One of RantWoman's favorite YouTube channels: concise, on point, frank.
And plenty to seed those break time conversations....
Sound Transit Express Night Bus service
9 hours ago
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Video meanderings for Holy Thursday.
Does RantWoman have other things she is SUPPOSED to be doing, up to and including some formal way of observing Holy Thursday / Maundy Thursday / the version of Passover sometimes observed by Christians contemplating events leading up to Easter.
RantWoman went looking for info about Easter witches, a custom in Finland and Sweden.
Pleae enjoy the fruits of RantWoman's internet peregrinations.
Easter traditions in Finland and how you can take part of them - Nallikari
How to Celebrate SWEDISH EASTER | Traditions and Folklore
Swedish Easter tradition - Weird things Swedish people do - Learn Swedish in a Fun way!
10 Well-Known Passover Rituals That Are Surprisingly Profound
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Every White-haired protestor and lots of others: protesting one person
If you watch one #NoKIngsDay video, go for Lawrence O'donell.
From Glenn Kirschner
Bernie Sanders and others in Minneapolis
And from random red state media
12 news in Phoenix
ARKANSAS
with a segment on soccer / futbol and Latinos
Great clips!
Omaha
Iowa City
Rockford IL
Boise / Twin Falls (oops: No Kings 2.0, a few months ago.)
The dangerous ones
Stephen Colbert
Jon Stewart
Monday, March 30, 2026
News rundown. More concise. Less ranty than some other youtubes. MOB BOSS
A new channel, all President #StableGenius all the time, but clear, sincere, not ranty.
Potatoes, onions, bananas and delivery FEEDBACK for Amazon
RantWoman now has potatoes. RantWoman now has onions, in particular a bag with the kind of small onions RantWoman really prefers. RantWoman is about to run out of fresh bananas but the point of a recent Amazon order was bananas.
(RantWoman acquired the potatoes and onions at a street level grocery right next to a bus stop near an in-person meeting. So Amazon is out of the picture about that, at least this time.)
Here a confession: RantWoman quit shopping at in person at her neighborhood Amazon Fresh in connection with the last #No KingsDay protests. There are both food preference and political reasons: Before No Kings Day 2.0 RantWoman found herself looking on Amazon for faraday bags to protect her electronic lifelines while out protesting billionaires for doing billionairish things. At that point, RantWoman reality checked, decided that she prefers shopping in other places anyway, and also decided she did not have time to evaluate other delivery options. So RantWoman made a small in-person shopping gesture but still relies a lot on Amazon delivery.
Stay tuned for a bananas reflection in connection with #NoKingsDay 3.0
RantWoman realizes that the vexations of an Amazon order are definitely "first world problems" when the news media is melting down full of lots of scary scenarios involving oil, fertilizer, ground troops and all like that. RantWoman also has TWO pleas from Amazon to interact with the Amazon data collection about satisfaction with the delivery. The pleas had links that took RantWoman to more ads, not straight to the comment options, unsatisfactory as they are. So here goes world.
When RantWoman is out of fresh bananas, RantWoman has this odd tendency to forget about all the other food in the house, including multiple packages of dried bananas. A few nights ago, RantWoman was out of fresh bananas. RantWoman fully intended to go replenish the supply of bananas and also potatoes and onions. RantWoman figured there is a short bus option, prices are affordable, and RantWoman could buy in a quantity she can carry home.
Nice thought. RantWoman got sucked into one of her YouTube rabbit holes and realized it was really too dark out even for the easy bus option she had in mind. RantWoman REALLY needed bananas. There the yellow Amazon icon was on her phone. RantWoman was even in a space to do the free delivery with a $100 order deal that comes with Prime. RantWoman simply REFUSES to pay $9.99 / month for free perishable grocery deliveries on orders over $25. RantWoman, though is quite happy making orders over $25 for non-perishables. But RantWoman needed bananas.
