All The News

-Damn you, concrete strikers. Damn you. SAM will announce a new Sculpture Park opening date after the holiday weekend.
-We may have little idea when it's coming (~Jan 30th), but we now know how much Vista will cost when it gets here (Windows Vista Home Premium, $239). It's available for preorder on Amazon.
-Dan Savage is so confident he'll be arrested tomorrow he's packing an overnight bag.
-The Fattest: 1: Mississippi*; 2: Alabama; 3: West Virginia; 4: Louisiana*; 5: Kentucky*; 6: Tennessee; 7: Arkansas*; 8 (tie): Indiana*, South Carolina*; 10: Texas ... 31 (tie): Idaho*, Washington*.
-A judge (no doubt of the environmental activist varietal) has decided that the Bush administration's new policy of dumping pesticides on the habitats of endangered species without consulting federal wildlife agencies is a no-no.
-According to the Friends of Seattle blog we're heading towards smart card bus passes. Finally.
-The Gates Foundation gave Grameen Foundation $1.5M recently which they'll dole out in itty-bitty sums commonly referred to as "microfinance."
-Municipal broadband isn't dead in Seattle, despite Qwest's best efforts.
-The nation's fifth Latino-owned bank is coming to a Kent near you.

Heated poo courtesy of sixeight.