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• Biden surges in poll of Democrats, creating prospect of a competitive three-way race

  23-09-2015 23:48
  
  Vice President Joe Biden, rapidly picking up support, is now first choice for president of 25 percent of America’s Democrats, according to a new nationwide Bloomberg Politics poll. The survey raises the prospect of “a competitive three-way race for the Democratic presidential nomination,” Bloomberg concludes. It found 33 percent support for ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 25 percent of Democrats backing Biden and 24 percent supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an
  
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• Linking brains: UW scientists say they’ve done it

  23-09-2015 22:49
  
  UW researchers have conducted what is believed to be the first experiment to demonstrate that two brains can be directly linked, allowing one participant to guess what the other one is thinking.
  
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• The Xi Seattle visit, according to China’s media

  23-09-2015 22:31
  
  How English-language Chinese media have covered President Xi Jinping’s visit to this “east Pacific coast city.”
  
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• Hello, Weed-Smoking College Students and Welcome to Seattle, Where What You Do Is Not Illegal (Except When It Is)

  23-09-2015 22:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Recreational weed is legal in Washington—but it's complicated. THINKSTOCK.COM
  Dear cannabis-using and cannabis-curious college students of 2015: You have now matriculated in one of the most weed-friendly cities in the United States. That could be a godsend or a problem for you in the years to come, but we'll get to that in a moment. For now, congratulations.
  Washington State legalized recreational marijuana (for people 21 and older) in 2013. But our pot friendliness dates back much further
  
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• Legislative leaders urge Auditor Kelley to resign

  23-09-2015 22:18
  Legislative leaders released a letter reiterating their calls for indicted state Auditor Troy Kelley to resign.
  
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• Where to Celebrate Oktoberfest in Seattle

  23-09-2015 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
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  It's time to break out those lederhosen and dirndls—it's Oktoberfest season. Here are 9 festivals where you can get your German brat and excessively large beer mug action on, including six that start this weekend. See complete details on our Things To Do calendar.
  Kirkland Oktoberfest
  Features: Live music by bands with appropriately Oktoberfest-y names (The S-Bahn, Happy Hans, and even Smilin’ Scandinavians), an 140-foot festhalle, keg rolling, and wiener d
  
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• Will Fair Scheduling be the Next Labor Fight to Hit Seattle?

  23-09-2015 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  A new survey says almost half of Starbucks workers get their schedules one week or less in advance. Sorbis/Shutterstock
  Last year, the New York Times wrote about how low-wage workers live at the mercy of scheduling software that gives them only a few days' notice of when they have to work. Advances in technology were making it easier for companies like Starbucks to predict exactly how many workers they'd need in any given shift. But they were also making life harder for workers."Flexibility&mdas
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Help!

  23-09-2015 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on December 19, 2012.
  This is a touchy and gross subject. I am a 17-year-old girl growing up in an adoptive family in Australia. I was sexually abused by my birth family, and I think it really fucked up my sexuality. The only thing that gets me off is the idea of people absolutely destroying their lives for an orgasm. I started with mild S&M stories and then moved on to grosser stuff like murder (stories and online images), pedo (stories only), and lately I've been thinking
  
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• No more jail for ex-Seattle Sonic Robert Swift caught in heroin-guns bust

  23-09-2015 21:09
  
  Onetime Seattle Sonic Robert Swift has pleaded guilty to gun crimes in exchange for a "time-served" sentence that'll see him free from jail.
  