RantWoman has NO idea what she did, but she wound up in Amazon NOW, unable to get out and with no acknowledgement of one order. RantWoman did in fact include potatoes and onions in her selections but those selections apparently went into a different shopping cart. RantWoman also forgot the all-important bananas. RantWoman would REALLY have liked just to add bananas to the first order but wound up making a second order, partly because there was some kind of hiccup about the usual order confirmation.
Here is a summary of those two orders from a few days ago:
RantWoman has bananas. That is the important thing.
RantWoman does not have the russet and yellow potatoes and avocado she would also have liked to have.
RantWoman also has
4 packets of cheese slices when 1 or 2 would have been fine
5 c6 ox containers of raspberries or blackberries
2 packages of hummus
one package of two small frozen pizzas
1 box of donuts
1 6-pack of good tapioca pudding.
2 pints of Cherry Garcia ice cream at a price lower than usual.
RantWoman also has two emails asking wihether RantWoman was pleased with her deliveries
No.
The two delivery drivers were wonderful, courteous, helpful. The problem is definitely not the driver(s).
RantWoman's intent had been to start her grocery list, on Amazon. RantWoman got taken straight to Amazon NOW.
RantWoman previously rebooted her phone to get out of Amazon now. This time RantWoman went ahead.
RantWoman placed her order then realized she had forgotten the bananas, the whole point of her offer.
RantWoman also lost patience before getting acknowledgment of the order in the app.
So RantWoman did a duplicate order with several of the items. RantWoman added the bananas but could not see the potatoes. They showed up in RantWoman;s shopping cart after the second order was placed and RantWoman was finally able to get out of AmAzon Now.
WTF
The bananas arrived in great shape but too ripe to last very long.
RantWoman definitely was not distressed to get several of the items she ordered at discounts over prices she has seen and / or paid in the past.
RantWoman's shopping cart leaned a little more toward treats than sometimes. RantWoman can definitely COPE.
Dissatisfaction with the Satisfaction survey
In other words, RantWoman is mostly fine except for the part about whatever UI issues are going on about getting out of AmazonNow.
Well and frustration about options for sharing feedback about where Amazon is doing great and / or falling short in contributing to RantWoman's happiness and nutritional needs.
The Opening Day /#NoKingsDay 3.0 angle
Digression: RantWoman spent her Saturday immersed in the hordes of transit riders celebrating the opening of the #2Line #CrossLakeConnection. By now RantWoman should know better about opening day hordes. RantWoman also had to adjust her initial travel thoughts based on howls of pain from her own body. That meant doing other errands and only then trying out the full opening day experience. The trains were packed. At one point RantWoman flashed back to the only other time she has felt that smushed on public transit, a long time ago on a subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan for another GIANT protest. Protest and Survive, indeed.
The opening day moment: RantWoman again needed bananas. By the time RantWoman did her day's train travel she was exhausted, and there were hiccups about bus connections. But RantWoman finally figured out minimal walking bus connections that yielded her preferred banana purchase: one banana ripe enough to eat the next day and a bunch green enough to feed RantWoman for a whole week.
By the way, a plea to Amazon Logistics
While RantWoman has people's attention, and if her rambling narrative has not driven Amazon readers crazy, a BIG request:
RantWoman lives in a building with over 100 apartments. Everyone has the same street address. Many people order from Amazon. Some of them have tougher mobility and budget considerations than RantWoman. Quite a while ago, RantWoman got a phone call from Amazon Logistics in connection with a delivery.
There are two entrances to RantWoman's building. People making deliveries to the better entrance can phone residents to be buzzed in. However, driving directions to the exact street address in some GPS point people to the back door. Deliveries to the back entrance are difficult for everyone because someone has to know to come meet the driver. This means deliveries get dropped outside the door, stolen... RantWoman gave the Amazon Logistics person precise reliable driving directions.
RantWoman's account repeats the driving directions and also makes clear her preference to have deliveries brought all the way to her apartment. At this point, RantWoman simply reports that the delivery was great when these directions are followed. We will not discuss the poor unfortunate drivers who deserve scorn from multiple customers when several packages all get dumped in a heap in the mail room.
