Kurt Vonnegut, up there with Twain and Melville and Kesey as the most original American novelists ever in the history of writing stuff, died tonight. He was 84. He'd been in the hospital since a fall a couple of weeks ago. Attention kids: this is what happens if you chain-smoke for 73 years. more ›

It's Easter weekend, which brings back memories of being late for church and having to sit in the narthex, and dressing up. Also, ham. But most of all, easter egg hunts! What if there were a city-wide easter egg hunt! Wouldn't that be great? Probably not, but in this week's Stalk, Seattlest tells you where we'd hide the eggs if there were. more ›