Peter McCollum
@petermccollum.bsky.social
Strategic communications consultant, food nerd, frequent flier mile baron. #GoZags!
I had Chat GPT create a rendering. This is clearly a good idea.
December 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I had Chat GPT create a rendering. This is clearly a good idea.
It’s disappointing Tillamook Creamy doesn’t do an elaborate display around Christmas to celebrate the birth of baby cheeses.
Can we all agree it would be excellent if they had gorgeous life-size nativity scene except instead of a baby Jesus, the bassinet had a bunch of Tillamook cheeses?
Can we all agree it would be excellent if they had gorgeous life-size nativity scene except instead of a baby Jesus, the bassinet had a bunch of Tillamook cheeses?
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s disappointing Tillamook Creamy doesn’t do an elaborate display around Christmas to celebrate the birth of baby cheeses.
Can we all agree it would be excellent if they had gorgeous life-size nativity scene except instead of a baby Jesus, the bassinet had a bunch of Tillamook cheeses?
Can we all agree it would be excellent if they had gorgeous life-size nativity scene except instead of a baby Jesus, the bassinet had a bunch of Tillamook cheeses?
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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
#Zags BlueSky:
I moved here in late 2004. My first Seattle game was sitting under the hoop for the Morrison shot.
Since then I’ve gone to every brutal loss (Nevada, Tenn, Illinois, AJ Price, UConn, Kentucky…) and nothing else.
I stayed home tonight. And I’m very happy about that for all of us.
I moved here in late 2004. My first Seattle game was sitting under the hoop for the Morrison shot.
Since then I’ve gone to every brutal loss (Nevada, Tenn, Illinois, AJ Price, UConn, Kentucky…) and nothing else.
I stayed home tonight. And I’m very happy about that for all of us.
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#Zags BlueSky:
I moved here in late 2004. My first Seattle game was sitting under the hoop for the Morrison shot.
Since then I’ve gone to every brutal loss (Nevada, Tenn, Illinois, AJ Price, UConn, Kentucky…) and nothing else.
I stayed home tonight. And I’m very happy about that for all of us.
I moved here in late 2004. My first Seattle game was sitting under the hoop for the Morrison shot.
Since then I’ve gone to every brutal loss (Nevada, Tenn, Illinois, AJ Price, UConn, Kentucky…) and nothing else.
I stayed home tonight. And I’m very happy about that for all of us.
Angle Lake is infuriating.
SeaTac exists because of the airport. The city is named for the nickname people used for the airport. There’s a capital letter in the middle because it’s just a shorthand for 2 other cities.
Why the fuck did they think anyone would know it as Angle Lake?!
SeaTac exists because of the airport. The city is named for the nickname people used for the airport. There’s a capital letter in the middle because it’s just a shorthand for 2 other cities.
Why the fuck did they think anyone would know it as Angle Lake?!
Tourist arriving in Seattle for the first time today and heading to Westlake Station: "What's an Angle Lake?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Angle Lake is infuriating.
SeaTac exists because of the airport. The city is named for the nickname people used for the airport. There’s a capital letter in the middle because it’s just a shorthand for 2 other cities.
Why the fuck did they think anyone would know it as Angle Lake?!
SeaTac exists because of the airport. The city is named for the nickname people used for the airport. There’s a capital letter in the middle because it’s just a shorthand for 2 other cities.
Why the fuck did they think anyone would know it as Angle Lake?!
This seems dubious, but who am I to question the experience and expertise of acting Archivist of the United States, Marco Rubio?
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This seems dubious, but who am I to question the experience and expertise of acting Archivist of the United States, Marco Rubio?
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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I would like to interview people who comment like this to ask *why* they comment like this.
I'm talking sit down, in a room, and read out their replies to them and ask *why* they do this.
I'm talking sit down, in a room, and read out their replies to them and ask *why* they do this.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I would like to interview people who comment like this to ask *why* they comment like this.
I'm talking sit down, in a room, and read out their replies to them and ask *why* they do this.
I'm talking sit down, in a room, and read out their replies to them and ask *why* they do this.
Comments are closed but I love everything about this thread.
