Today is Starbucks Bike to Work Day: Most cities in our region do not know how many cyclists use their roads because they do not count them. Cascade Bicycle Club wants to see official bicycle counts become commonplace around Puget Sound. But until then, the number we tally each year on Bike to Work Day has become the default indicator of our community's growing size and strength.... Sound, riders can stop by Commute Stations to pick up ...

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Radiohead Fans Up In Arms Over Virginia ConcertRadiohead's rain-drenched May 11 sellout at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Va., has resulted in an Internet-driven firestorm, with message boards and the blogosphere lighting up amid fan frustration.The D.C. market was faced with monsoon-like conditions around the show, with an estimated four inches of rain and flooding forcing road closures and maddening traffic conditions. Apparently a significant number of fans -- hundreds or thousands, depending on who is ...

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"Goose Family and the Barge" by seattlerealtorgal The slightly washed-out colors, graininess, and hazy skyline make Seattle look like some busy, grimy, Pacific-rim, port town with its fair share of insane scooter traffic, plentiful street-corner smokables, bawdy merchant marine conscripts, and bargain-priced sodomy. Dare to dream, Emerald City, dare to dream!

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