"Are you disappointed that more people aren't converting to atheism after seeing your show?" That (loosely paraphrased) was the question that kicked off Ira Glass' conversation with Julia Sweeney on Saturday night. "No. I'm not really that conceited," replied Sweeney. (Again, paraphrased. We did not smuggle in a recording device.) more ›

It's rained--hard--five out of the last six weekends. And after a week of beautiful weather, it's supposed to cloud over Saturday and rain Sunday. Along with the byplay of their weekend, the Seattlests answer the question "Why does God hate Seattle?" more ›

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/255911_childactor17.html">by the AP, is whereabouts unknown with only a suicide note to feed speculation. The suicide note was found in his car along with two pages of poetry, actually. Port Madison Narrows is the reported location of the seemingly abandoned automobile and for the purposes of this post we're calling that local enough. more ›