Seattlest Trivia draws Seattle's sharpest teams, but we're still sometimes dazzled by the breadth of your knowledge. On July 1, teams averaged over 6 points on 7 of 8 rounds (brush up on Fictional Plants), including a very strong performance (6.94 points!) on Britney Spears. In the end, Reichert Did It squeaked out a half-point victory over Steve Pool Party in My Pants (70 to 69.5), thanks in part to a misremembered Die Hard title.......

Augh, we don't know, dawg. It was kind of weird for us, dawg. We don't know, man, she almost kind of worked it out, but not really. It was just alright for us, just alright. We'll stop with the Randy-Jackson-speak now. Kristy Lee Cook came out in a way better outfit. Her hair was a little 1992, but she's hot enough that that's okay. But, given that Amanda Overmeyer (the gal with the chocolate-vanilla swirl......

"getty-up!" by Dean Forbes, from Flickr via Creative Commons license. Yes, the irony is thick. Fremont's own Getty Images wants to auction itself off and could sell for up to $1.5 billion, reports the NY Times. The stock photo agency has had a rough go of it lately: But the rise of digital photography and the Web created a host of competitors that charged as little as a dollar for an image. Recent events......

So the lovely and talented Britney Spears has reached that beautiful moment in a young celebrity's life when the media decides they need to draft your obituary. Yes, it seems the AP has concluded that Ms. Spears' mortality is sufficiently imminent they need to prepare for the story. Of course, drafting an obit in advance is an industry-wide practice, but for a 26-year-old? Of course, 27 is the age to die at for rock stars:......

Last year Seahawks kicker Josh Brown publicly announced his crush on Carrie Underwood. He'd even gotten her phone number. But soon after, Underwood was linked to Cowboys QB Tony Romo. Even after Romo's epic choke in the Hawks/Cowboys playoff game, he and Underwood continued to be an item (or, in gossip mag parlance, "good friends.") But now it appears that Underwood's been left behind as Romo climbs the celebrity girlfriend ladder. In just the past......

We're the kinda betting person who will say something in March, like, "We'll bet you the final four contestants on American Idol will be Melinda, Blake, Jordin, and Lakisha," but we won't put any money on it. Then, when that's exactly what happens (as it did last night), we'll be all, "Gah! Why didn't we put money on it?" Maybe we should just go ahead right now and say we'll put ten bucks on Melinda......

--On Tuesday the Committee for a Two-Newspaper Town asked a judge to disappear the Joint Operating Agreement that tethers the Post-Intelligencer to the Seattle Times. We're not quite sure where they're going with that one yet. --Safeway burst onto the local biodiesel scene today with a pump in West Seattle. $2.85 for B20! Damn! We mean, uh, that's good that the Earth is being saved. --Replacement's replacement needs replacing on the Stranger masthead. We......

Apparently there's a reason we don't usually start the quiz fuelled by a shot of Jack Daniel's -- we give away answers. Sharp-eared teams -- which was most of them -- noticed that we gave away the answer to a Wizard of Oz question when talking about Hugh Rockoff's interpretation of the book as a parable about the gold standard. We didn't realize it until we were reading the answers, and suddenly understood why......

Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater. LAist's sex advice column on......

You know those journalists? That report real news? They're idiots. Google News round up link: LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - "Britney Spears' half-eaten sandwich is for sale on eBay." The Post Chronicle: "Britney Spears' half-eaten sandwich is for sale on eBay. The snack was snatched from a table at a music awards ceremony Britney attended with her husband Kevin Federline at a New York hotel earlier this year." Etc, etc... Apparently none of these......

Seattlest's token bicycle hobo friend (who would himself blog for Seattlest if only Google would unveil the much-needed hobo translator language tool) clued us in to a little eBay scheme his friend - also a bicycle hobo - recently initiated, whereby said hobo tries to sell a half-eaten corndog and egg salad sandwich allegedly touched by Britney Spears and her rapping man-child pet K-Fed. From the auction's hilariously straight-faced copy: A couple of months......

Ever wish you'd watched a Nirvana show before Bleach came out? Or sipped wine at Keith Haring's first gallery show? Or seen Karl Rove eat his first donut? Even if you aren't a fan of music, art, or obesity, it's hard not to envy those who saw nascent talent bloom. Which is why, if you want to have something to tell your grandkids, you may want to go to Safeco Field tonight and watch 19-year-old......

Since there is nothing we like more than technology and music (okay, that's a lie, we like smores more, but it's bikini season, so we'll hold off), we were delighted to find Icelanic band Sigur Ros has a Flickr account that they are updating while on the road. Admittedly, the band's Flickr account is not the most interesting photo set on the site, but we still think it's pretty great that bands are willing to......