Yet another national "publication" has decided Seattle is just too strange and full of trees and plaid. And you know what? Maybe they're right. more ›

Clearly, everybody's new favorite website is The Awl, the delightfully (or not-so-delightfully) low-tech, low- and high-culture smartypants venture from former Gawker-ers Alex Balk and Choire Sicha. Last week, they noted an anecdote about taco trucks in Walla Walla suffering from a severe drop in business over fears of swine flu. Today, they direct us to a meandering thinkpiece in The Rumpus--Stephen Elliott's new online culture mag, which recently hosted an event at the NWFF--about the trials and tribulations of being mistaken for someone famous (and larger issues of identity in These Modern Times™) that kicks off with a story about Lynn Shelton's My Effortless Brilliance. Once again, we are all connected on the internets. more ›

The P-I's John Cook reports that Amazon has bought Shelfari. Shelfari is reporting its purchase, too, so it must be true. Wonder if Amazon gets free shipping when it buys an HQ? more ›

Just in case anyone reading this blog is a sixteen-year-old girl and/or writes for Gawker, have we got big news for you: more ›

--Todd Bishop has an update on the Microsoft researcher currently lost at sea. more ›

--Gawker likes to point out hilarious writing every once in awhile and we're pretty sure they'd have something to say about "After the National Weather Service announced it was asking the public to name last month's windstorm, it got blown away by the number of entries." more ›

--If a cool kid sat next to you at lunch today, it wasn't because he likes you. more ›

We rifled through Sunday's New York Times Arts Section cover piece about Starbucks thinking that if we looked hard and fast enough we'd find a punchline in there somewhere. When it turned out that no punchline was forthcoming we wrote it off to some kind of East Coast joke that was over our heads. Not even Gawker made any mention of the article so it couldn't have been legit and, well, we've spent thirty two years learning that just because Seattlest doesn't get a joke doesn't mean there's no joke there. more ›

You've heard of Gawker Stalker, right? When someone spots a celeb walking around Manhattan they notify the Gawker website of the identity and location of said star and a bunch of weirdos can track them on a map. Celebrities hate it and stalkers and people who think it's funny to piss of celebrities love it. more ›

There was *a lot* going on last weekend, what with the game itself and all other Superbowl-related activities. This weekend, not so much. So if you don't have anything planned for tonight (besides four episodes of Arrested Development), you could always drop by Chop Suey for a free show featuring The Divorce and Wolfmother. Expect a lotta hipsters, as both DJ Franki Chan and The Cobra Snake will be on hand. OMG, I can't wait for all the postmortem pics of terrible 80's fashion, coupled with Sparks tongue and girls trying real hard to look fierce. more ›

The PI is reporting that Seattle actress and playwright, Nicole duFresne, was shot and killed during a robbery attempt in New York City where she had lived for two years. more ›