Reading the news about WaMu lately has been depressing. WaMu's in trouble. Big trouble. Billions of dollars in tarnished debt sit festering on WaMu's books. The stock is down 71 percent over the past year, thousands of employees have been (continue reading)

One might not realize this because of my infrequency of posting, but I spend a lot of my day reading the Internet. I can't help it really, it calls to me like that extra slice of pizza peaking out from under the box lid. Oh yes, my RSS reader is (continue reading)

If you've never heard of Apocalyptica, you don't know what you're missing. They're a Finnish band comprised of three classically trained cellists and a drummer. They started in 1993 doing cello covers of Metallica, Pantera and Faith No More (continue reading)

I'm excited to learn that the 2008 Seahawks schedule was announced yesterday. From what I hear they're going to have a pretty tough season road game-wise. I couldn't tell you much about that being that I don't really know all that much about (continue reading)

Ed. Note: I left this letter on my neighbor's car this afternoon. Dear neighbor, We haven't officially met. My name is Ryan. I’ve lived in this building for almost five months. I like it. It’s pet-friendly and has a nice view of (continue reading)

photo courtesy of Gary VanDenBerg [flickr] One of my good friends recently came to visit for a week, and wanting to show her the best of Seattle, I concocted what I thought would be the optimal itinerary for her trip, to show her the best of (continue reading)

I volunteer through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program of Puget Sound and I received some "BIG" news this morning via email. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound was one of two mentoring agencies in the nation to earn a one million dollar (continue reading)

If you ever find yourself asking yourself what could possibly be better than an outdoor concert during the summer months, let me tell you that the answer is an outdoor concert during the summer months at the Woodland Park Zoo. Every summer the (continue reading)

I ran across this story in the P-I, and all I could think about was Tremors come to life somewhere in eastern Washington. Thank goodness we have a mountain range to protect us, (continue reading)

Despite the absence of last year's free flowing mimosas that made last year's press launch for the Seattle International Film Festival such a pleasure for Josh and I, this year's press launch offered an exciting preview of what is surely to be one (continue reading)

According to city officials and FEMA, a series of military drills known as the Ardent Sentry exercises will be taking place in Seattle from May 1-8. I wasn't initially alarmed by this, but knowing FEMA's track record, I dug around a bit on just what (continue reading)

photo courtesy of Jasmine Restaurant & Lounge The SeattleTimes' food writer, Nancy Leson, was one of many local restaurant critics who received a mass email from local foodie and designer Scott Surdyk. In his scathing message, Surdyk (continue reading)

Today is Record Store Day. You know what to do. Bundle up, brave the weather, and show your friendly neighborhood record store some love. Heck! I bought a record on Wednesday and I don't even have a record player. The world would be a lot more (continue reading)

Did you hear the joke about the college students who want to carry concealed weapons on campus? Oh yeah, that’s not a joke. [m-b, p-i] Hey, UW students who want to carry concealed weapons on campus, listen carefully: You’re huge (continue reading)

Viral marketing hits Seattle tonight. Anyone and everyone who hass been following all the viral marketing surrounding The Dark Knight, will meet at the following coordinates: 47°36'37.30"N 122°20'38.29"W at T minus 5:50 (or so), as described on (continue reading)