• Victoria, BC has finally decided to stop leaving bags of turd on Washington State doorsteps - [Vancouver Sun]
• In other poo news, dog walkers in Edmonds are frantically shopping today. The plastic bag ban begins tomorrow - [Everett Herald]
• Flexcar already offers hybrid Toyotas for rent in Seattle, but Enterprise is out-greening them with a new fleet of pure-electric Nissan LEAFs - [KPLU]

The Annual Fall Fecal Fest will be up and running September 1-19 at the Woodland Park Zoo. Apparently, this is the time of year when gardeners, farmers, and "Zoo Doo" loyalists scramble to get their hands on some prized, limited quantities of ... animal poo. more ›

On Friday, a small single-engine Cessna found both the ground and a row of port-a-potties abruptly, as the pilot--possibly facing a failed engine--landed short of the runway, crashing his plane into the poo filled potties at Thun Field near Puyallup. The impact of the crash caused the plastic potties to dramatically burst outward--giving explosive diarrhea a whole new meaning. Officials report the potties prevented injury to the pilot and damage to a nearby mobile home area. more ›

• Poor kid, teacher sends him packing with his own Mr. Hankey. This is so going to come back and haunt him in middle school. Oh, the nickname poo-tential.
• Earth Day, is it over yet?
• Scatt the church therapy cat gets the last meow, as his attacker is now facing first-degree animal cruelty and deadly weapon felony charges.