Fuck You, Marie Claire

Well, Guzman apparently talked to Marie Claire editor Lea Goldman, who stated, "I feel bad for the blogger. I almost want to hook her up with some of the fellas we met in Seattle."

Oh really? Has anybody really looked at the way the folks at Marie Claire went about collecting their data to determine what cities were best for dating? They looked at the number of Starbucks, time of last call, and mass transit accessibility in the city. Sure, Goldman. Please—I'm dying for you to hook me up with a guy who spends his hard-earned money on $4 lattes, boozing 'til he get cut off, and then rides his bicycle home. Thanks, but no thanks. Your survey sucks!

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Afternoon Edition: Gettin' Ziggy Wit It

Safe Sextet "at the Benny"

"Imagine if David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust were an actual person." Lady GaGa at the Showbox.

Elvis Perkins at the Tractor, and on your computer in the form of a free MP3.

Tonight's Shows.

3 courses for $30: New Urban Eats highlights.

More pizza

In praise of Morrisey (or at least his new single)

The Bartender (of "Ask the Bartender" fame) explains another reason the State Liquor Control Board sucks.

Cindy Hales on the Radio!

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Afternoon Edition: Leaning Tower of Pizza

Mossback in Hardback: Former SW editor Skip Berger is doing appearances to promote his new book, Pugetopolis.

Brickner recommends these shows and this one.

Joanie Loves Chachi and Kauffman loves Poppy.

Another one and two more bite the dust

From the ashes arises pizza.

This man is the Portland Trailblazers' kryptonite. And he looks a little like R. Kelly.

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Afternoon Edition: Impending Carb Nap

"These carbs are making me sleepy."
"Me too."

Kauffman praises Indonesian Ramen and the pacific qualities of the carb nap.

How to become a bartender

Onstot praises king cake, calls Catholic holidays austere. Father Mullen begs to differ on Catholic holidays.

Preview of the week's food events

Novoselic says ranked choice voting is no more complicated than byzantine gerrymandering.

Somewhere, Johnny Cash is smiling: Feds crack down on mistreatment in King County jails.

DVD extras should have their own awards.

Your dreams were your ticket out: Welcome back, PJ.

Free MP3s!

Health Care for musicians.

What's green and goes tweet? The Crocodile!

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Afternoon Edition: Exuberant Nixon Boarding an Airplane

Brian Barr resigns his editorship to write a book, but will stick around.

Brickner recommends the Supersuckers.

Free MP3s!

Tout de Sweet

Maggie Dutton's New Year's Resolution #2: Eat Elliott's oysters!

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your espresso machines!

In praise of injera, Saba.

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Afternoon Edition: Pork-studded Lard Bread

Today's shows, courtesy of Brickner.

New Year's Eve shows, courtesy of Feldman.

Free downloads from the Branyans, "an absolutely adorable local pop band that makes charming little songs with a 1968 Brazilian ukulele...and some steel guitar, too."

This week's installment of Ask the Bartender deals with cokeheads.

Kauffman sings the praises of pork-studded lard bread.

All-day wine-tasting in Burien

Tony Wroten vs. Seattle Schools: The Saga Continues

Former Sonics coach Bob Weiss and Former Blazers bad boy Bonzi Wells are united on a Chinese basketball team.

All your hearts are belong to us: Onstot, other devout fans talk Battlestar Galactica, Season 4

Krist Novoselic plays old Nirvana hits on Rock Band 2.

P-I takes on honey.

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Afternoon Edition: Pregnant With Pissed-Offedness

People are pissed at having forced cases of cabin fever, but has the city really been shut down?

People are pissed about the roads not being cleared, but do they have shovels in their own garages?

People are pissed about the crappy bus (and garbage) service, but have they tried hailing a cab (or ordering pizza)?

An Oregon Coast gawker who'd hoped to get a killer view of a dead-whale explosion is pissed because a glob of flying blubber totaled his car.

And Rocket Queen's just pissed at herself for not realizing Loretta Lynn got her first big break in her hometown of Tacoma.

