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Happened across this crime against decency in North Seattle recently...

• Dog people, stop reading and just look at these cute puppies instead. Cat people, keep reading. PhinneyWood blog reports that Greenwood's cat-loving-adoption organization PAWS celebrates the adoption of it 10,000th kitty.
• Still wringing out their clothes, photos and soggy possessions, the residents of the recently flooded Wedgwood neighborhood want the city to foot the bill for all the damages the broken water main caused.
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Cats was one of Broadway's longest standing musical productions, having debuted there in 1982 and running until September of 2000, although it lives on around the country in a Broadway Across America tour (now at the Paramount through this weekend) and, no doubt, on community stages far and wide.

GLUTEN FREEDOM: Dr. Stephen Wangen, founder of the IBS Treatment Center, has a new book out called Healthier Without Wheat: A New Understanding of Wheat Allergies, Celiac Disease, and Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance. As you can tell from the title, his contention is that you don't have to have celiac disease to be gluten intolerant. Personally, we are disturbed by intolerance of any kind, so we are glad to hear that he's working on a cure--what? Just don't eat wheat?

For a big gay musical theater geek like Seattlest, it's kind of embarrassing to admit that we've never seen Cats. Lucky for us, the touring production is making a quick four-day stop at the Paramount next week (Apr. 15-19, tickets start at $20 and are available from the Paramount). We'll be here to give you our thoughts when we finally watch those crazy singing and dancing felines next week. But, while we count down to that fateful day, we'd like to share with you our recent conversation with one of the stars of the show, a delightful young actor by the name of Drew Roelofs:

"IT'S CATURDAY!!! POST SOME FREAKIN CATS!!!" by shawnmebo

Warning: First-person singular follows.

• A revised list of possible new jail sites in Seattle was released yesterday. Georgetown was celebrating that they were no longer on the list, while Magnolia/InterBay and West Seattle were lamenting that they still were.
• The Central District News reports that Washington Hall on 14th Avenue South has passed the first hurdle to being recognized as a historic landmark.
• Keep your eyes peeled for some urban hikers today. About 20 members of The Mountaineers are hiking between branches of the Seattle Public Library. Unlike in the mid-'90s, you might actually be able to tell the difference between an urban hiker and average Seattleite on the street now.

• The Central District News is hoping the CD and ID get a streetcar out of the passage of Proposition 1. We share their hope.
• If you're heading west this weekend, West Seattle Blog reminds you there will be lane closures on the West Seattle Bridge.
• Just in time for Thanksgiving, it's the last Capitol Hill Farmer's Market of 2008 this Sunday. We'll definitely be heading to the market, rain or shine, for some local ingredients for the upcoming feast.

• Want to start your morning with the most oddly amusing photo you will see all day? Of course you do! So check PhinneyWood where they have the photographic answer to the question, "what's bigger, a Gordito's double burrito or a baby?"
• Beacon Hill Blog says hello to "Hello Bicycle"--a new addition to the neighborhood. We also extend our salutations to the Beacon Hill Blog, making its first appearance on the roundup today.
• Capitol Hill Seattle reminds us that Halloween is just around the corner, it's time to finish up the final touches on our costume, and we still need to decide where to celebrate. Happily, CHS also gives us a few options for Hill-based Hallow's Eve fun.

This slightly creepy Sunday morning wake-up call photo comes to you courtesy of our Seattlest Flickr Pool, which is full of all kinds of reasons to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. Come share your photos with the world!

While trolling around some of Seattle's great local blogs for breaking news, we saw this photo that broke our heart:

Since this week's storm didn’t claim any lives in Seattle, most of us tend to think of the damage in terms of washed out images of I-5 and that Subaru in Golden Gardens.

Behind our couch lives what we refer to as our "third cat." Much more well-behaved and definitely lower-maintenance, petting-wise, than the two actual cats from whence it came, but more or less inert unless there's a breeze. When we sweep behind the couch every three or four years we generally don't carry the third cat down to the Sound and chuck him in, but that's what storm runoff is doing right now to a lot of people.

Donte's blurb for Man Man is "warpaint!"; our motto for the fun-time Philly circus band is "everybody hits something!" Regardless, the "Viking-vaudeville punk-wop rock-and-soul collective" consistently puts on a great live show. Last night at Neumo's, even their sound check was awesome, and that was way before they donned the all-white outfits and face paint. In fact, the over-the-top performance is so central to Man Man's appeal that we don't even bother to listen to them in recorded form. For us, it's all about the charms of the live act: the aluminum buckets and slide whistles, the melodica and marimba, the crazy-eyed drummer, the mulleted singer/keyboardist occasionally playing the Rhoades with his butt.... It's the simple things, really, that make us smile.

In New York, a place where we once lived, recycling does not--despite being mandatory--actually happen.

Eaten: An onion burger and brick of fries.

The Avett Brothers make Arizona football coach Mike Stoops look even more like a pussy than he typically does.

-jay

City officials say we don't need to fret about Key Arena's solvency after the Sonics and Storm leave, taking 60 guaranteed events a year with them. After all, there are plenty of other events that Seattle Center can book.

The overnight blogs are abuzz: Tenet (slamdunking Iraq) and Goldy (recycling poisoned pet food).

Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm // Ticketmaster $29-$49 (plus fees)

MUSIC: Deerhoof. Some have dismissed Deerhoof as bland or simply weird. Others praise the complex composition of their songs. We just think they're good.

We're thinking about moving.

Dead-beat pet owners who refuse to pay the city's pet licensing fees are about to have a rude awakening: Seattle Animal Shelter has announced it's going to start actively policing city parks for unlicensed pets and issuing $125 tickets.

SPORTS OBSESSION: Any longtime Seattlest reader knows that we can't get enough of curling, whether it's watching on the CBC or playing ourselves at Seattle's Granite Curling Club, the only dedicated curling facility on the West Coast. Our obsession is often met with odd looks, but a curling open house is honestly one of the best ways going to spend your time/money.

"Go see George Colligan," our friend e-mailed from DC. "He's one of the best pianists working today."

We called Elliot Bay Books last week in advance of John Hodgman's reading, and asked whether they thought it would be crowded. Should we show up early, now that he's all famous and whatnot? Not a bad idea, they said, maybe 7pm. The reading was to start at 7:30. We strolled into EBB as the clock struck 7, and our heart sank into our feet as we spied the line at the bottom of the spiral staircase, making its own spiral all the way through the cafe next to the reading room in the basement. Luckily, Seattlest Jack and Audrey were wiser than we are, and had arrived even earlier, securing our seats three rows back, just left of center.