SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Shower thoughts: Space Needle suspicion and criticizing Seattle sports

Mar 21, 2018, 12:44 PM | Updated: 2:35 pm

space needle, time capsule...

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Time for our first Shower Thoughts of spring. Let’s do this.

RELATED: Why you should not take your dog on vacation

I stepped on the scale today at 201 pounds. It’s been almost two years at that weight — 201 is better than 261 in every way.

 Seattle bans helpful websites?

I still can’t get over the Seattle City Council voting 8-0 to ban two websites that allowed landlords to find the market price for rent. Are they going to ban eBay, Cars.com, Amazon, and Expedia now too?

Don’t they essentially do the same thing? Set a price for a product and see how the market responds.

Space Needle suspicion

Anyone else a little suspicious of the new glass floors going in the Space Needle? I definitely want to check it out, but it’s A GLASS FLOOR! AT THE TOP OF THE SPACE NEEDLE!

Photos: Go inside the Space Needle renovation

Piercings

I have a question, and it’s not rhetorical. Someone please text the show. What’s the upside of having your lip pierced? I’ve seen this several times this week, and I don’t get it. Upper lip, lower lip, corner of the lip. Seems painful, difficult to keep clean, and annoyingly in the way. What am I missing here?

Mariners

Hey Mariners, I’m looking at you. Enough time has passed since the disappointing end to another disappointing season that my frustration has faded from last year. I want to jump on board again this year. I’m sure I won’t be able to resist going to games on beautiful summer nights. But as a reminder, just making the playoffs means you are in the top third of the league. So basically, getting a C+ grade. Not making the playoffs is a D. Making the playoffs once every 20 years is not good enough. Get it together for crying out loud.

Seahawks

Speaking of not making the playoffs, how exactly are the Seahawks going win any games this year? They are booting big-name players from the squad almost every day and signing no-name players. They have almost no draft picks. Hawks reporter Brady Henderson writes on ESPN, “After their first-round pick, No. 18 overall, they aren’t scheduled to choose again until No. 120, and of their eight selections in all, six are between the fifth and seventh rounds.”

This is going to be a team we do not recognize this year.

Concerts

And finally, start planning your summer concert calendar. Looks like it’s going to be a fun year. From Beyonce and Jay Z to Kenny Chesney. From the Foo Fighters to Brandi Carlyle.

I just bought my tickets for Bon Iver up in BC. Get out there and see some shows.

Time to dry off. That’s a wrap for shower thoughts.

You can hear “What are we talking about here?” everyday at 4:45 p.m. on 97.3 FM.

More from Ron Upshaw

FILE - Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares his name with the incumben...

Associated Press

Republican with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan advances from Alaska US Senate primary

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A candidate with the same name as Alaska’s incumbent U.S. senator advanced Tuesday to the general election in what will be one of the most closely watched races in the country this fall. Dan J. Sullivan, who goes by Dan Sullivan, was among the top four finishers after the Aug. 18 […]

5 hours ago

Harold Jezler poses for a picture with a photo of his wife, Olga Jezler, in West Harrison, N.Y., Fr...

Associated Press

Release of Marine veteran from Russian custody turns focus to other detainees with health concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Gilman’s release from Russian custody this month heralded a long-awaited homecoming for the Marine veteran after more than four years behind bars. But as Harold Jezler followed the media coverage from the United States, he couldn’t help but notice Gilman’s gaunt and sickly appearance and think of the implications for his […]

5 hours ago

Associated Press

The US and Canada could pull back from an all-out trade war. It’s not clear that they will

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs. Despite the bravado coming from both sides of the border, though, analysts suspect the longtime allies will eventually strike a deal to end a conflict neither really wants. The prospects for compromise looked bleak […]

5 hours ago

FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 202...

Associated Press

ICE agent charged with shooting in Minnesota could be released from Texas jail

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An ICE agent charged in Minnesota with firing his gun through a house door, striking a man in his leg, and then lying to justify the shooting, could walk out of a South Texas jail on Thursday if a federal judge does not intervene. Christian Castro, an agent for U.S. Immigration […]

5 hours ago

Robert Ladd, a former Compton, Calif., police officer who was part of the department's gang unit, t...

Associated Press

Former detective says Tupac murder suspect was gang ‘shot caller’ who had final say in shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Compton gang detective testified Tuesday that Duane “Keffe D” Davis was a high-ranking “shot caller” whose authority meant younger gang members would not have opened fire on Tupac Shakur with Davis present unless he allowed it. Robert Ladd, a former Compton police officer who spent years investigating gang homicides, […]

5 hours ago

FILE - The site of a future data center being built near Abernathy, Texas, July 18, 2026, in Hale C...

Associated Press

Here’s all the ways that data center controversies have transformed the midterm elections

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The snowballing opposition to data centers in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies and brought perhaps the industry’s biggest booster, President Donald Trump, to its defense. It’s a dramatic shift from two years ago, when […]

5 hours ago

Shower thoughts: Space Needle suspicion and criticizing Seattle sports