Fossil Dad Taso Lagos shares a fictional conversation about the 2016 stock market.

Our daughter turned one recently. “How did this happen?” I asked myself, “And when exactly?”

I lost time when she was born. After that, life took on a different rhythm and pace.

It’s hard not to be affected by the tragic deaths in Paris by jihadists that remind us of life’s fragility.

One moment folks enjoy a concert or dinner, the next bloodbaths. Overseas travelers must take extra precautions.

My family owned a restaurant in Seattle for nearly 40 years. I did very little grocery shopping because I often helped out and ate there. Whatever grocery shopping I did was to suit my own tastes. My favorite place to shop was PCC Natural Market (the store in Ravenna, long since gone).

You should have received the Voter’s Pamphlet for the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 3rd.

There are many important measures worth studying and voting on. The Snohomish County Executive is up for grabs.

King Henry VIII of England sired his first baby at 25 and his third at 46. Too bad he executed two of his wives and a third died in custody along the way.

Hollywood is riddled with fossil dads. George Lucas of “Star Wars” fame had his first child at 69. No, the baby was not named after Obi-Wan Kenobi.

I’d never heard of “fossil dad” before a friend mentioned it. Wow, there’s a term for everything, I thought, then, hmm, I’m intrigued. I clicked Urban Dictionary, a Wikipedia for hipsters. Clearly I am not one, but maybe there’s a term for people who do cool things but aren’t cool. What I read horrified me.