I posted this to bait a very specific kind of user, who replies very rudely to any food post they don't like.
a man with long hair is sitting in the driver 's seat of a truck with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man with long hair is sitting in the driver 's seat of a truck with his eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Comments are closed but I love everything about this thread.
Well, this should be fun.
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Well, this should be fun.
Day after Thanksgiving to do list:
✔️ Put up the Christmas lights
✔️ Stuffing waffle
✔️ Put up the Christmas lights
✔️ Stuffing waffle
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Day after Thanksgiving to do list:
✔️ Put up the Christmas lights
✔️ Stuffing waffle
✔️ Put up the Christmas lights
✔️ Stuffing waffle
I’m from home and wife and kids aren’t here, so I was a little concerned to hear the sound of a toilet flush coming from the bathroom by our back door.
Upon investigation I learned that our tuxedo cat has figured out how to flush the toilet.
Upon investigation I learned that our tuxedo cat has figured out how to flush the toilet.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m from home and wife and kids aren’t here, so I was a little concerned to hear the sound of a toilet flush coming from the bathroom by our back door.
Upon investigation I learned that our tuxedo cat has figured out how to flush the toilet.
Upon investigation I learned that our tuxedo cat has figured out how to flush the toilet.
This is the most unhinged editorial board piece I have ever read. And as a Seattle Times subscriber, that’s really saying something.
Jeff Bezos is mad. Don't put it in the paper that Bezos is mad! (Oops, too late.)
Opinion | Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
The mayor-elect has little experience but plenty of bad ideas.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is the most unhinged editorial board piece I have ever read. And as a Seattle Times subscriber, that’s really saying something.
Americans having an overall preference for space and cars is not exclusive with the fact there is way more demand for urban housing than supply.
Building more dense, walkable housing to meet that need will also reduce demand pressure on the suburbs.
Building more dense, walkable housing to meet that need will also reduce demand pressure on the suburbs.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Americans having an overall preference for space and cars is not exclusive with the fact there is way more demand for urban housing than supply.
Building more dense, walkable housing to meet that need will also reduce demand pressure on the suburbs.
Building more dense, walkable housing to meet that need will also reduce demand pressure on the suburbs.
“[L]istening is a discipline, and when we listen, we learn.”
An outstanding and extremely worthwhile read.
An outstanding and extremely worthwhile read.
A way to find common ground: Dump the labels and listen | Op-Ed
The writer draws on her experiences leading apolitical focus groups to suggest ways we might be more moderate in conversing with others, even when we disagree.
www.seattletimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“[L]istening is a discipline, and when we listen, we learn.”
An outstanding and extremely worthwhile read.
An outstanding and extremely worthwhile read.
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it's no longer just the "democrat shutdown" - this abuse of office is hideous
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
it's no longer just the "democrat shutdown" - this abuse of office is hideous
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November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A lot has been said about Dick Cheney, but he died doing what he loved: Monitoring the buildup of U.S. military forces in preparation to launch a unilateral invasion of a smaller, weaker country with significant oil reserves on flimsy, invented pretense.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A lot has been said about Dick Cheney, but he died doing what he loved: Monitoring the buildup of U.S. military forces in preparation to launch a unilateral invasion of a smaller, weaker country with significant oil reserves on flimsy, invented pretense.
The Democratic Party is a tent big enough for everyone.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Democratic Party is a tent big enough for everyone.
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After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Poisoned candy is a myth, but it’s critical for ostensibly credible sources to repeat it every year to give parents cover to canvass their kids’ candy haul and figure out what they’re going to steal after the kids go yo bed.
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Poisoned candy is a myth, but it’s critical for ostensibly credible sources to repeat it every year to give parents cover to canvass their kids’ candy haul and figure out what they’re going to steal after the kids go yo bed.
The kids have barely started trick or treating and The Needling already ran out of fucks to give.
Harrell Argues Seattle Needs Mayor Who Can Afford Enough Childcare to Forget Own Child Even Exists: tinyurl.com/2sjh2ca5
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The kids have barely started trick or treating and The Needling already ran out of fucks to give.