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• Donald Trump: I’m boycotting Fox News for treating me ‘very unfairly’

  23-09-2015 20:59
  
  A feud bearing on the 2016 Republican presidential race escalated on Wednesday, with Donald Trump tweeting that he will not appear on Fox News shows “for the foreseeable future.” .@FoxNews has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won’t be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2015 Trump has  been denouncing Fox host Megyn Kelly since she questioned his characterizations
  
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• 30 Years Ago, Duran Duran Was the Biggest Band in the World. Tonight They Play the Puyallup Fair. John Taylor Interview

  23-09-2015 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Duran Duran (not to be confused with Duran Duran Duran) play tonight at the Washington State Fair. Stephanie Pistel
  There’s a special event happening TONIGHT at the PuyallupWashington State Fair, and it doesn’t involve a litter of piglets at Piglet Palace. It involves Duran Duran. The multiplatinum pretty-boys from England (with over 100 million albums sold) are bringing their sexed-up disco, new wave, and pop-rock to the Washington State Fairgrounds. For context: in the late-'80s, D
  
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• Seattle Police Union’s Newspaper Continues Streak of Anti-Reform Rhetoric and Racism

  23-09-2015 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  In the March issue of The Guardian, former SPOG president Rich O'Neill wrote that SPOG president Ron Smith's comments about the need for a culture change within SPD to The Stranger were "completely taken out of context."For all of the high-minded talk of federally mandated reforms at the Seattle Police Department, one thing has remained constant: the stream of ignorant, bellicose, right-wing rhetoric coming from The Guardian, the Seattle Police Officers Guild's newspaper.
  It's true that in Febru
  
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• China’s first lady focuses on global health in Fred Hutch tour

  23-09-2015 20:14
  
  Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese president Xi Jinping, toured Fred Hutch to view advances in research on HIV/AIDS and smoking cessation. The first lady is a WHO Goodwill Ambassador.
  
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• Dear the Internet: The New Double Rainbow Guy Video You Ordered Has Arrived, from Boston of All Places

  23-09-2015 19:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Ahhh, the HAHBAH! Vlad G./Shutterstock
  In my experience, Boston is the American city with the greatest gulf between what you think it will be like and what it is like. I always go in with visions of Steven Wright and the Pixies and end up with Donnie Wahlberg and, like Aerosmith. '80s Aerosmith. Not to say it isn't great, but it's also the city where I feel the most likely to get punched in the face by a random stranger for being a fahkin' queeah.But I've always found the dialect a pure pleasure
  
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• Tickets On Sale NOW for the 11TH Annual HUMP Porn Festival

  23-09-2015 19:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Tickets are now on sale for this year's HUMP! Get your tickets at humpseattle.com or humpportland.com!Screenings In Seattle:SIFF Cinema Uptown (all 18+):
  11/5: 7pm, 9pm (These two screenings hosted by Dan Savage)
  11/6: 7pm, 9pm, 11pm11/7: 5pm, 7pm, 9pm, 11pm11/8: 5pm, 7pm, 9pmOn the Boards (All screenings are hosted by Dan Savage and are 21+.)11/11: 7pm, 9pm
  11/12: 6pm, 8pm, 10pm11/13: 6pm, 8pm, 10pm, Midnight11/14: 6pm, 8pm, 10pm, Midnight
  11/15: 7pm, 9pm
  Screening in Olympia:Capitol Theater
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• Louie Gong Set to Launch Line of Wool Blankets, the First Ever to Be Produced by Native-Owned Company in United States

  23-09-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Louie Gong, founder of Eighth Generation,chillin' in his lab. Ken YuTribes buy thousands of wool blankets per year to use for special events. However, there's not one Native-owned company in the United States or Canada that manufactures and sells those blankets. As a result, tribal communities buy and stock the shelves of their gift shops with blankets from Pendleton and other companies not owned by Natives.In case you didn't catch the irony there: Because the market is already saturated with "N
  
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• Xi meets with top business CEOs from two nations

  23-09-2015 18:45
  
  Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to start the second day of his Seattle visit meeting with the CEOs of some of the largest businesses in the U.S. and China. He’ll be attending a roundtable of 15 CEOs from each country, organized by the Paulson Institute, a Chicago-based nonpartisan center founded by former U.S. Treasury […]
  
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• Supermoon plus eclipse equals rare sky show Sunday night

