--By a--if you can believe this--unanimous vote of the Seattle School Board, Maria Goodloe-Johnson is the new superintendent.
--You already couldn't listen to Don Imus in Seattle, but now it's a nationwide thing.
--The hiker who died in a fall at Baker Lake this week was also a rocker.
--Mariners vs. Boston postponed due to this.
--According to the P-I, Seattle has other blogs.
--Local boy Luke Burbank on his new, as-yet-untitled NPR show.
--How many times do you think the PI said "Internet" last year?
--Vern's take on Grindhouse.
--Hundreds of one-cent checks? No, a better way to irritate IRS employees.
--Erica C. Barnett of the Stranger has some harsh words for her Editor Dan.
--The Stranger asks literary celebrities: "Where were you when Kurt Vonnegut died?"
--In Seattle, 'twas politeness that foiled the bank robber.