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Seattlest: Seattlest Pix 09Dec01

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:30:00 -0500

"HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES WITH BRYAN JOHN APPLEBY" by JEAN-MARC LUNEAU from the Seattlest Flickr pool.

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Bike Hugger: Your Bike is Freedom Tee

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:23:29 -0500

Chris Mahan, bike racer, Man about Town, and designer for Novara will screenprint this graphic to tees during the Hugga Holiday Sale @uBRDO this week.

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Seattle's LiveJournal Community: Tech Support Jobs?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:18:18 -0500

Does anyone know companies that are hiring for tech support/customer service in the Seattle area right now? I've got experience and I'm looking right now. I've worked for ACS, Earthlink, MSN support (outsourced), and Verio, as well as a few IT positions. I've been out of the game for a [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Update: Triplex fire in 7300 block of Fauntleroy; firefighter hurt

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:03:29 -0500

Number of comments: 6

On our way to a “fire in building” call at 7313 Fauntleroy Way (map). 5:08 AM: According to the scanner, the building’s a triplex. Fauntleroy is blocked because of the fire response - that’s significant for traffic to and from the ferry dock, which will have to [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Update: Police-murder suspect Maurice Clemmons shot dead

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:02:32 -0500

Number of comments: 10

ORIGINAL 3:02 AM REPORT: Nothing is confirmed - it’s all scanner traffic [assault with weapons call] - but there are multiple indications this is related to the search for Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the Pierce County police murders: Someone’s been shot in the 4400 block of South Kenyon, south [...]

West Seattle Blog...: West Seattle Crime Watch: Success story, plus two alerts

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:36 -0500

Three reports to share this time - first one’s a case of watchful neighbors getting a suspect off the street:

Fairmount Springs coalition of Block Watchers (about a hundred on our list) had a success story last week by reporting a local known problem person who had no reason to be [...]

Blogs Is Watching: They Live! at Go! Machine 12.05.2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
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Husky Men's Basketball Blog: Pac-10 men's basketball Power Rankings

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:44:02 -0500

Photo credit: AP PHOTO - Denis Poroy

No shift in the top four, but we've got a whole lot of movement starting at No. 5 where Stanford checks in largely because of Landry Fields (above). Despite some minor improvements from a couple of teams, it's [...]

GirlHacker's Random Log: Lady Washington is a replica of ...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:22:00 -0500

Lady Washington is a replica of an 18th century merchant sloop, also called Lady Washington. Built in Aberdeen, Washington, she's appeared in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Star Trek Generations." Her crew is accustomed to wintering over in Sacramento, California's sunny weather, but [...]

Lookout Landing: On Fan Bias

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:17:14 -0500

You may have noticed that Fangraphs is all set up for community projections now. This is the same thing USSM/we used to do, only for everybody in baseball. It's a really cool feature that's remarkably simple to use, and one neat little twist they threw in was including the rooting [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Open thread

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:14:38 -0500

Number of comments: 5

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GirlHacker's Random Log: Microsoft spelled out ...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:09:00 -0500

Microsoft spelled out "bing" with their Bellevue City Center building windows over the weekend. [...]

Bike Hugger: Links for 2009-11-30 [del.icio.us]

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Be Your own Bike Mechanic
Mechanics are in short supply [...]

Blogs Is Watching: Wizdom - Salud: Making of the Video

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:11:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

via SEA to NYC

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Seattle Subsonic: The xx Stirs It Up

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:22:52 -0500

I got nothin’ but shitty pictures.

The xx must have some sort of ‘x-factor’. No, really. The sold out crowd, at Neumos to see the tender London trio’s first stop in Seattle, was—other than druuunk—rowdy, raucous, and rambunctious. The three R’s of interactive audiences. But mostly with [...]

Seahawks Blog: Time for a little he said, he said

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:36:39 -0500

Seahawks linebacker Aaron Curry said after Sunday's game that the Rams' Steven Jackson just didn't seem to like him.

True enough, Jackson talked about it during his Monday radio show on 101 ESPN in St. Louis.

Q: What is it about you and Aaron Curry? It seems like you two just [...]

