by dzimmerman at February 28, 2008 1:46 PM
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