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Afternoon Edition: Edible Obama

— Brian Miller on how to stay safe and sane when you're snowed in.
— Even Little Rae's is cashing in on Obamarama.
— Happy Holidays! Here's some free music from a guy who calls himself Boy Eats Drum Machine
— If you stole the art in West Seattle, please bring it back. Few questions asked.
— Yeah, driving drunk in the snow. Really. Fucking. Smart.

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Afternoon Edition: Happy Snow People

Snow makes Seattleites friendly.

But it makes us bundle up so we can't flaunt our fit figures.

Port to contractor: Fool me once...er, twice

Sportscaster blown away...by a fart.

Super-thorough report on urban skiing in Lower Queen Anne.

Kauffman continues down the Thin Wheat Line.

Stoesz lists his top Christmas tunes.

Seely remembers his thespian glory days, reviews high school drama.

SIFF got the Academy's stamp of approval.

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Afternoon Edition for People Coming Out of a Coma in the Last Five Minutes

Actually, you might just want to go back to sleep.

It snowed here so you probably won't be able to get home from the hospital. You can read more about that here, here, here... hell just click your mouse around at random and you'll probably get some kind of update on the weather.

But you missed other things too, here's some of the non-weather related blog posts from the last couple of days:

All we want for Christmas is our two front teeth and basic services, Seattle's Oly wish list is pretty thin.

The Islander goes Vietnamese.

Drive a 4x4? Catch some great shows tonight.

The former voice of the former Sonics takes a spill.

And finally, Rest in Peace, Deep Throat.

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Afternoon Edition: Oxford and Bourbon

Seattle People, our weekly slideshow of folks not making headlines around town, took a gander over to the Twilight Exit in the Central District this week.

— Oxford digs our music editor.

— Maggie Dutton on the difference between scotch, whiskey, and bourbon.

— Here we go again ... Mamma Mia!'s now out on DVD.

— They won't pay you to see "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," but maybe they should.

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Afternoon Edition: I Want You to Want Me

It's like this guy wanted to be wanted.

Today in Stupid: Before he says "give me your money," stick-up man says "cheese!"

Lakeside Recovery: School apologizes again for offending racial sensibilities.

Local Boys Get National Love: Fleet Foxes hit the big time.

Hobart Does Mos Def: Figuratively, of course. Sorry, Erika.

Kauffman Continues to Walk The Thin Wheat Line: Today, it leads to pork.

The Return of Vin Baker.

Wipe Your Ass with a Sailboat: Book tells you how.

MBA=NBA?

And now, ladies and Gentleman, with a drummer who looks like he manages a Radio Shack, it's Cheap Trick:

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Afternoon 'Anti-Holiday Spirit' Edition

It's all mid-December downers on Daily Weekly, Buzzer Beater and Thread Count

Do on to others as some other jerk has done unto you. Let's snake ourselves a basketball team.

DirecTV to Seattle: No Blazer-games for you!

Bellevue Philharmonic cancels its holiday concert.

But over on the other two blogs, Reverb and Voracious, the writers are full of warm and fuzzy feelings of good cheer so here's their rundown:

Brian Barr is really excited about Light in the Attic, not the Shel Silverstein collection of poems.

Sara Brickner *hearted* the Jonathan Richman concert last night.

Adriana Grant has a lovely breakfast at Boat Street.

Here's to what will likely be a cold, wet weekend!

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Afternoon Edition: I Love the Smell of Newsprint in the Morning

Duff loves Christmas, but hates Christmas shopping.

When choosing a bar for First Call, 'tis wise to make sure they serve hard booze first.

Three-striker gets crucial support for potentially historic clemency quest.

Will Bobcat Goldthwait's Seattle-based Sundance flick go straight to DVD?

Lessons from a Georgian wine tasting.

Newspapers might be in danger, but they sure smell great.

Ex-Husky Ryan Appleby will transform novice hoopers into LeBron James for a song.

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Evening Edition: The Day Lincoln Rolled Over In His Grave

— So, the governor of Illinois thinks a seat in the United States is pretty f$%*ing special.
— Even if you're not "cupping," we've certainly seen you drinking your coffee.
— In case you haven't heard, our music columnist is kind of a big deal.
— Maggie says never be shy about asking what's up for happy hour.
— Sonics fans get their kicks.

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