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It’s a Thorny Issue

Descending into the bowels* of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture this afternoon, I happened to notice, hanging on + more

People Are Starting to Talk

The latest issue of PROOF! just got a little love from BUILDblog, so we’re giving a little right back. If + more

Happy Birthday, Mr. Vibraphonist

In honor of Gary Burton‘s birthday—which is this Sunday—I’m a-gonna treat you to a funky little blues number of his + more

Guess Ad Agencies Are Gonna Have to Get Creative Now

Bad news if you’re a celebrity pitchman: “Over the course of [the] last year…endorsements were largely ineffective and failed to + more

Scientists Create Army of Mutant Super-Chickens

Researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have managed to engineer chickens that don’t transmit the avian influenza virus + more

Something Smells Funny

While he’s Spokane’s best-known fine artist, Harold Balazs’s finest contribution to society may very well be “Transcend the Bullshit,” his + more

Dick Winters, RIP

Major Dick Winters, commander of “Easy Company” of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st + more

Monday Miscellany

Over at More Intelligent Life, Anthony Gardner has some thoughts on “verbing”—that most deplorable of language trends. My theory is + more

CD Review

  Brian Eno released Small Craft on a Milk Sea back in November—which means you’re far too late to get + more

What th–?!?

If anyone out there can make a persuasive case for this, I’ll buy the first round of drinks at your + more

“Let’s put this year into a full-body scanner and check out its junk…”

The holidays are officially over. But one gift remains to be opened: Dave Barry’s Year in Review. More than Christmas + more

Fourth Time’s a Charm

The latest PROOF! publication by Johnston Printing is now available, and represents our most intense subject matter to date. The + more

Merry Christmas, You Wonderful Old Building and Loan!*

As we at the last word prepare to settle our brains for a long winter’s nap, we pause to wish + more

It’s a Christmas Miracle!

To help combat the daily drudgery of churning out word after word under the baleful watch of a whip-cracking tyrant, + more

Pass the Skin

As I look out my office window at the silent majesty of a winter’s morn; the clean, cool chill of + more

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