The Big Blog: WTO: What other civil unrest has marked Seattle's history?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:27:00 -0500

This week Seattle remembers the event that put it on the modern map of civil unrest: the massive five-day protest during the 1999 World Trade Organization conference. But you have to wonder ... [...]

The Otter Limits: Currently Watching: The Confederate States of America

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:24:00 -0500

Recently found this "mockumentary" on Netflix and had to check it out. Just came in the mail today.
Here is the blurb that came on the DVD sleeve:
"What would the United States look like if the South had won the Civil War, slavery was still" [...]

Blogs Is Watching: Fresh Espresso - Big or Small VIDEO

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:16:00 -0500

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Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Cyber Monday sales strong during shopping blitz

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

By late in the day, sales on what the e-retail industry calls Cyber Monday were up 11 percent from a year ago, according to Web analytics firm Coremetrics. [...]

Field Gulls: The Future of Matt Hasselbeck is the Future of the Seattle Seahawks, Pt. 2

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:26:51 -0500

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West Seattle Blog...: West Seattle Christmas lights: A show with a soundtrack

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:14:28 -0500

Number of comments: 15

Wise holiday decorators are getting their lights up early - who knows how many more mostly dry days you’ll see before Christmas? Putting them up early, however, is one thing - planning your display for months, another. But that’s the story behind the lights-synchronized-to-music display in that real-time video shared [...]

The Big Blog: Video Fix: Huckabee defends commuting shooting suspect's sentence

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:10:00 -0500

Huckabee speaks [...]

Seattlest: Renton Home Surrounded in Clemmons Manhunt

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:00 -0500

A SWAT team has surrounded the 13000 block of Renton Avenue South, and police have confirmed that it's related to the Maurice Clemmons manhunt. Police have also concluded that Clemmons has been getting help from family and friends after having been shot in the abdomen. Clemmons' family may' [...]

Northwest Progressive Institute: Google says Tim Eyman's website could be dangerous (No, seriously!)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:16:00 -0500

This is really funny (well, sort of...) Via the Seattle Weekly:
According to a "Safe Browsing" advisory from the search giant, Eyman's site [don't click, for the love of humanity!], is "listed as suspicious" and "may harm your computer."

It seems that destroying our state's tax base, abolishing' [...]

The Otter Limits: Secular Nation

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500

While reading a book recently, I found a reference to an interesting document called the Northwest Ordinance.

This document was written and unanimously passed by the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It was a precursor to the United States Constitution.

In this document I found [...]

Field Gulls: MNF Open Game Thread

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:55 -0500

More photos » by L.G. Patterson - AP

Chris Long has a [...]

Husky Men's Basketball Blog: WSU's Klay Thompson wins Pac-10 POW

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:59:14 -0500

Yikes!!! Is that a Coug on a Husky blog?

Don't be alarmed. Just passing out a little love to Klay Thompson, who won his second straight Pac-10 Player of the Week award.

No surprise here.

After dropping a career-high 43 points against San Diego, the Washington State sophomore' [...]

Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More: Bike-powered hauling in Philadelphia by the Pedal Co-op

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:58:14 -0500

Bicycling, recycling, composting all come together at the Pedal Co-op in Philadelphia.

Using bikes, trailers and some muscle, these entrepreneurs have created a business that specializes in low-cost, bike-powered hauling.

VIMBY - The Pedal Co-Op

Although they provide package and bakery deliveries and intercity moving, I guess you could say their [...]

Northwest Progressive Institute: Senator Cantwell opposes "casino capitalism"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:00 -0500

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) plans to make it harder for Wall Street to gamble with the public’s money. As the House of Representatives wraps up work on its financial reform bill, the Senate is crawling ahead with its own measure. Not too impressed with the House bill, Cantwell and [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Recent Windows security patches causing 'black screen of death'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500

A recent security update released by Microsoft reportedly is causing "black screens of death" for some Windows users. [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Update: Seattle City Council passes “chronic nuisance” law

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:27:18 -0500

Number of comments: 1

City Councilmember Tim Burgess’s staff sends word that the “chronic nuisance” ordinance - one of two proposals that address some of the problems flagged in the Delridge problem-properties tour last April - has won unanimous approval. Here’s what Burgess wrote about it on his website; read the [...]

