Ben Huh is the boss-man of I Can Has Cheezburger, an international blog phenomenon you might be familiar with through the quotable misspelled cutenesses of Lolcats. Because Huh's already explained why lolcats exist, we had some other questions for the man--yes, including his thoughts on sandwiches. I hear you are the fastest growing Seattle-based blog right now. Do you have plans for world domination? Not sure who measures the fastest growing Seattle blogs, so......

"Personal Space Invader," by shawnmebo This slightly creepy Sunday morning wake-up call photo comes to you courtesy of our Seattlest Flickr Pool, which is full of all kinds of reasons to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. Come share your photos with the world!......

While trolling around some of Seattle's great local blogs for breaking news, we saw this photo that broke our heart: Kitten stealing is definitely a new low! Though, apparently, it's been a problem before at Twice Sold Tales. They take your backpack at the counter in part to avoid cat-napping. So sad. The cats, to this non-allergic bookstore lover, are one of the nicest parts of Twice Sold Tales on Capitol Hill. We, with all......

Since this week's storm didn’t claim any lives in Seattle, most of us tend to think of the damage in terms of washed out images of I-5 and that Subaru in Golden Gardens. The cost of reconstruction and flood repair will surely be depressing but not as depressing as the quotes from some of the farmers that had to watch hundreds of their own animals die. "I saved as many as I could," Osborn said.......

Behind our couch lives what we refer to as our "third cat." Much more well-behaved and definitely lower-maintenance, petting-wise, than the two actual cats from whence it came, but more or less inert unless there's a breeze. When we sweep behind the couch every three or four years we generally don't carry the third cat down to the Sound and chuck him in, but that's what storm runoff is doing right now to a lot......

Donte's blurb for Man Man is "warpaint!"; our motto for the fun-time Philly circus band is "everybody hits something!" Regardless, the "Viking-vaudeville punk-wop rock-and-soul collective" consistently puts on a great live show. Last night at Neumo's, even their sound check was awesome, and that was way before they donned the all-white outfits and face paint. In fact, the over-the-top performance is so central to Man Man's appeal that we don't even bother to listen......

In New York, a place where we once lived, recycling does not--despite being mandatory--actually happen. Example--in our office building in the Flatiron District, we had, as mandated by law, little blue waste receptacles where you deposited only paper. But when the janitor came around, he emptied those blue receptacles into the same garbage bag where he dumped all the other trash. So perhaps it was to inspire the locals The New York Times ran a......

Eaten: An onion burger and brick of fries. Do you see that whiteboard to the right there? That’s the straw poll that the Republican booth in an exhibition hall at the Puyallup Fair has been conducting during the event. Fred Thompson by a landslide. He has more than twice the votes of Rudy G., his closest challenger, and three times the votes of Romney who just won a Michigan straw poll, yet we barely know......

The Avett Brothers make Arizona football coach Mike Stoops look even more like a pussy than he typically does. Ya see, while packed into the 20-deep, stage-width-wide crowd for The Avett Brothers at the Mural Amphitheater, we had one eye--as we often do--on a sporting event. The banjo is the Avetts' featured instrument, and it takes no small amount of moxie to try to rock out an outdoor crowd with a banjo. For one thing,......

hello seattlest, why does the bridge (that they just fixed) in fremont keep getting stuck. happened last night and is happening right now. -jay Yes, Jay, we know exactly why the Fremont Bridge has been routinely getting stuck. Gremlins. They're also in our voter initiative process, if you weren't already aware. We'd make an LOLCat style graphic to that affect ("im in ur brij"), but we don't really have any time right now and we're......

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried......

City officials say we don't need to fret about Key Arena's solvency after the Sonics and Storm leave, taking 60 guaranteed events a year with them. After all, there are plenty of other events that Seattle Center can book. Well if that is so, how the hell did city officials completely shit the bed and miss a chance to book My Little Pony Live. It is inexcusable, and heads must roll. If our city can't......

The overnight blogs are abuzz: Tenet (slamdunking Iraq) and Goldy (recycling poisoned pet food). Both merit close attention, but Goldy (David Goldstein) is right here in Seattle, and he's making international news. Let's not forget that his blog, HorsesAss.org, was the first to reveal Michael Brown's bogus credentials to run FEMA. This time, it's another fuckup, but with truly ominous potential: China's melamine-laced pet food was recycled as feed for domestic pork, and our......

Cirque Dreams @ The Moore Theatre Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm // Ticketmaster $29-$49 (plus fees) Who doesn't love a circus? Maybe dead people. They might not like the hustle and bustle. The guy next to us was in his forties, in a suit, and kept pointing out things to his date, exclaiming, "Oh, no way!" Most of the rest of the audience was pre-teen or just-teen. We developed a strange craving for......

MUSIC: Deerhoof. Some have dismissed Deerhoof as bland or simply weird. Others praise the complex composition of their songs. We just think they're good. *Sample tracks on MySpace 8:00 pm // Neumo's // $12adv (All ages, bar w/ ID) AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Charles Johnson delivers his talk, "Whole Sight: The Intersection of Culture, Faith, and Imagination." Literary critic, screenwriter, philosopher, and cartoonist, Johnson is the author of Middle Passage (1990), winner of the National Book Award.......

