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• Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Style Erotica Site SilkWords Celebrates One Year of Sexy Narrative Choices

  06-02-2015 23:52 via thestranger.com
  
  When Seattle-area couple Keri and Boyd Multerer came up with the idea for the site that would eventually become SilkWords, Sharon Fisher explains in a phone call, they couldn't believe it hadn't already been done before. The premise is ridiculously simple: SilkWords publishes romance and erotica in the form of what they call "Pick Your Path" stories, a modern, sexy twist on Choose Your Own Adventure novels. They also publish "Reader Vote" stories, in which an author begins a st
  
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• Man stabbed in downtown Seattle

  06-02-2015 23:42
  
  A 30-year-old man has been hospitalized after being stabbed in the chest at 911 Stewart St.
  
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• Parents of Lake Stevens children charged in abandonment case

  06-02-2015 23:40
  
  Update at 2:31 p.m.: Amanda Foley and Mark Dorson were each charged Friday with several criminal counts related to their children being alleged abandoned in their lake Stevens home.
  
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• Black History Month, Talib Kweli, and the Value of Black Life

  06-02-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Listen to Lil Boosie.
  Attention! We interrupt the usual onslaught of Eurocentric images and ingrained white supremacy to welcome you to... Black History Month! Still 7 percent shorter than all the white-people months, but we'll take what we can get, right? But white people, don't despair just because you're not centered in this conversation—you can contribute to black history, too! (I mean, besides tacitly supporting the racist system that most of the people we celebrate
  
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• Leader of shellfish-poaching ring sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison

  06-02-2015 23:10
  
  The former owner of a Quilcene Bay seafood company was sentenced to five and a half years in prison Friday for leading a clam-and-oyster poaching ring responsible for illegally harvesting $700,000 worth of shellfish from beaches owned by the state and private individuals.
  
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• Drunk of the Week: Write a Poem and Win Some Fabulous Prizes!

  06-02-2015 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Kelly O
  I should just say win "prizes" 'cause I dunno how fabulous they are. Anyhoo! All you have to do is write a poem. About the dude in the photo above. On Monday, SLOG will vote for the best verses. Here's one of my favorites, so far:
  It really can't be overstated,
  the ruckus this bro had created.
  Up until the last minute,
  when he saw the Pats win it.
  Twas his hubris they finally deflated.
  — memps001
  Write yours now! >>>
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Enthusiastic BJs

  06-02-2015 22:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on July 24. 2013.
  I've been mostly happily married for 15 years. I'm a straight man. I love my wife. We used to have a great sex life. But after many years, children, and just day-to-day reality, our sex life is now pretty unsatisfying. While my wife was barely GGG at the beginning, now she will not go down on me ever. We do have sex 4 to 10 times a month, but it is always plain vanilla. I went on Craigslist to look at the "casual encounters" ads, and after m
  
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• The Best Part of Jupiter Ascending Is the Paperwork

  06-02-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Scientific proof that all it takes to make Channing Tatum unsexy is a bad set of face-pubes and Spock ears.
  The liveliest sequence in Jupiter Ascending comes near the middle of the film. We’ve already met Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), a Chicago cleaning lady who everyone is convinced is some kind of intergalactic royalty. She’s being protected by Caine Wise (Channing Tatum), a man-wolf hybrid who used to have wings but who now gets around on a pair of boots that allow
  
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• Mudslide hits railroad tracks between Seattle and Everett

  06-02-2015 21:52
  
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• Rain-swollen Duckabush River floods homes at Brinnon

  06-02-2015 21:40
  
  Seattle Times staff and The Associated Press
  
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• Longtime student gives $1 million to Gage Academy

  06-02-2015 21:33
  
  Anne Steele, who started taking classes at the Seattle school in 2000 and even joined the board of trustees, already has a gallery named for her in the school. Her newest donation will help with scholarships and youth programs.
  
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• How, Exactly, Are They Going to Get Bertha's Teeth Out of That Pit? WSDOT Explains.

  06-02-2015 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Sydney BrownstoneWSDOT deputy program administrator Matt Preedy explained some things about the ongoing downtown tunnel project last night.
  The only thing that's left between Bertha, the tunnel boring machine that's been stuck for a year below Pioneer Square, and the sweet, sweet freedom of release is 20 feet of concrete. On Thursday night, Washington State Department of Transportation deputy program administrator Matt Preedy explained how, exactly, the contractor plans to get
  
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• Eater Seattle's "Classics Week" Leaves Out Seattle's Asian Cuisine

  06-02-2015 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  ManekiManeki's black cod collar miso: a Seattle classic.
  Last week, Eater Seattle held their first "Classics Week," a week of posts highlighting old-school Seattle restaurants, dishes, cocktails, and desserts. My favorite piece was this wonderful interview with Jim Marriott, who has been working as a server at Kirkland's Cafe Juanita for 22 years.
  One of the Classics Week features was a map titled "Eleven Classic Restaurants Every Seattleite Must Try." I was happ
  
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• Pop Pop Thai Street Food Serves Thai Specialties You Won't Find Anywhere Else in Seattle

