Yesterday, we inquired how all of you had stayed cool over the blazing weather this weekend in the Pacific Northwest. Thankfully, none of you submitted the following idea, which was enacted by two Portland 20-somethings. more ›

Could there be a way to make internet dating in Seattle even more anonymous? A new site, CrazyBlindDate.com, might be coming to our city to do just that. The site's creators explain, "There are no profiles, pictures, winks, or instant messages. Instead, users simply enter the basics of what they're looking for in a date (age, gender, orientation, etc.) and when they're free." Then you get an email or text message with a place (one of several "approved bars and coffeeshops") and a time. Bingo! You’ve got a date! more ›

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.) more ›

All of the worst ideas in the history of the world come out of of undergrad business classes. Remember "Bumvertising?" UW School of Business. That's up there with the XFL as far as bad ideas go. As business class projects go, though, a "Girls of UW" calendar doesn't seem particularly bad at first. It's kind of a guaranteed winner, even--It'll sell in spite of you and if you can get free models you'll profit. There isn't a lot of imagination involved and it doesn't scale, so if Seattlest were a business prof we'd give it a low B. We'd give you a pat on the back and a few encouraging words as the calendar flew off the UW Bookstore shelves and then write "not an idea man" in your secret fraternity file. But wait! It's not like this is Evergreen or something, but you're still on campus in the Pacific Northwest--Someone's going to take offense to scantily-clad women with the UW logo plastered all over them and sold through the university bookstore. Did your business plan account for a successful email campaign to get you yanked from the shelves? C! Hold on, though. This kind of piddly crap is great for newspapers and TV news. Maybe your calendar can get in the P-I and the Seattle Times, and then some random city blogs will post about it as a thin excuse to show the pictures... You may sell out of calendars after all, but, you know what? Still a C. more ›

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? more ›

Kids love bad ideas. They can’t get enough of them. They will spend all summer inside playing video games, they will throw rocks at the girl they like, and they will borrow their dad’s car and try to take the miles off by running it in reverse. However there are some bad ideas that kids just don’t like, for example the WASL. more ›