Bike Hugger: Useful Objects: a Bike Saddle

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:13:50 -0500

Design Real is a gallery show at the Serpentine in London that celebrates useful objects. It’s curated by Konstantin Grcic and designed in collaboration with Alex Rich and Jürg Lehni.

The relevance a product has to our life lies not only [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Search for the Pierce County murder suspect: Where it stands

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:09:36 -0500

Number of comments: 15

View Manhunt! in a larger map

As of this writing, Pierce County police-killing suspect Maurice Clemmons (right) isn’t in custody yet, but there’ve been more than half a dozen searches in Seattle today - as shown in this Google Map assembled by @captaingentry, circulated via Twitter [...]

Exit133.com: Weekend in Review - Nov 30th, 2009

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:09:22 -0500

Saturday was an odd one in T-town. At least it was at all the places near my car.

The first stop on my out-and-about night of fun was Tacoma Musical Playhouse to see its production of “Guys & Dolls,” the musical comedy about Sarah Brown, the uptight “mission doll” out [...]

Seahawks Blog: Mondays with Mora

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:00:41 -0500

Monday is the day that NFL coaches across the country stand up in front of lecterns and assess what happened the day before. Fifteen will be trying to disperse credit for a victory, 15 will be dealing with questions about just who should be blamed for a loss. The remaining [...]

Field Gulls: The Rise and Fall of Tim Ruskell: 2005

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:49:56 -0500

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Bike Hugger: Your Bike is Freedom Tee

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:39:26 -0500

Hugger Industries posted a photo:

Chris Mahan, bike racer, Man about Town, and designer for Novara will screen this print to tees during the Hugga Holiday Sale @uBRDO

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Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: AP: Microsoft unlikely to fund newspapers' Google boycott

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

It sounds like not much is really known about these fabled Microsoft-News Corp. talks. [...]

Metroblogging Seattle: tweetsourced crimewatch

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:27:02 -0500

the man accused of yesterday’s quadruple murder.
[twitter.com/#washooting] [...]

Seattle Subsonic: More P Smoov to Scrunch Your Face

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:28 -0500

If you haven’t seen/heard this yet on any number of other local blogs, please do yourself a favor and download a free mixtape from Mr. P Smoov, local steamrolling hip hop producer extraordinaire. Face Scrunchers, Vol. 1 is thirty-nine minutes of innovatin, stutterin, booty-shakin, [...]

Seattlest: Northwest Film Forum Tears Down That Wall

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

The Divided Cinema film series starts tonight at Northwest Film Forum, marking a week of films exploring the social, cultural, and artistic impact of the Berlin Wall on a generation of German film. In addition to a number of excellent films including the [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Analyst predicts massive Google growth

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500

Google's slew of new online advertising techniques, including integrated movie trailers and price-comparison ads, has spurred one analyst to raise his Google stock-price target by $40. [...]

U.S.S. Mariner: Beltre and Arb. Offers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:29:43 -0500

Number of comments: 10

I did a post over on FanGraphs this afternoon looking at the economics of an arbitration offer. I used Beltre as the example in the post, so if you’re curious about whether or not the M’s should offer him arbitration, that’s probably not a bad spot to start reading. [...]

West Seattle Blog...: West Seattle Holidays: Junction decorations; Thanksgiving thanks

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:20:48 -0500

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With the first Hometown Holidays weekend coming up, The Junction is getting its holiday trimmings today. (See wsjunction.org for full details on Saturday’s tree lighting, Sunday’s HH fun - including Santa photos - and the ongoing $6,500 giveaway). Meantime, from Fauntleroy, we have a post-Thanksgiving thanks [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Because guns make us safer…

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:17:39 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Oy…

Officers on the police scanner say that a would-be vigilante flagged down a cop near Cowen Park. The man was carrying a handgun and wearing body armor. He apparently wanted help flush out the suspect from the park.

