Bob Barbanes

As an Uber driver, I talk with around a dozen different people a day.  We don't *all* talk about the pandemic anymore (as we used to dur...

Both Uber and Lyft are complaining that they do not have enough drivers.  Every time I log-on, I'm bombarded with bonus offers for recom...

It occurred to me that in all of the nine summers I spent in Washington State, I never once visited their tallest mountain. That would be M...

I used to blog a lot.  But now I do most of my writing on Facebook.  There, I make semi-regular posts.  I jokingly started referring to them...

Let us be very, very clear: The death rate from COVID19 in the U.S. is 1.8%. In other words, if you get the disease, you have better than a...

In discussing the coronavirus pandemic, one of my friends sighed, "I just want this to be over." A sentiment shared by all of us,...

 I had a hankering for Mexican food last night. Instead of going out, I made some shrimp tacos, which turned out great if I do say so myself...