While we'll be cursing the same weather in a few months, there's something sexy and energizing about a summer storm in Seattle. Add your erotic Seattle weather photography and anything else to our wonderful Seattlest Flickr Pool. more ›

• Apparently, not everyone in town shares our deep-seated fear of clowns, thanks to J.P. Patches. According to My Ballard, hundreds and hundreds of you, many donning clown make-up yourselves, came out on Sunday to watch the unveiling of the new J.P. Patches statue. As for us, just writing those sentences and the Flickr photos we saw were enough to prompt a cold sweat which, in this weather, actually ain't half bad.
• You know when these words are involved in a headline--"home-built helicopter"--it's not going to be good.
• Capitol Hill Seattle spotted and posted evidence of one of the greatest help-wanted fliers of all time.