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Westside Story – Negative & Positive Set-ups
Starbucks cup on top of car (negative set-up). Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I have hundreds of stories I could share with you regarding the concept “Negative & Positive Set-up”. Let me just...
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Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Friday on my way home from work I stopped at Starbucks on 11th and Pacific in downtown Tacoma to pick up a rolling Freeway beverage. There it was, zipcar. My nephew,...
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Westside Story – Dr. Seuss
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle I found myself in another school principal’s office the other day. I noticed the sign depicted in my photo posted prominently on the Principal’s office wall. (more…)
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Westside Story – Graffiti Rant
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle The other day… That’s right, I was at Starbucks, which is a happy place for most patrons. I was highly disappointed to see that a lowlife had destroyed four of the...
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Westside Story – Pierce Transit Fights Obesity
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America. Have you seen Old Country Buffet patrons shuffling away from the ALL YOU CAN EAT SMORGESBOARD to the Pierce...
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Westside Story – FedEx Spam / Scam
Photo & Story – Joseph Boyle Short Story: Step 1. Look at my photo. Step 2. If you receive a similar e-mail, ignore the spam / scam communication and push delete. Full Story: While out of the...
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Westside Story – Lakewood Mystery Building
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Way back in time around 1969 when I first moved to Lakewood, I noticed a white single family home on the corner of Steilacoom Boulevard and Bridgeport Way SW. There...
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Westside Story – Outer Space Banana Invasion
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle A couple nights ago, I was sitting at one of those really cool high-altitude cocktail lounge style table and chair sets with my pal, Ronnie McKinney, at the LTC,...
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Westside Store – Exploding Wallet
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Guys, we are always talking about women carrying big purses. I wouldn’t say anything more about that if you have a wallet like my pal’s shown in the photo. (more…)
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Westside Story – Good Sign – Bad Sign
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Last night I was heading over to the Lakewood Towne Center Safeway when I spotted what I have termed “Good Sign – Bad Sign”. Check out my photo to see what I mean....
View ArticleWestside Story – Great Kids
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We hear about kids and bad behavior all the time. Remember my article on graffiti? Well I have a “good kids” story this time. No, actually it is a “great kids” story....
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Westside Story – Tucci & Sons
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle Boy oh boy, do I have a deal for my readers. Yes, indeed, two stories for the price of one. Story 1 – Tucci & Sons Company Truck. During the past couple of...
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Westside Story – Pencil Art
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle I have been on the planet for almost 70 years. You give me a number 2 pencil and I have to tell you; I am lucky if I can write my name so you can read it. Not true...
View ArticleWestside Story – Family Tree Madness
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Warning, to avoid becoming confused, do not try to read this article unless you are well-rested and able to concentrate on the printed word. If you have been drinking...
View ArticleWestside Story – Education & Robots
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Recently in the course of my job, I interviewed a 15-year-old kid. I asked him how he was doing in school. He said, “Fine.” I had spoken to his school counselor, so I...
View ArticleWestside Story – Chevron News Assault
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Yesterday I pulled into the Chevron gas station at 108th St SW and Bridgeport Way SW for the mundane, but necessary purpose of filling my gas tank. We used to call them...
View ArticleWestside Story – Where he is, is where I was
Story – Joseph Boyle, Photo – Hayley Austin Just this past January 31, 2013, I attended a Law Enforcement Academy Officer Graduation at Washington State Criminal Justice Academy in Burien, Washington....
View ArticleWestside Story – The Science Guy
Story & Video – Joseph Boyle Even those who know me well are not aware that in the early 1960s an undergraduate future psychologist tested and measured my young college student brain. It was...
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Westside Story – A Dozen Days
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Only a dozen days and my work life will end. They call it retirement. It does not seem that long ago when I was just an 11-year-old kid in the neighborhood. That is...
View ArticleWestside Story –The Dalai Lama, Words of Wisdom
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Early this week I was wandering around Graham – Kapowsin High School. I do that because I have a wandering-around job. (more…)
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