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This post is brought to you by, we believe, Seattlest's lone Hillary supporter or, as we like to refer to ourself, Hillpporter. If you travel around the tubes today, you might see all manner of photos of Hillary Clinton looking very happy, surrounded by oodles of confetti. That's because, last night, Hillary brought it, winning the primaries in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island. We kind of wanted to go watch the returns with all the other Hillpporters, but we fell down the stairs the other day......

James Watson, one of the science heroes of the 20th Century, talks tonight at Pacific Science Center. Watson discovered DNA. But not the way Columbus discovered America (ummmm....the Native Americans sort of already knew about it, pal). Native Americans didn't know about DNA. It was all Watson (and Crick, of course). Watson's written a self-help autobiography, a genre first pioneered by another science hero, Benjamin Franklin. Franklin's main dictum was to achieve moral perfection. Watson set his sights a smidge lower; his book is titled Avoid Boring People: Lessons from......

According to population statistics, Seattle is the 23rd largest city in the United States. Yet our fair city gets mentioned far more often than other cities higher on the list when food is mentioned. Seattlest rarely hears about the food scene in Indianapolis (12th) or even Detriot (10th). Why do you suppose that is? Well, fret not, for Seattlest has 10 reasons on why our food scene is better than theirs. 10. Grocery Stores: Sure, we have our Safeways and our QFCs for our everyday, average stuff. But Seattle boasts a......

There was a time when local television was interesting and original. Seattleites growing up in the 1970s, for example, spent childhood afternoons watching J.P. Patches: a clown who lived in the city dump with a drag queen. Today, what little locally-produced television there is merely parrots successful national programs. Hence, “Gimme the Mike,” the Seattle-specific American Idol ripoff running on KONG. Seattlest was curious. We watched last night, for as long as we could. In the end, we could not turn away. Just like American Idol, Gimme......