Ahh, Bellingham, Washington. My dad was born and spent his early years there before his family moved down south to Seattle. His stepfather was but one of a plethora of Buzzards concentrated in the vicinity, many associated with the venerable Buzzard Iron Works, an icon of sorts for a time there. The aforementioned Robert Buzzard, Jr. was a miserable SOB by all accounts, someone who cursed us with the vulture moniker by adopting my dad after marrying his widowed mother. I have no Buzzard blood and would otherwise have been Steve Finnegan. Fuck wad. (Grammar question: is fuck wad one word or two?)
Ironically, ol' man Bob apparently acted like he resented having adopted my dad (or perhaps he was just disappointed in the mess Chuck later made of his life). I wish he'd have gone with his instincts. I personally remember little to nothing about the guy (we didn't visit all that often and when we did, I don't recall him there). There's a little burb at the
end of this obit page that lists several notable dead Buzzards from Bellingham, including my step-gramps (and his father).
Anyway, there was
a story online today that got me thinking of Bellingham. Some guy in a store reeked of a foul odor and when a worker there tried to tell him so in as tactful a manner as one could muster under the circumstances, the guy threw batteries at him and punched him in the face. Somehow the story had, for me, Bellingham written all over it.
Speaking of dicks, it's simply amazing the percentage of ads (and spam) across all spectrum of media related to the core issue of erectile dysfunction (now universally known as ED; I think even young kids are taught this in school). I feel sorry for those afflicted who also "take nitrates for chest pain," since they apparently can't avail themselves of Viagra, Cialis, et. al. Presumably if they take nitrates for other reasons, they're golden.
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