There’s a part of me that wishes the police had put his [...]

Bike Hugger: eVent Jacket: rethinking layering

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:12 -0500

Second only to our wheel fetish is the one for technical wear. I’ve got it down to a science, what I wear on the bike, and have been practicing it for more than 15 years. In the Northwest, you’re going to get wet, soaked actually. The challenge is [...]

Seattle's LiveJournal Community: Help donate to prostate cancer AND dying a moustache pink!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:48:38 -0500

My husband is participating in Movember, which is a LIVESTRONG fundraising campaign for prostate and testicular cancer research. He grew a moustache, aka the grossest lip caterpillar in the world, all this month. Today is the last day to donate! He is only $40 short of reaching his [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Blogger asks Ballmer to address suspected tax-dodging

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500

Jeff Reifman, the former Microsoft manager who's been theorizing that the company illegally avoids Washington taxes, wants CEO Steve Ballmer himself to address the issue. Reifman wrote Ballmer an open letter Sunday, calling on the chief executive to practice the corporate transparency he so praises. [...]

Discovery Blog: The Government-Foundation-Academia Complex

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:45:53 -0500

Nearly a half century ago, leaving office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of a "military-industrial complex" that promoted particular new weapons systems and, hence, concomitant budgetary and foreign commitments. In other words, the former four star general warned, selfish professional ambitions and interests can create a false perception of national [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Silicon Valley doesn't hate Microsoft like it used to

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0500

From elsewhere on seattlepi.com: [...]

Seahawks Blog: Imagine Tim Ruskell's surprise

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:18:19 -0500

Monday programming: Please add your own surprises in the comments.

Tough time to be Tim Ruskell. Your team wins for the first time on the road this season. Granted it was the Rams, but hey, this is the NFL and those guys get paid, too.

The team's plane hasn't even touched down [...]

Brier Dudley's blog: Cyber Monday madness: Web retail traffic up 39 percent

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:08:04 -0500

Akamai has fascinating dashboard showing how crazy the cyber Monday traffic has become: It's approaching 8 million visitors per minute -- 39 percent higher than normal -- at the company's sample of 270 global e-commerce sites:

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Exit133.com: Thoughts and Prayers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:01:26 -0500

We send our thoughts and prayers to all of those people affected by yesterday’s senseless events in Parkland/Lakewood.

We can’t put into the words the anger, frustration, and loss that we feel and hear in in our hearts and in the community.

We won’t pretend to understand the motive behind [...]

Seattlest: Men Charged with Making Comcast's Website Even More Useless Than Normal

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

"there's a cable guy outside my window" by Walsh, from our Flickr pool.

Three men were charged with conspiracy after successfully hacking Comcast’s website. James Robert Black, Jr. aka "Defiant" appeared in federal court in Tacoma last week to [...]

Kirkland Views: VIDEO | Kirkland Tree Lighting Festival

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:22 -0500

Number of comments: 1
The Kirkland Tree Lighting Festival was a spectacular success and fun for the whole family. Downtown was lit up with lights in the trees, garland on the storefronts, carriage rides on the streets and songs filling the air. The big event of the evening was the lighting of the tree [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Update: Truck fire on Harbor Island

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:48:12 -0500

Number of comments: 4

If you’re seeing smoke near The Bridge - it’s a truck fire in the 3200 block of 16th SW on Harbor Island (map). Heavy black smoke, as you can see in the cameraphone photo we just received (thanks!). 11:59 AM UPDATE: Via Twitter, @brucecmoore says the [...]

Bike Hugger: Raleigh Olympian

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:36:58 -0500

Don’t know if anyone has ever studied what old bikes people still ride, but Raleigh has to top the list. See them everywhere.

Uploaded by Hugger Industries | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream.

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Husky Men's Basketball Blog: Huskies move into top 10

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:34:03 -0500

The ESPN/USA Today coaches poll was just released and Washington moved up four spots to No. 10.

The Huskies are No. 12 in the AP poll.

Here's a link.

It's the highest ranking for UW since the 2005-06 season when it climbed to No. 7 at the start of conference play.

