Emerald City Panhandlers Support Local Girl Scouts @1:30 PM
Never have I seen the ethos of an entire city so perfectly encapsulated by a 50-second segment of local news. Oh, Seattle. Don't ever change. 12
Seattle Meteorologists Cope With Bizarre "Heat" Phenomenon @11:50 AM
"I think there is something about the weather that reflects our natural awe of a natural world that is greater than us. People really enjoy a big storm. I think that all over the country, people are into weather. It's the number-one reason people watch the nightly news," says some guy in Seattle. We spent most of June bitching about the rain here in New York and making the obvious comparisons to the Emerald City, so I suppose it's only fair to note that it's very hot there right now! The temperature may exceed 100 degrees, which would be a record. Good luck! 13
Horrifying Seattle PI Web Launch Party Astounds @10:30 AM
This account of the launch party for SeattlePI.com, which is the website that used to be a newspaper in Seattle, is so horrifying. For just one thing, it's disturbing to find out that the editor of their site's most popular blog ("by a factor of 10") has a day job! What the fuck! They can't pay him a living wage? (Secondarily, his day job is installing software for a military contractor. Which means he works for Skynet.) Anyway, everything else about this party is so much worse! 6