We're thinking about moving. Note to our landlord, if you're reading this: Thinking about.. We aren't declaring our intent yet. So if you'd like to consider that recent rent increase ... well, we're still in Wedgwood, so that might not actually change anything. We're at least a year away from being ready to buy a house, so we're focusing on apartments. Here's what we want: to be within walking distance of anything interesting. Ideal trifecta:......

Dead-beat pet owners who refuse to pay the city's pet licensing fees are about to have a rude awakening: Seattle Animal Shelter has announced it's going to start actively policing city parks for unlicensed pets and issuing $125 tickets. On the one hand, it's another sign of the city's apparent desire to mollycoddle the citizenry by regulating every aspect of our lives; on the other, pet registration fees help fund the Seattle Animal Shelter,......

SPORTS OBSESSION: Any longtime Seattlest reader knows that we can't get enough of curling, whether it's watching on the CBC or playing ourselves at Seattle's Granite Curling Club, the only dedicated curling facility on the West Coast. Our obsession is often met with odd looks, but a curling open house is honestly one of the best ways going to spend your time/money. 12pm-5pm // 1440 N 128th St. // $10 MUSIC: In an act of......

"Go see George Colligan," our friend e-mailed from DC. "He's one of the best pianists working today." So we did—Colligan was at Tula's on Friday and Saturday nights, as the Earshot Jazz Festival neared its close—and he is. Although it is easy to hear earlier influences (Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner) and contemporary resemblances (Geoffrey Keezer), Colligan is original and inventive and his technique must be witnessed to be believed. A solo medley of "Body and......

We called Elliot Bay Books last week in advance of John Hodgman's reading, and asked whether they thought it would be crowded. Should we show up early, now that he's all famous and whatnot? Not a bad idea, they said, maybe 7pm. The reading was to start at 7:30. We strolled into EBB as the clock struck 7, and our heart sank into our feet as we spied the line at the bottom of the......

Yesterday we learned via the Seattle Times that the Roosevelt pet shelter Animal Talk was broken into and vandalized over the weekend. Almost all the animals were let out of their cages and a number of rodent-type things appeared to have been stepped on or killed by the approximately fifty cats that were also released from cages. Today we learn via Seattle LiveJournal that the cats that appeared to be fine are showing injuries......

All-everything Husky recruit Spencer Hawes is having arthroscopic surgery tomorrow. Something's floating around in his knee. From the UW press release: The 7-foot center is projected to be sidelined for two to four weeks, but a true timeline for his return won't be available until the day after the surgery at the earliest. "This is obviously a setback for Spencer and our program," said [coach Lorenzo] Romar. "But, we are very optimistic based on what......

Around Seattlest HQ, word went out about the news that Craigslist will soon start charging for Seattle job listings. Come October 22nd, the site is going to charge $25 for job postings in an effort to curb spam, overposting, and other "quality issues." Seattlest predicts the following: - Spammers slam the site for the next two weeks, going out in a blaze of "Get Paid for Surfing the Internet" glory. - Likewise, jokers will fill......

We hate to sound cynical and old, but my god! Day two at Bumbershoot felt a lot like a tenth grade field trip to white people's rock and roll camp. We ain't dissing the kiddies, but when we head to the overcrowded, sweat-drenched beer gardens just to be amongst people our age, it's worth mentioning. That said, day two was (a) crazy crowded (we spent 15 minutes in the crossroads by the cajun salmon booth,......

They're not big fans of the Blue Angels over on SLOG. Anthony Hecht writes: Aptly described by a friend as “sky NASCAR”, these giant wastes of taxpayers (sic) dollars whiz around the city at like 300 feet all weekend, scaring the bejeeezus out of everybody. Are the Blue Angels "wastes of taxpayers (sic) dollars"? Depends on how you define "waste." For many people, watching the Blue Angels "whiz around the city" is an exhilarating experience.......

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddy for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bids Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......

San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks.......

Oh Walkmen. Sure, with the release of your latest album, you're not quite the critical darlings you once were, but you certainly don't deserve to play to a venue that's only a third full. When Seattlest got to the Showbox on Friday night, we were shocked (shocked!) at how empty it was: one of the bars was closed, the other bar area was far from packed, and the floor held groups of people scattered......

Saw a bit in the paper today about pet overpopulation in Seattle which sparked a hunt for statistics that was ultimately fruitless. Is there a disproportionately large pet population in Seattle? It's hard to say. Shelters will tell you that as long as they have any stock at all there is overpopulation and at the Seattle Animal Shelter you can get the parents spayed or neutered for free if you bring in proof of......

Interleauge play begins again this weekend. In baseball stadiums all over the West geographical rivals will stare each other down: Oakland vs. San Francisco, Houston vs. Texas, Los Angeles of Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles of Anaheim, and Seattle vs. San Diego. Yeah, we know, the Padres again. While everyone else in the AL West will celebrate a weekend of, "We're neighbors so I hate you," we will end up dancing with the only girl......