California, the [...]

Cornichon.org: Gentlemen, Start Your Buffalo

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0500

Taking a brief respite from the Victoria's Secrets series of the past few days, Cornichon visits Victoria's newest pizzeria. Prima Strada was born out of... [...]

Chris Pirillo: What Toy Would You Want for Christmas?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:23:20 -0500

What Toy Would You Want for Christmas? is a post from Chris Pirillo

I admitted in a video earlier today that I still enjoy playing with LEGO Bricks. I also apparently still like the Lite Brite!

There’s nothing wrong with occasionally letting your inner child come out to play [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Video: Bill and Melinda Gates on 'Meet the Press'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:20:00 -0500

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates often calls himself an "impatient optimist" when it comes to philanthropy. [...]

Seattlest: Clemmons Manhunt News Round-Up

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:05:00 -0500

Police are still searching for murder suspect Maurice Clemmons.Publicola has the text of Clemmons' clemency plea to Mike Huckabee.The New York Times is actively following this story.From Q13 reporter's Mark Wright's twitter "Lakewood police shooting suspect may have gotten off a bus in the U-Dist at'" [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Marty Riemer, Jodi Brothers prove there’s life after unemployment

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:00:31 -0500

Number of comments: 3

(During our interview, we asked for “a video message to your fans” - there’s the result)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

Two months ago, West Seattle radio personalities Marty Riemer and Jodi Brothers got axed from their long-running show without getting so much as a chance to say goodbye.

But [...]

Chris Pirillo: What Was Your Favorite Childhood Toy?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:51:57 -0500

Number of comments: 1

What Was Your Favorite Childhood Toy? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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I remember playing with an original Lite Brite when I was a kid. My brothers and I would [...]

HorsesAss.Org: Covering the coverage

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:46:10 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Since I spend an awful lot of time critiquing the press, I think it only fair to point out that the coverage thus far of the tragic murder of four Lakewood police officers, and the ensuing manhunt for the suspect has been pretty damn good. Both the Tacoma News Tribune [...]

Seattlest: Can't Miss It: Monday

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500

THE PRICE IS RIGHT: The author of the renowned Clockers, and more recently the beautiful new novel Lush Life is in town! Richard Price is an accomplished and enjoyable novelist, but it certainly doesn't hurt that he also wrote many episodes of The Wire. (Have' [...]

Chris Pirillo: Is This a Real Piano?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:08 -0500

Is This a Real Piano? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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I can’t leave my office for two minutes without having to worry about Wicket or Pixie rolling out my [...]

Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Top Bing topics for 2009 (so far)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:22:00 -0500

I don't know about you, but I find this stuff interesting. Microsoft on Sunday released the top 10 topics on Bing during 2009.' [...]

Whidbey Island Life: Name that boat! Swinomish Tribe's "Squi-qui" proposed

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0500

Sue's Seattle P-I Blog: Swinomish Tribe hopes to call it Squi-qui [...]

Beach Drive Blog: You're Invited to Watch the Christmas Ships at the Log House Museum

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:14:01 -0500

A few days ago, we posted when Argosy Christmas Ships will be sailing along Beach Drive homes. This in from the Southwest Seattle Historical Society:

Coming to see the Christmas Ship at Alki? Stop at the Log House Museum first for cookies, cider and free museum tours.

The Log House Museum [...]

Bike Hugger: Cannondale Dutchess

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:10:48 -0500

Just posted video of the Cannondale Duchess in our Community and stopped short of dismissing this prototype as yet another design-school cad drawing that’ll never get made despite all the blog posts.

Bicycle Design posted at length on the Dutchess and you can find [...]

Bike Hugger: Ibex Wool Hats [Flickr]

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:50:28 -0500

Hugger Industries posted a photo:

A selection of Ibex hats we'll show during the Hugga Sale @uBRDO this week.

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HorsesAss.Org: Insider info from the 41st LD

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:44:20 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Hey Erica… I have it from a very reliable source that you can add the name of my ex-wife, Maureen Judge, to the list of candidates jockeying to replace state Sen. Fred Jarrett in the 41st Legislative District after he steps down to take the number two position in [...]

