Run-DMSteve

  • First down and forever

    Years and years ago, when I worked at Seattle Weekly, when there were still wolves in West Seattle and humpback whales in Elliott Bay, when the grunge scene was an ordeal because it was always raining and the flannel shirts we wore soaked up the wet, before the motor car,…

  • Index to Run-DMSteve Year 3.0

    My people! The cash has been rolling in since I launched this blog on November 4, 2010. PolitiFact rates this assertion as Pants on Fire. I haven’t made a penny, but I have listened to Johnny Cash at San Quentin (what a record) and anyway blogging is fun and a…

  • Don’t forget old acquaintances? Don’t tell me what to do

    Here’s one of my many life goals: To be all ready to go on New Year’s Eve. Not just dressed to go out – I always aim to have my desk cleared, my body humming along like Ken Griffey Jr. rather than Boog Powell, and my big projects for the…

  • 2013 in review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,700 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that…

  • Night of the hunter

    The Biggest Prize in Sport 999 1980 When I moved from Boston to Seattle in 1980, I didn’t know anyone closer than Los Angeles. That was one of Seattle’s attractions. Soon after I arrived and found a job and a place to live, I turned my attention to finding a…