If you follow the lead singer of the Decemberists, Colin Meloy, at all in his personal blog or twitter feed (@colinmeloy) then you know he has strong opinions about a few things. Mostly to do with music, Oregon and occasionally politics. Well, all three came together recently in the form of two political decisions made in a short amount of time that could very well affect him, his band mates, and much of the musical community nationwide. more ›

Jason over at Eat Sleep Publish has a beautiful post on net neutrality and the old vs. new economy. In Greenwood, the Food Network stopped by with cameras and Guy Fieri to film at Georgia's Greek Deli; PhinneyWood has photos. Don't try to pawn off your foreign currency on Washington state ferries, because they're not having it, reports Seattle Metblogs. Even if it is Canadian. Even Canadian quarters. Not allowed. And Slog is thinking about shoplifting, Whole Foods, and sausages in pants. (As are we all.) more ›

Darcy Burner has a diary up at Daily Kos today that talks about Net Neutrality and furthers our opinion that she has an understanding of the internets beyond the "series of tubes" imagery of other nameless (ahem, look up there, ahem, Alaska) state politicians. more ›