the beatles' Rubber Soul

neutral milk hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

benny benassi's Hypnotica

the cars' The Cars

seu jorge's Cru

talking heads' Stop Making Sense

is your buddy between 13yo and 19yo? you can get same-day $5 tix through the city's Teen Tix program even if you're not a student. at www.seattlecenter.com/teentix

i third that emotion. i've been a 25-year smoker, up to 2 packs a day, and had been trying seriously for a year to quit. 5 attempts, including hypnosis (if i got to hypnosis, we can assume i got to everything else).

it's a miracle drug. it basically says to you, "fine, go ahead and smoke, i don't care. you can have everything but the nicotine."

have you tried herbal cigarettes? they're disgusting, right? it's not because tobacco tastes so good. it's because the herbals don't have nicotine in them.

i'd recommend pairing the chantix with alan carr's book, The Easy Way (which is all about how smoking is about nothing but the nicontine addiction. coincidentally, he also recommends you keep smoking while reading the book.)

anyway, i never even picked a quit date, i just realized i wasn't getting what i needed and slowly stopped trying.

if you've got the will power to take two pills a day (and the money, it's about $150 a month and insurance doesn't cover it) you don't need the will power to deny yourself each cigarette.

anyway, it's amazing. good luck.

Cafe Presse. Seasonal, inspiring, surprising, perfectly dressed. Not really meal-sized, but order two different ones.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/love-of-the-good/Content?oid=504098

lauren (cindy) tewes (julie your cruise director, love boat) manages the cheese department at qfc broadway. true story.

i am a good firm man, but not very handy.

i'm about to take a suit in to be altered at the laundry/alterations place on 15th next to victrola, based on a few smart friends' strong recommendations. third hand advice, but there you go.

the bagel deli on 15th on capitol hill is the best bagel in seattle. they're also the only bagel bakery in seattle that boils, instead of steams, their bagels before baking (less efficient, more traditional).

they've been around longest, they're on the only hill that matters, and they make a mean hand-squeezed lemonade.

try their "manhattan" bagel sandwich if you're into that kind of thing.

you said duty

no.

sometimes i fart and sneeze at the same time.