The e-mails were flying fast and furious late this morning at the virtual Seattlest HQ about the new Dick's fries, which made us start thinking about lunch, naturally. Although our stomach is strong and we can put just about anything in it without losing it later on, we tend to stay away from Dick's simply because we always feel like we need a shower afterwards. After a night of heavy drinking, their fries are welcome,......

Seattlest's been hearing a lot about The Physics lately, and we love their 2007 release, FutureTalk. What goes on behind the scenes? We decided to just ask, already. You were named as 2008 Young Ones by The Stranger....were you expecting that? What does 2008 look like for The Physics from your perspective? We weren't expecting to be named as one of the Young Ones. It's a very good look and we're looking forward to......

CELEBRATE MLK: Take a few minutes out of the day to check out HistoryLink's accounting of Martin Luther King Jr.'s one visit to Seattle and then head to Seattle Center for some of their events. The East West Bookshop on Roosevelt also has a "concert and program of tribute" from 7:30pm-8:30pm 10am-5pm // Seattle Center MUSIC: A bunch of local alt-country types are playing at the Tractor tonight and we've had multiple people recommend this......

The Seattle Town Hall is officially On Notice, for having the Elizabeth Kolbert Science Series lecture in the basement. Far too many people were interested in her lecture based on her climate change writing--we were third in line when they locked the doors and turned us away, and the line was still snaking around the corner. They're not quite Dead to Me, because Seattle Channel is filming Kolbert's talk, and will broadcast it online sometime......