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©Dr. Wes: Farmers, pigs, bugs and parrots

I didn't want to, butI'm going to have to talk about the Great Flu Epidemic of 2009 this week, because I can't row fast enough against the raging stream. Before I get started, I want to talk about my receding hairline. It could have been wo ...

May 6th, 2009 - Dr. Wes Browning
©Dr. Wes: Hungry for Brains

Adventures in Irony Click to view larger Dr. Wes. Browning I've avoided talking about the flap over Capehart. I thought I had nothing new to add to the topic. I was thinking this week I would instead talk about brain-eating amoeba. There are few conc ...

October 3rd, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning
@Dr. Wes: Profiling is plain stupidology

My regular two readers know that stupidity is my favorite subject. It was my favorite subject in grade school. I tried to major in stupidology in college, but it wasn't offered in those days. So I have had to study stupidity on my own, working withou ...

May 13th, 2009 - Dr. Wes Browning
©Dr. Wes: A Nation of War Criminals

Adventures in Irony This won't be a fun column. Jesse Macbeth has got my panties in a knot this week. I just lied. I don't wear panties. But, if I did, they'd be in a knot. If I did, they'd be knotted ALL THE TIME. Jesse Macbeth's ...

September 26th, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning
Adventures in Irony

©Dr. Wes: Privateers in Iraq and Seattle I haven't said much about the Iraq War lately. I hate repeating myself and you can't not when you're talking about the repetitive. But, holy cow, look what happened this morning. First, I beat my hea ...

September 19th, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning
©Dr. Wes: Look, a pod people

Right about now, I think what should be on everyone's mind is the question: What did the aliens do with the real Gil Kerlikowske, and why? Last week, something that looked like Gil Kerlikowske and, even more incredible, calling itself Gil Kerlikowske ...

May 20th, 2009 - Dr. Wes Browning
Adventures in Irony

©Dr. Wes Browning: Victory is Ours Sen. Larry Craig is still struggling to save his term as Senator from his decision to resign. He has promised to battle on against himself, vowing to remain in office the instant he's cleared of all charges. I think ...

September 12th, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning
Adventures in Irony

©Dr. Wes: It Could Be Worse Here it is Fri., Aug. 31 and ordinarily I wouldn't be trying to write this for three more days, but the Labor Day Weekend is looming and our Editorial Manager "First Man" Adam wants to go to all three days of Bum ...

September 5th, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning
©Dr. Wes: The urban phantom menace

I've decided to regurgitate a story from my distant past. The story is one I call "The Montlake Dump Incident," and it's topical today only because a black bear-- AKA "The Urban Phantom"-- has been sighted in and around Seatt ...

May 27th, 2009 - Dr. Wes Browning
Adventures in Irony

©Dr. Wes: The things they carry Every week I work the Real Change vendor desk for six hours. Usually it's elementary, if not easy, work. Vendors pay 35 cents for each paper. If I can't work out in my head that at that rate 83 papers is $25.05, n ...

August 29th, 2007 - Dr. Wes Browning