Thanks to Seattle Jew ^[1] for pointing out this ^[2]Seattle Times story that talks about how a public policy researcher has found that marijuana rivals apples at Washington State’s top crop. While this doesn’t surprise me, it also doesn’t amuse me as much as knowing that it’s one of Oregon’s top crops, too, seeing as how grass (as in the kind you grow in your lawn) is one of their biggest legal crops. As it happens, we’re the fifth-largest US producer, behind California, Tennessee, Kentucky and Hawaii. Hmm. Think of the potential tax revenues involved in legalization–could we afford better roads and better public transportation!

Meanwhile, over at Crosscut ^[3], we learn that it’s more difficult to become a Seattle Firefighter ^[4] than it is to become admitted to Harvard University. The SFD is hiring right now; if you think you can make the cut, get application info from their site.