Tech
Profits from poems
While poets are often advised to secure a good day job rather than try to support themselves as poets, two Seattle bookstore owners have done the unthinkable: They make a living selling nothing but poetry.
Lisa Brunette
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Culture
The newcomer name game
The Chinese have a saying: "One move is like two house fires." It's very disorienting to be in a new place, even if you moved within the U.S. and can therefore depend on the cultural differences between your previous burg and Seattle to be, relatively speaking, minimal. I've lived in the Northwest f
Environment
Rare butterflies in a war zone
The land around Ft. Lewis, or just "off post," as those in the military refer to it, has two competing identities. First and foremost, it has been set aside and used for decades as a training ground for war games. Students at neighboring Pierce College can hear the munitions detonations as persisten
Culture
Starbucks' Pike Place Roast is just OK, says Consumer Reports
Jim Romenesko's Starbucks Gossip blog [http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2008/05/pike-place-coff.html] today linked to a Consumer Reports story [http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/beverages/coffee-tea/starbucks-new-pike-place-roast-coffee/overview/starbucks-new-coffee.htm?resultPageIndex=1&r
Elections
Guess which Northwest blogs will cover the Democratic National Convention
The Associated Press reported today [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6600ap_co_denver_2008_bloggers_list.html?source=rss] on the list of bloggers selected to cover the Democratic National Convention. One from each state will form a "state blogging corps" who will be seated with state delegations