Results tagged “god”

Mariners starting pitcher Carlos Silva has been atrocious this season. His sinker has about as much dip as a Mormon grocery, and he's exhibited all the pinpoint control of your average Qwest Field urinal user. But, according to Silva, who's in the second year of a four-year $48 million contract, empirical evidence alone cannot explain his incompetence. A higher power is at work.

Somewhere, God opens a window. That is one of the many lessons we take from Sound of Music, at any rate, and so we are not terribly shocked to hear that if you suffer from the Devil's grip (and here we're referring to migraines), at least you are at a significantly decreased risk for breast cancer. Apart from the connection granted by the grace of God, the link between migraines and breast cancer turns out to be somewhat more substantive than the average non-scientist might guess; both conditions are related to estrogen levels. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, over in South Lake Union, released the study this week. God and Fred Hutch ask you to please, migraines or no, keep getting those yearly mammograms if you're over the age of 40 and have boobs.

The chronically East Coast-focused ESPN crowned Cleveland the most tortured fan base in all of sports last year, before the collective treachery and vindictiveness of the unholy Schultz-to-Bennett takeover cost us our oldest franchise. With the advent of this past weekend's debacle in Buffalo, it’s time for Cleveland to step aside. There’s a new redheaded stepchild on the professional sporting block and its name is Seattle.

As much as Ray LaMontagne blew us away his last time through town, even more enduring is the memory of David Ford's opening performance. Ford opens again tomorrow night at the Showbox, supporting his new Songs for the Road album. We love his previous album title: I Sincerely Apologise for All the Trouble I've Caused—a clue that this British singer/songwriter's music can be melancholy and reflective, yet sometimes surprisingly uplifting, like in "Cheer Up (You Miserable Fuck)."

Twelve local teenagers, who were posing for a religious youth group photo in Buckley, WA, were injured when the deck they were posing on collapsed. Nine of the teenagers, ages 14 to 18, were taken to the hospital but only suffered minor injuries.