  23-09-2015 18:17
  
  A total lunar eclipse will share the stage with a so-called supermoon Sunday night in Seattle. That combination hasn't been seen since 1982 and won't happen again until 2033. Showtime in Seattle is 7:47 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Supermoon plus eclipse equals rare sky show

  23-09-2015 18:17
  
  A total lunar eclipse will share the stage with a so-called supermoon Sunday night in Seattle. That combination hasn't been seen since 1982 and won't happen again until 2033. Showtime in Seattle is 7:47 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Fall forecast: Warm and dry across NW

  23-09-2015 18:13
  
  An El Niño climate pattern points to a relatively warm and dry fall and winter for the Northwest.
  
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• Snohomish deputy dragged by car in scuffle

  23-09-2015 18:03
  A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy was hurt after being dragged by a car in Mountlake Terrace.
  
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• Snohomish County deputy dragged by car in scuffle

  23-09-2015 18:03
  
  A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy was hurt after being dragged by a car in Mountlake Terrace.
  
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• Wildlife park in Rwanda recovers 2 decades after genocide

  23-09-2015 17:57
  
  AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda — After Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, returning refugees swept into the country’s biggest national park with herds of cattle and wiped out the last lions. Now the once-abandoned reserve on the border with Tanzania is drawing more tourists, reducing poaching and involving more villagers in conservation. It even re-introduced lions this year. […]
  
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• Morning News: Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Company Signs Deal With Chinese Counterpart, First Hill Streetcar Delayed Again

  23-09-2015 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Forget solar and wind. Nuclear power will save us. jaroslava V/Shutterstock
  American-Chinese Deal to Develop "Cleaner" Nuclear Reactors: "TerraPower executives—Bill Gates is the company's chairman—"just signed an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation," KPLU reports. "The reactor that TerraPower is working on uses depleted uranium for fuel. Essentially, it would run on nuclear waste. Gates says that’s more fuel efficient and safer."
  Chinese Companies Also Agreed to B
  
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• Back to School: The Stranger's Guide to College, Cooking, Drinking, Writing, Boobs, and Everything Else Your College Won't Teach You

  23-09-2015 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Hi: Welcome to college. Welcome to Seattle.
  On a related note: College is terrible and Seattle is terrible.
  Wait! No, they're not terrible, but they are full of people, and people are the worst—full of shitty, unsolicited advice that's way more about them than it is about you. In many ways, the most important thing you can learn in college is who to trust and who not to. For example, don't trust anyone who tells you it matters that the previous sentence didn't read "whom to trust." They'r
  
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• Live updates on Xi’s visit: Wednesday means business

  23-09-2015 17:05
  
  China’s President Xi starts Wednesday with an appearance around 10 a.m. at a roundtable meeting of 30 U.S. and Chinese CEOs organized by the Paulson Institute, a Chicago-based nonpartisan center founded by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that will focus on sustainable economic growth in the U.S. and China. Xi will then head to […]
  
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• Live updates on Xi’s visit: Internet policy differences emerge at forum

  23-09-2015 17:05
  
  Differences on Internet policy emerged at a forum in Redmond with China's cyberczar. Meanwhile, Boeing announced orders and commitments for 300 jets from Chinese companies as China’s President Xi Jinping visited Boeing’s Everett factory.
  
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• Live updates on Xi’s visit: Big airplane deals at Boeing

  23-09-2015 17:05
  Boeing announced orders and commitments for 300 jets from Chinese companies as China’s President Xi Jinping visits Boeing’s Everett factory. Xi’s schedule Wednesday also includes appearances at a roundtable meeting of 30 U.S. and Chinese CEOs, Microsoft and Lincoln High School in Tacoma.
  
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• Columbia River water levels hit 6-year low

  23-09-2015 16:47
  The Columbia River was only about 2 feet above the river bed in Portland, but is expected to rise to 4.5 feet soon.
  
