There's a nice little piece over at Crosscut this morning about Georgetown's Rainier Cold Storage Stock House (and the demise of), but just like the neighborhood opposition to the building's demolition, it's too little too late. To be fair, the building's owners broke their way through many walls (a much beloved building that defines a neighborhood, an official Seattle Landmark) with the wrecking ball of public safety: it's going to collapse onto Airport Way,......

DEMOCRACY: There's a Seattle school levy election today. If you don't know where you are supposed to vote, but know your name and the day you were born, you can look it up online. If you can't get to that place, you can cast a provisional ballot anywhere--just march up to the nice poll-worker ladies at your local school or church and say "I'd like to cast a provisional ballot, please." We did it last......

Here at our work, some guy's been trying to give away damn good seats to tonight's Sonics game all day, asking $5 below face, then $15 below face, then "any reasonable offer," which inspired co-worker wiseguys to propose trading cement pieces and old socks for the tix. Last time the Sonics and Suns played, they set an NBA record for three-pointers in a game, scored more points than any two teams in ten years. Ray......