Normally we don't like to report on the kind of news that brings a sad sigh to your lips and might make you think of calling your mother. But since Seattlest Abbey covered the story of the 10-year old boy who asked friends to bury his head in the sand, and we're filling in on the news beat while she's in Austin, we thought we should at mark the end of the story now that......

Flickr photo by Tifotter Have you seen the story about the guerilla marketing campaign gone bad? Seems like Boston practically shut down the entire city over some small magnetic signs that were part of a promotion for the T.V. show Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Network. Now we're not calling anybody "dumb" per se; but "sophisticated electronic device consistant with an Improvised Explosive Device"? Give us a fucking break. The thing looked like......

As we predicted when we first heard this story about Frosty Hardison--a parent who convinced the Federal Way school board to stop showing An Inconvenient Truth back in December--a whole host of sane, level-headed people wrote into the school board to suggest that Frosty was a bit off his rocker. Sadly, the Federal Way school board still insists that teachers, when covering a "controversial" topic, offer a "credible, legitimate opposing view" about that topic. There......

When this week began, wrestler Eddie Guerrero and TV pioneer Ralph Edwards were both alive. No one outside Steel Country had heard of Rep. John Murtha, and Bob Woodward still had credibility. Next week is really only three days, so probably nothing will happen. Thus, we at Seattlest intend to enjoy ourselves over the weekend. Seth's going to the Ballard JazzWalk tonight. Two performers he's looking forward to seeing: Dawn Clement, an inventive young pianist,......

Well, it's the first Thursday of the month and that can only mean one thing: free wine. Oh, and some art, we do so love the art. Yes, tonight is this month's Art Walk, where one can walk around and look at art...it's self-evident really. There's a whole slew of openings at the galleries this month, though time and time again, Seattlest finds ourselves just hanging out at the Forgotten Works building and allowing the......