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• Baseball’s Yogi Berra, master catcher with a goofy wit, dies

  23-09-2015 15:23
  
  Yogi Berra, one of baseball’s greatest catchers and characters, died Tuesday. He was 90.
  
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• The widely quoted philosophy of Yogi Berra

  23-09-2015 15:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the more widely quoted philosophy of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher who died Tuesday at age 90: On his approach to at-bats: “You can’t think and hit at the same time.” On selecting a restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” On economics: […]
  
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• First person: An ambassador for Washington’s small, rural schools

  23-09-2015 14:03
  
  As a new principal ambassador fellow, Christopher Pearson hopes to bring a small-town voice to the federal level.
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to College, Cooking, Drinking, Writing, Boobs, and Everything Else Your College Won't Teach You

  23-09-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Back to School: The Stranger's Guide to College, Cooking, Drinking, Writing, Boobs, and Everything Else Your College Won't Teach Youby Stranger StaffHi,Welcome to college. Welcome to Seattle.On a related note: College is terrible and Seattle is terrible.Wait! No, they're not terrible, but they are full of people, and people are the worst—full of shitty, unsolicited advice that's way more about them than it is about you. In many ways, the most important thing you can learn in college is who
  
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• "Oh, That's Who I Am!" An Interview with Soundgarden Singer and Solo Artist Chris Cornell

  23-09-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  How Chris Cornell of Soundgarden Developed a Solo Identity He Could Relate Toby Sean NelsonOf all the unlikely rock stars who emerged during the big wave of early-1990s Seattle, Chris Cornell probably seemed the least unlikely. The lead singer of Soundgarden had been cultivating his powerhouse variation on classic hard rock moves since 1984, and he clearly had the presence and prowess required to reach the widest imaginable audience.And since the band's heyday subsided (they broke up in 1997, re
  
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• Hello, Weed-Smoking College Students, Welcome to Seattle, Where What You Do Is Not Illegal

  23-09-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Well, It's Illegal If You're Under 21, and Your School Probably Doesn't Allow It on Campus...by Brendan KileyDear cannabis-using and cannabis-curious college students of 2015: You have now matriculated in one of the most weed-friendly cities in the United States. That could be a godsend or a problem for you in the years to come, but we'll get to that in a moment. For now, congratulations.Washington State legalized recreational marijuana (for people 21 and older) in 2013. But our pot friendliness
  
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• Chris Cornell Interview, Extended Version

  23-09-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Chris Cornell Interview, Extended Versionby Sean NelsonOf all the unlikely rock stars who emerged during the big wave of early-1990s Seattle, Chris Cornell probably seemed the least unlikely. The lead singer of Soundgarden had been cultivating his powerhouse variation on classic hard rock moves since 1984, and clearly had the presence and prowess required to reach the widest imaginable audience.And since the band’s heyday subsided (they broke up in 1997, re-formed in 2010), Cornell has rem
  
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• CH2M Hill to close Bellingham office due to slow industry

  23-09-2015 11:20
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — CH2M Hill has announced it will close its Bellingham office due to the current downturn in the oil and gas industry. The Bellingham Herald reports (http://goo.gl/QxXaTt ) that the engineering firm announced its decision Monday. The closure will affect 120 employees. Spokesman John Corsi says the company is working to find […]
  
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• Get ready for more freeway closures as Chinese leader tours region

  23-09-2015 07:05
  
  Washington state says it will try harder to inform motorists Wednesday when Chinese President Xi Jinping uses local highways after Tuesday traffic jams.
  
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• Despite Supreme Court ruling, charters may get some tax money

  23-09-2015 05:59
  
  As the state Supreme Court considers motions asking it to reconsider a ruling that prohibits charters from receiving public money, the schools may continue to get it.
  
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• Xi supporters, protesters rally outside Westin

  23-09-2015 05:53
  
  Fans and critics of lined the streets of downtown throughout the day to share their feelings about the Chinese president.
  
