Saw this in front of QFC at about 2:20 PM this afternoon:

The managers out front didn’t want to say much, only that the female driver was trying to park and kept going and ploughed into a big display of plants.  The building and pedestrians seemed undamaged.  It happened about 20 minutes before I got there.  Probably a case of hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake?  Also, this was a Disabled spot but the license isn’t disabled and I couldn’t see any tags hanging from the rear-view mirror (admittedly, it was hard to get too close):

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Stopped by the Wallingford Post Office the other day and noticed a sign that USPS is hiring.  You apply online and there are a variety of “Peak Season Casual Positions” around the state:

Sounds like a good way to get economic stimulus along with some exercise and a chance to snoop into what mail people are getting.  By the way, aren’t we lucky that the people who work in our branch are such a bunch of great personalities?…

There are some fast girls in our neighborhood.  Fast, fast girls.   

On roller skates, that is.  Did you know Wallingford is home to the first brick-and-mortar womens roller derby equipment store in the world?

Roller derby?  Yes, since 2001 in Austin, TX roller derby has made a big resurgence, according to Fast Girl Skates employee Fighty Almighty (that’s her “derby name”).  She and the store’s owners, Le Petite Mort (or Jenny as she’s known outside the rink) and Wile E. Peyote (aka, Sarah) all skate for Seattle’s Rat City Roller Girls.

Morty and Wile E. opened the store in 2007 …