Rant and Rave!

Rave "To U.S. Senator Patty Murray. I sent her office an e-mail this week, and instead of a typical e-mail response, I got a personal telephone call the next morning from her chief of staff. Now that is Nordstrom service from our government representative. Pretty sweet."

Rant "To the irresponsible twit of a dog walker who deposited his or her dog's mess in our empty mini trash can. You did have it packaged in plastic, I'll give you that. However, it's your job to dispose of your dog's fecal matter responsibly, not by leaving it for someone else to deal with. May it come back to you in triplicate!"

Rave "To the Redmond police. On the way to work in bumper-to-bumper traffic, someone was following too closely, passed with oncoming traffic, pulled in front and then slowed down. I called the 911 aggressive-driving number and within five minutes the Redmond police had the driver pulled over. Thank you for setting a great example to my young daughter that police care and are there to protect us! "

Rant "I bring my young child to church and he manages to survive the hour without snacks. What's with all the parents who think they have to bring snacks to everything, including church? What happened to the sanctity of God's house?"

Rave "To Shawn from Renton. On Jan. 26, my parents drove off the road and got stuck in a snow bank. Shawn and his family stopped, pulled my parents out of the snow and got them on their way again. Shawn would not accept any payment; he just said to pass on a good deed to someone else in need. Your kindness and assistance are greatly appreciated by everyone in our family."

Rant "To the woman driving her Toyota SUV in the rain on Bellevue Way Jan. 26 with her lights off. My husband tried to get her attention by gesturing, flashing our lights and honking. Obviously, she was too busy talking on her cellphone to care what a danger she was not only to herself, but to the drivers around her."

Rave "To the people at Thomas Auto Rebuild of Renton. After repairing my car while I was unexpectedly confined in the hospital, they delivered it to my home in Bellevue, free of charge, so that my wife would not have to take time away from me or drive a large unfamiliar car. This is one great community."

Rant "To the self-styled English teachers and editors who feel compelled to write in library books. I don't need your notes every time an author says 'concrete' when you feel he should say 'cement.' Nor do I care whether you think his escape plan was dumb, etc."

We are impressed that you correctly used third-person singular when referring to the author rather than the frequently misused third-person plural. — Editors, rantandrave@seattletimes.com.