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• Tim Eyman’s lucrative initiative game

  23-09-2015 05:24
  Is Tim Eyman the problem, or a symptom of the problem?
  
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• Danny Westneat: Tim Eyman’s lucrative initiative game

  23-09-2015 05:24
  
  Is Tim Eyman the problem, or is he more a symptom of how money-corrupted this system has become?
  
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• Joint U.S.-Indian military exercises

  23-09-2015 05:12
  
  Yudh Abhyas is a joint U.S.-Indian Army bilateral Theater Security Cooperation Program exercise that gives both the U.S. and Indian armies the opportunity to share combat experiences and skills.
  
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• Justice Department awards grants to 20 state police agencies

  23-09-2015 05:04
  The 20 law-enforcement agencies in Western Washington that were awarded $1 million in Department of Justice grants on Tuesday will use the money to pay for ballistic vests, stun guns, crime-analysis software as well as school and crime-prevention officers.
  
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• The Xi visit: The Chinese president, and his entourage, project power in big ways and small

  23-09-2015 03:54
  
  President Xi Jinping of China was a big assertive presence in Seattle on Tuesday, watching U.S. governors bend over themselves in celebration of trade, being feted by Henry Kissinger and corporate bigwigs at a dinner, and sending a signal of future U.S.-China cooperation on renewable and clean energy technology. Xi was treated like the head of a superpower, and a super trading partner — China is Washington’s largest export customer — with security precautions at the Westin far
  
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• 101-story skyscraper planned for downtown Seattle would be tallest on West Coast

  23-09-2015 03:46
  
  A 101-story skyscraper is planned for downtown Seattle that would dwarf the giant Columbia Tower and stand as the tallest on the West Coast.
  
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• Where to Eat If...

  23-09-2015 03:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Where to Eat If...by Angela Garbes• You want to sit outside with a beautiful view but don't want to pay a lot of money: Marination Ma Kai (for extra fun, take the King County Water Taxi from downtown), 1660 Harbor Ave SW, 328-8226.• Your parents, who love food but are not particularly adventurous, are coming to town and buying dinner: Palace Kitchen, 2030 Fifth Ave, 448-2001.• Your parents, who love food and always want to try new flavors, are coming to town and buying dinner: Sal
  
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• What Is Your Professor Really Like? A Peek Into His or Her World

  23-09-2015 03:25 via thestranger.com
  
  What College Professors Are Really Like Behind Closed Doorsby Rich SmithWhat goes on inside the tweedy brains of professors while they're standing in front of a classroom? Every day they show up and puke knowledge all over the chalkboard or make you do annoying group work, and then they... what? Do they drink, smoke, eat, watch TV, and fuck like the rest of us? Or, when they're finished teaching, do they just go home, unzip their people-suit, crawl into their coffins, and wait there sleeplessly
  
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• Welcome to College, Now Pay Attention to Local Politics

  23-09-2015 03:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Welcome to College, Now Pay Attention to Local Politics!by Heidi GrooverIf you moved here from anywhere in the rest of America, Seattle probably seems like a stoned socialist paradise. In some ways, it is. Basically everyone here is a Democrat. And no one will make it very far in local politics if they think gay people shouldn't be able to get married or that pot should go back to being illegal. That part is great!But there is still a lot of fucked-up shit Seattle needs to work on, and a spectru
  
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• We Saw You Have Sex on the Beach, Text About Drugs, and Eat Pizza While Cycling

  23-09-2015 03:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Stranger Staffers Were There As It Happenedby Stranger StaffSEX AT DENNY BLAINE
  You were definitely having (what appeared to be hetero-sexual) sex on the beach at Denny Blaine with your girlfriend late in the morning on a Saturday. Everyone within a 10-towel radius could see your thrusts.BUMMED IN BELLTOWN
  On a Monday night, the sounds of a bad cover band were drifting out of a bar while you were sitting on some sort of electrical box, swinging your legs back and forth. You had a big smile and a
  
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