Why on earth did this show up in our Hotmail inbox? We understand it's part of a "fun campaign" that the Borg over in Redmond have developed to illustrate how far they've come in understanding the human concept of "fun." Apparently fun has to do with games, so they've included that. Games and GoPets. Even a "self-proclaimed Windows Geek" isn't falling for it:Personally, I find this kind of marketing “campaigns” corny and stupid and......

Is working for beer really work at all? The Seattle International Beerfest (SIB) will take place again this year at Seattle Center from June 29 to July 1. You will have to act soon though if you would like to work as a volunteer and earn yourself some beer. You can earn up to 43 beer tickets by working shifts pouring beer to the masses. SIB has the best selection of Seattle's beer festivals.......

--Pro Bono Geek takes on the fascinating world of political campaigns and copyright law, particularly as it affects the Darcy Burner ads. --A couple of Coeur d'Alene kids left a party to go get scared this weekend and they stumbled on a hanging in the basement of an unfinished house. Mission accomplished. --Vistaphiles and prog rock fans can get a taste of Robert Fripp's coming soundtrack for Microsoft's new operating system from this Vista blog.......

Wednesday, October 11 >>>University Temple United Methodist Church, 7:30pm. Religious believers can be co-opted, argues distinguished biologist and secular humanist E.O. Wilson in his talk "The Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion." Blah blah salvation of biodiversity blah glory of nature blah work together. We dislike this automatic Religion-and-Science connection ("Ballet and Groundskeeping: A New Unity"), but he's a smartie. Could be worth it. Suggested donation: $5 at the door. >>>UW Information School, 7:00-9:00pm.......

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate......

As previously alluded to, Seattlest is unabashed in our love for television. We tend to gravitate toward the good stuff, but we are by no means too highbrow to watch reality TV. Case(s) in point: the gloriously addictive trainwrecks known as Surreal Life 5 and Being Bobby Brown. For us, the viewing of such apocalypse-heralding fare is merely a spectator sport; that is to say, we've got no aspirations to be the castmember who actively......