Results tagged “frequentflyermiles”

Joseph Skillings has had a hard year, and now it's getting worse. Back in January, he saw a man harassing someone at a bus stop; when he tried to call 911, the guy hit him in the head and Skillings fell to the ground, suffering serious brain damage. It's taken him a year of therapy and rehabilitation to be able to resume work even part-time as an elementary school teacher in Ballard. Now, a year later, the school district has been forced to lay off the poor guy for financial reasons. Owned! On the other hand, Skillings may be brain-damaged and out of a job, but he still has friends nice enough to give him frequent flyer miles so he can go to Hawaii for a month. Not too shabby.

Kim is off to the Fremont Abbey tonight to catch one of PDX's finest singer-songwriters, Laura Gibson, in action. She will spend the rest of the weekend napping, baking, and watching movies. Sunday night, she'll emerge from her lair for Jenny Owen Youngs at the High Dive.