THAT'S IT! That's the Last Straw! The shutdown apparently means new craft breweries can't open and existing ones can't get new seasonal brews approved because government regulators who do that aren't working. Waaaaaaaay worse, the whole season of study in the US Antarctic Program may be in jeapordy.

And, Survey Says... Americans give Republicans the most blame for the shutdown. Good.

Janet Yellen, Janet Yellen, Janet Yellen, Janet Yellen: Sing that to "Black and Yellow." She's gonna be the Fed chair, finally. Everyone agrees she's the best. She'd also be the first woman to hold the post. (Oh, no, what if she can't do math?) Here's a fun list of things to know about her.

McGinn's Just Gonna Go For It, Huh? He hints he could support a higher than $15 minimum wage.

Dude Sounds Desperate: Richard Conlin accuses his challenger, Kshama Sawant, of a "lack of civic engagement."

Real-Life Waterworld at the Mall: A water main near U Village broke yesterday, shooting water 20 feet in the air and flooding streets. Seattle Public Utilities says if your water's brown, it's cool, just let it run.

Fuck It, I'm Starting a Weed Delivery Service: Says one Seattle man. It's against the rules, says the control board, but SPD says it'd be a low priority.

Meanwhile, in Other Pot News: Nina Shapiro at the Seattle Weekly has a long feature out this week about the people behind the wannabe "Big Marijuana" company Diego Pellicer.

That Car Fire on a Highway in Kent Last Week: May be causing Tesla stock prices to slip. Once again, a shitty sentence like this has to happen: "It would help to have a third-party assessment of what happened, but the shutdown of non-essential government operations because of the Washington budget crisis has put investigators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on furlough."

Chile's 'Dalmation Man' Risks Getting Evicted: I'm a sucker for a good headline. "After watching the 1996 Disney movie 101 Dalmatians, Nelson Vergara began fantasizing about rescuing and taking care of as many dogs as possible."