  06-02-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  KELLY OThe papaya salad with crab is spicy, sweet, and a bit funky.
  The first time I tried to go to Pop Pop Thai Street Food, I drove right past it. It's located in a strip mall on Aurora, tucked between a Jimmy John's and a T-Mobile store, across the parking lot from an LA Fitness. The only hint that it's an anomaly in its surroundings, that it's not part of any corporate chain, is its sign: a black silhouette of a plane headed away from Thailand—the land of temples, tuk
  
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• Abandoned car causes evacuation at Pierce College library

  06-02-2015 20:47
  
  Abandoned car causes evacuation at Pierce College library
  
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• Rain-swollen river floods homes at Brinnon

  06-02-2015 20:47
  
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• In 2012, Republicans Promised Us a Post-Apocalyptic Hellscape If Obama Was Reelected

  06-02-2015 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Stokkete / Shutterstock.comHere's a photograph of Newt Gingrich in the wasteland formerly known as America, just after the Great Gas Riots of Late 2014. Thanks, Obama.
  Jobless claims went up this month, but not by as much as economists thought they would—the first month after Christmas is always a downer, due to seasonal hiring—and the general consensus is that job growth in the United States is strong. Now, it's important to remember there are a lot of stories thes
  
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• Former Seahawk Sam Adams, business partner charged with theft and tax fraud

  06-02-2015 20:40
  
  Former Seattle Seahawk Sam Adams was charged with multiple felony counts of theft and tax fraud Friday for failing to pay nearly $450,000 in retail and sales  taxes and tens of thousands of dollars more in wages and benefits to employees who worked at two athletic clubs Adams operated in Seattl
  
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• Lindy West Saying "Yes! That Would Be Great!" on CNN Yesterday Was the Best

  06-02-2015 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  That was my favorite moment from this waaaay too brief interview with a loud British person:
  
  So. Awesome.
  PS: Do you think he was so loud and Britishy because of "Much like robots and the British, pigeons do not have the capacity to feel love"? Probably. Geez, Britain, that joke was six years ago. Get over it.
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• Hear Aussie Rock Gods feedtime's First New Music in 20 Years

  06-02-2015 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Sub Popfeedtime's comeback single is worth the weight [sic].
  Hot damn, a new feedtime single from Sub Pop is coming February 10. The "flatiron"/ "stick up jack" 7-inch/download represents the revered Australian heavy-rock band's first release of new music in 20 years. (feedtime's all about lowercase titles and UPPERCASE volume.) "flatiron" uses a filthy mutation of the Bo Diddley rhythm and the group's trademark burly, lacerating guitar/bass attack to cause a lot of damage in i
  
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• Attorney and Trivia Master Phillip Tavel Is the Latest Candidate to Join West Seattle Council Race

  06-02-2015 20:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey West Seattle, this guy likes games and hates the tunnel, and he wants to be your next city council member.
  Lawyer, game-creator, and host of "the largest weekly trivia night in West Seattle" Phillip Tavel yesterday joined the race for Seattle City Council District 1 in West Seattle.
  "Tavel’s background in technology, education, law, and as an entrepreneur," reads the campaign announcement, "gives him the right experience to enact policies that continue g
  
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• Former Seahawk Sam Adams, business partner charged with multiple felony counts of theft and tax fraud

  06-02-2015 20:07
  
  Former Seattle Seahawk Sam Adams was charged with multiple felony counts of theft and tax fraud Friday for failing to pay nearly $450,000 in wage taxes and tens of thousands of dollars more in wages and benefits to employees who worked at two athletic clubs Adams operated in Seattle and Tacoma.
  
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• Seattle bus shelters, benches to get makeover with ad revenue

  06-02-2015 20:04
  
  The city of Seattle wants to replace its mishmash of bus shelters, benches, trash cans and information signs throughout downtown and South Lake Union — all funded by advertising.
  
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• Oregon judge: Photos taken up teen's skirt at store not illegal

  06-02-2015 20:03
  
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• Hurry! Today's Your Last Chance to Tell the Person You Love You Love Them—IN FRONT OF EVERYONE (Who Reads The Stranger)

  06-02-2015 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Brent Hofacker/ShutterstockYour time's running out!
  As the philosopher Madonna once asked: “Do you believe in love? And if so, have you got something to say about it?” If you’d like to express yourself, The Stranger would like to help. Every year, we publish our readers’ valentines—online and in print. We want yours to be included, so get cracking!
  Submit your valentine RIGHT HERE. The deadline is TODAY at 5 p.m. Act fast: We can only promise that
  
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• The Top Five Things to Do in Seattle Today: Roladex's Score of 'Escape from New York,' Jeffrey Osborne, The Dickies, and More

  06-02-2015 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Roladex's dystopian electronic music should work perfectly with John Carpenter's score.
  ROLADEX SCORE 'ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK'
  Fri Feb 6 at 7 pm at SIFF Cinema Uptown
  Seattle-via-Texas duo Roladex haven’t been here long, but they’ve landed one of the most prestigious gigs an electronic-oriented artist can get: scoring John Carpenter’s 1981 classic sci-fi thriller film Escape from New York. Carpenter’s original score is abristle with brilliant and subt
  