West Seattle Blog...: Development decision published for 4532 42nd SW

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:41:10 -0500

Number of comments: 4

From today’s city Land Use Information Bulletin: More than a year after demolition of the big old house at 4532 42nd SW (map) - just north of Capco Plaza — the official city decision is published approving the mixed-use project replacing it (July rendering above) [...]

At large in Ballard with Peggy Sturdivant: Last chance for pennies

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0500

Penny Harvest at Adams Elementary winds up this week. [...]

Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More: How bicyclists are trying to make an impact on climate conference

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:00 -0500

Many bicyclists are seeking to influence a political agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference that begins next week in Copenhagen.

A global bike commute challenge is underway and cyclists are joining climate-change bike rides in selected cities this coming weekend for Ride Planet Earth. Meanwhile, activists in The Bike Bloc Project who [...]

U.S.S. Mariner: Community Projections On Steroids

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:43:31 -0500

Number of comments: 4

If you remember back a few years ago, Jeff Sullivan and I attempted to give you guys the opportunity to do community projections, taking the idea of the Wisdom of Crowds and applying it to forecasting the performance of our favorite team. It was a nice idea, but was [...]

Stryker Brigade News: Chaplain Assistant Trains With PSD

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:36:52 -0500

Story by Pfc. Kimberly Hackbarth

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Following the command "Dismount!" a group of Soldiers jumped off the ramp of a Stryker and scanned the area for potential threats.

Surrounded by Soldiers whose main job it is to protect the commander, Spc. Jacob Barbe, a chaplain assistant, trains [...]

Seattlest: Suspect in Lakewood Killings Wounded, May Be Dead

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0500

Maurice Clemmons, the convicted felon sought by police in connection with yesterday morning's shooting of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, is wounded and may be dead, King 5 reports. Police surrounded a Leschi home late Sunday evening in their [...]

Stryker Brigade News: Holiday Homecoming

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:30:59 -0500

The Longmont Times has an article on a Stryker soldier from the 1/25 SBCT who is spending the holidays at home for the first time in many years.

More than nine months after his Stryker combat vehicle was blown up in Iraq, Army Spc. Paul Bryan is home for the [...]

U.S.S. Mariner: Soooo, uhhhhh, about that lack of news

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:19 -0500

Number of comments: 4

The deadline for teams to offer arbitration is tomorrow midnight. Maybe… something will happen. Anything?

-- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, and is copyright by the authors. This RSS feed is intended for the personal use of readers and not, for instance, spam blogs.

Soooo, uhhhhh, about that [...]

Bike Hugger: Bike Hugger's Curated Holiday Gift Guide

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:48:45 -0500

As we roll merrily into the holiday season, it’s time to put together the Bike Hugger Curated Gift List—our “best of” list for presents for the cyclist, generated by our readers and the Bike Hugger writers. We’ll take the best suggestions and put them all [...]

The Big Blog: Weather: Rain return

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:55:00 -0500

The National Weather Service says a little rain will return to the Seattle area on Monday. [...]

Seattlest: Seattlest Pix 09Nov30

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0500

"EXPO 87" by Jeanine Anderson, from our Flickr pool.

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Zillow Blog: Former NBA Star Latrell Sprewell Faces Foreclosure

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:22:41 -0500

In 2008, former NBA star Latrell Sprewell lost his Milwaukee home to foreclosure and now it looks like he’s facing the same fate for a home in Purchase, NY. According to Lohud.com, Sprewell’s Purchase, NY home will be auctioned off on Jan. [...]

West Seattle Blog...: This week: Help shape West Seattle playground, park projects

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:31:35 -0500

Number of comments: 2

This final day of the month is relatively quiet — nothing major on the calendar. But the first public meetings for two West Seattle park projects - both funded by the Parks and Green Spaces Levy - are happening later this week, so here’s an early reminder: 6:30 pm [...]

Seahawks Blog: Unconfirmed report regarding Ruskell's future

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:30:58 -0500

Pro Football Weekly is reporting that Seahawks president Tim Ruskell has been told he won't be re-signed at season's end. Here is a link to the report right here.