Recently a number of neighbors have complained that they are having issues with drivers coming to the back door rather than to the front where there is a keypad and options to let the drivers in. Is there some way that Amazon can standardize the driving directions for all drivers? Or is the expectation that drivers will do whatever the GPS says and individual customers will just have to complain every time a new driver goofs up? RantWoman would SO appreciate being able to help her neighbors out.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Teriyaki pizza? MUST Try soon.
It was a bright and sunny day and RantWoman...ALMOST...stayed on the bus to the Pagliacci in Columbia City to buy a slice of this month's seasonal pie, The "Waji."
Look: Promo blurbs
So here it is: The Waji features teriyaki chicken, pineapple roasted in chili crisp, pickled red onions, and mozzarella over an olive oil base, finished after the bake with green onions, furikake, and a drizzle of teriyaki mayo. It hits that sweet-savory balance, with some tang and heat, plus a little extra crunch and savoriness on top
And from the Pagliacci blog:
This collab with Uwajimaya started with a simple question: what if we made an Asian-inspired pizza together? For Pagliacci co-owner Michelle Akiyama Galvin, the idea has roots that go way back. Growing up, Asian groceries were scarce in her town, so trips to Uwajimaya were youthful highlights. Later, as an adult, she found herself back in those aisles much more often, kids in tow. A few years ago she met Denise Moriguchi, Uwajimaya’s president and CEO, who mentioned how much her family loves Pagliacci, and that was the little spark. What if we built a pizza around that shared love of food?
Turns out, it was one of the quickest seasonals we’ve ever brought from idea to reality. And the best test panel we know came through fast: the kids in both families gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up.
“We are huge fans of Denise and Uwajimaya and are proud to collab with them,” says Matt Galvin.
And the toppings
Teriyaki chicken, pineapple roasted in chili crisp, pickled red onions, and mozzarella over an olive oil base, finished after bake with green onions, furikake, and a drizzle of teriyaki mayo. (Ingredients feature soy, sesame, wheat and egg.)
LONG ago during graduate school in another state, RantWoman had a disagreeable experience with chicken teriyaki pizza. The crust was much pastier than at Pagliacci. There was BROCCOLI, which in RantWoman's mind really does not belong with anything too sweet. Basically, as fusion cuisine, that long ago pizza was not it.
Still, RantWoman is intrigued by the Waji. Roasted pineapple on anything makes RantWoman happy. RantWoman had to look up Furikake - Wikipedia. So far, yum.
But why the bus trip and one slice at a time? RantWoman often orders a whole pizza for delivery, the large seems tempting for leftovers. There are plenty of leftovers. It's just that the slices are too big. RantWoman's budget can live with just ordering one small pizza at a time for now. But it hit RantWoman: RantWoman is not sure about buying a whole pie because of the bad teriyaki chicken pizza experience long ago so RantWoman WILL just try a slice SOON.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Line 2 OPENS!
RantWoman is very excited about the opening of the Sound Transit 2 line!
The 23rd Avenue entrance to the new Judkins Park station is easily walkable for rantWoman. RantWoman used to do it all the time to visit Little Sister until she fled impending construction and moved to the U District. RantWoman is acutely aware of a need to walk more and is definitely looking forward to this new option.
Urk. RantWoman realizes it is also Metro route shakeup and there are a couple routes RantWoman REALLY needs to look up. Fun.
First thing on the #NoKingsDay is head out to the Judkins Park station, and take a spin across the lake and back.
But will RantWoman actually join a march?
RantWoman will not be bringing any signs but is pondering T-shirt options.
Or will RantWoman participate via social media?
Or will RantWoman declare the day an excellent time to do battle with floor grime, herd a first draft into a suitable obituary for RantMom or pen assorted other screeds percolating in her head.
Stay tuned.
Sound Transit to make history with new line opening Saturday
Crosslake Connection marks historic light rail opening | Special coverage
And in the meantime, assuming anyone reading this is tempted to steal copper wire from Sound Transit locations, DON'T. Just DON'T.
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