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• The Top Five Things to Do in Seattle Today: Escape from New York, Jeffrey Osborne, the Dickies, and More

  06-02-2015 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Roladex's dystopian electronic music should work perfectly with John Carpenter's score.
  ROLADEX SCORE 'ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK'
  Fri Feb 6 at 7 pm at SIFF Cinema Uptown
  Seattle-via-Texas duo Roladex haven’t been here long, but they’ve landed one of the most prestigious gigs an electronic-oriented artist can get: scoring John Carpenter’s 1981 classic sci-fi thriller film Escape from New York. Carpenter’s original score is abristle with brilliant and subt
  
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• Inslee supports bill to limit vaccine exemptions

  06-02-2015 19:21
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Hung jury in Kitsap County trial of man accused of killing baby

  06-02-2015 19:21
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• State gets custody of 3 children from filthy Lake Stevens home

  06-02-2015 19:12
  
  A court on Friday morning awarded Child Protective Services (CPS) temporary custody of the three children found Saturday alone in a filthy, unheated home in Lake Stevens.
  
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• CPS granted temporary custody of 3 children found in filthy Lake Stevens home

  06-02-2015 19:01
  
  A court on Friday morning awarded Child Protective Services (CPS) temporary custody of the three children found Saturday alone in a filthy, unheated home in Lake Stevens.
  
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• In North Seattle, City Council candidate promises doorstep talks

  06-02-2015 18:59
  
  Mercedes Elizalde thinks the race to represent the Seattle City Council’s 5th District will be won or lost on neighborhood doorsteps.
  
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• Centralia chief says court officer was wrong to fire shot

  06-02-2015 18:45
  
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• Debate over vaccine requirements forges strange alliance

  06-02-2015 18:18
  
  The debate over whether parents should be required to get their children vaccinated against measles has created strange alliances, putting some liberal parents on the same side as Republican conservatives.
  
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• The Jobs Report and What Separates the Dems from the GOP

  06-02-2015 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Charles MudedeWork that's happening on Beacon Hill.
  It is not a surprise that the present pace and length of job growth in the US (257,000 jobs were added in January) has not been seen since the year another Democratic president was in power, 1994. Economic growth is not such a big mystery. In the US, it is closely tied to its large and still growing immigrant population, in combination with the huge Keynesian or post-New Deal stimulus program called Obamacare. Europe, as th
  
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• The Morning News: SPD's Records Requester Is Back and Now He Wants a Ton of State Employees' E-mails

  06-02-2015 17:49 via thestranger.com
  
  KPG_Payless/ShutterstockBased on a recent report, this is probably what the state's computers look like.
  That Guy Who Made the Massive Video Request to SPD Last Year Now Wants (Almost) Every E-mail State Employees Have Ever Sent: Tim Clemans, who last year requested all of the Seattle Police Department's dash cam footage, is back. Now, he's asking 60 state agencies to release all employees' emails on "all subjects" except those that have to be redacted, KOMO reports. Meanwhile,
  
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• Downed power line closes street in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood

  06-02-2015 17:12
  
  Downed power line closes street in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood
  
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• Legendary Screenwriter and Seattle Film Mentor Stewart Stern Dead at 92

  06-02-2015 16:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Courtesy PhotoStewart Stern, the man who helped make James Dean an American icon.
  Stewart Stern, a screenwriter most noted for providing one of the two screenplays, Rebel Without A Cause (1955), that transformed James Dean into a 20th century god, passed away Monday, February 2 at age 92. For many, such as myself, the man's life in Seattle was something of a mystery and even a bit magical. He left a glamorous life in Hollywood, and friendships with the likes of Paul Newman an
  
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• Record rainfall raises landslide danger in W. Washington

  06-02-2015 15:39
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Deputies make biggest pot bust in Pierce County in 2 decades

  06-02-2015 15:37
  
  Deputies make biggest pot bust in Pierce County in 2 decades
  
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• Bellingham couple who fled with kids found in Calif.

  06-02-2015 15:33
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Man arrested in death earlier ruled as accidental

  06-02-2015 15:10
  
  Man arrested in death earlier ruled as accidental
  
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• Police arrest 18-year-old suspect in Everett shooting death

  06-02-2015 15:07
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

  06-02-2015 15:05
  
  As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans.
  
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• FBI investigating death of man at Olympic National Park

  06-02-2015 15:01
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Sword Walk

  06-02-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Callan Berry
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• Mild, wet weather raises landslide danger in W. Washington

  06-02-2015 14:59
  
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• Rain, low snowpack causing problems for skiers

  06-02-2015 14:57
  
  Rain, low snowpack causing problems for skiers
  
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• 2 arrested after fight spills onto freeway onramp in Bellevue

  06-02-2015 14:11
  
  2 arrested after fight spills onto freeway onramp in Bellevue
  
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• SeaWorld testifies against measure banning whale capitivity in state

  06-02-2015 06:39
  
  Long before the 2013 anti-whale-captivity movie “Blackfish” and Thursday’s hearing on a proposed bill to ban whale captivity, Washington has been home to opposition of using wild whales for display and entertainment in aquariums.
  
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