I'm watching "Wild West Tech," and this episode's about vices.

Here's what I found out about Seattle, lormaginsSeattle, in the late 1800s, taxed prostitution, and 87 percent of the revune the city took in was from taxing prostitution ( Read more... )

Part of the fun today of going through my things is finding all the junk accumulated over time. All the artifacts of previous chapters of my life.

Of course, it also helps to have a mother who works for the city Law Department, hence she SAVES EVERYTHING. I have index cards with stickers on them from the first grade.

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So the past couple days have been weird. I'm suddenly popular, running into people on the street whom I have not seen in years.

Tuesday I was on my way into work, and I ran into the headmaster of my high school, Malvern Preparatory School. He told me that he was on his way to meet trustees about building a fine arts center.

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