Here is the first sentence: "Inside sources have told PFW that beleaguered Seahawks GM Tim Ruskell, who is in the final'" [...]

Seahawks Blog: Game over: Seahawks 27, Rams 17

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:22:21 -0500

Seahawks can find comfort: They're not as bad as the Rams
By Jerry Brewer, The Seattle Times

Seahawks run over Rams
By Danny O'Neil, The Seattle Times

Seahawks defensive backs make big plays in win over Rams
By Danny O'Neil, The Seattle Times

Seahawks two-minute drill
By Danny O'Neil, The Seattle Times

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Chris Pirillo: Drink a Wine Before Its Time

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:49:24 -0500

Drink a Wine Before Its Time is a post from Chris Pirillo

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We normally talk tech in my live chat room. But, occasionally, we tend to talk of other things. [...]

Ear Candy with Travis Hay: Epic show poster = Epic show

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:41:00 -0500

The wonderful Northwest music tastemakers over at Sound on the Sound are hosting a show Friday at their favorite dive, The Blue Moon in the University District. The lineup includes Blessed Deep, What What Now, The Spinning Whips and super secret headliners Sneaking Out and Getting Off all for a [...]

VintageSeattle.org: Shipley On The Pergola

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:09:52 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Hello everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday and we able to cram as much food as I did. Today we’re back from vacation and I’m very happy once again to be able to feature the writing of Jonathan Shipley. If you missed his last piece on [...]

Chris Pirillo: Creating Your Own iPhone App

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:06:52 -0500

Creating Your Own iPhone App is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Anthony walked us through the basics of creating an iPhone App in his last screencast. This time, [...]

Discovery Blog: Honduran Election a Welcome Victory for Democracy and Constitutional Governance

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:44 -0500

The conservative candidate for president won in Honduras and it is likely now that the United States will recognize his government, as will Panama and Costa Rica. The way the Washington Times plays it in early reports (big, legitimizing turnout, show of rejection for the ousted Zelaya) versus the [...]

Husky Men's Basketball Blog: Montana post-game analysis

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:09:09 -0500

Photo credit: AP PHOTO - Elaine Thompson

That picture really says it all, doesn't it? Pretty much sums up Washington's 63-59 win over Montana.

Before we get to the game, let's start with the starting lineup change.

Venoy Overton was benched because he arrived 30 minutes' [...]

Seattle's LiveJournal Community: Stay inside. Lock your doors/windows.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:58:06 -0500

@King5 Police in Seattle have blocked off neighborhood in Leschi area, may be related to 'person of interest' in Lakewood shootings

@King5 Seattle police are asking people who live near the area that has been blocked off to stay inside for their safety.

@King5 If you live from [...]

Discovery Blog: Data Pollution in Turn Polluted ClimateGate Studies

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:41:21 -0500

It isn't just the emails about covered up information, it also is the huge store of bogus data--out of control studies--that the Climate Research Unit (CRU) pretended to rely upon. Lorrie Goldstein describes it in the Toronto Star, relying, apparently, on a close reading of the voluminous documents by' [...]

Ear Candy with Travis Hay: It Happened Last Month: Star Wars in Concert @ KeyArena 10.12.09

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:14:00 -0500

It Happened Last Month is a semi-regular feature where Ear Candy takes time to spotlight the review of an event that slipped through the cracks of timeliness. [...]

Discovery Blog: Anti-Iran Resolution on Nukes Marks New Russian Stance

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:56:31 -0500

Iran is now more isolated than at any time in over three years as the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, meeting in Vienna, rebuked the theocratic Muslim regime for its disregard of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and efforts of the international community to find [...]

Biking Bis - Bicycle Touring and More: New Lance Armstrong book: Excerpt, TV and personal appearances

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:43:27 -0500

"Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal" is the story of Lance Armstrong's return to professional cycling in 2009.

The story is told in his own journal entries interspersed throughout the book with color photos by Liz Kreutz, who followed Armstrong throughout the 2009 season.

The 208-page book will be released on [...]