Pickup Truck Driver Who Says He Killed a Cyclist Last Night Did the Right Thing and Turned Himself In Three Hours Later: I have to say, the driver has my sympathy here—at least if the Bellingham Herald's account is correct. First of all, it was 5:30 p.m., so it was already dark, and the cyclist, a 53-year-old man, was "wearing dark clothes." Second of all, the cyclist was not wearing a helmet. Third of all, the truck driver, a 26-year-old man, had a green light. "Close to three hours later," the driver walked up to a state department of transportation worker still at the scene and said he needed to turn himself in." He "looked and acted sober." That guy is a good person.

In Other Heartbreaking Car Crash News: "The 17-year-old driver in a Kitsap County crash that killed three high school classmates has pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide."

A Fourth Person Has Jumped into the City Council Race for the Newly Created 5th District: And her first name is Mercedes.

They've Dug 106 Feet of the 120 Feet They Need to Dig to Get Broken Bertha out of the Ground: Meanwhile, yesterday, a dispute review board decided the state owes the contractor a whole bunch of money "because groundwater conditions differed from data the state gave contractors." The contractor has asked for $20 million, but the review board didn't rule on a dollar amount.

Starbucks First Quarter Earnings Are Up: 82 percent.

They Robbed Two Pizza Shops, an Espresso Stand, and Nine Hotels Just South of Seattle: "They admitted to the robberies and claimed they committed the heists because of their opiate addictions."

Politician Bravely Declares Herself Unable to Think Thoughts Within Her Brain: Eastern Washington yahoo Cathy McMorris Rodgers said yesterday that abortion is an "unthinkable act." Um, ohhh-kay. I'm thinking about abortion right now.

Badly Decomposed Dead Gray Whale Found Under Ferry Terminal on the Waterfront: Was towed away yesterday afternoon, greatly improving the smell of the ferry terminal. The PI says the necropsy is expected to occur today or tomorrow.

There Are No Seattle-Made Films at Sundance: Unless you count the Kurt Cobain one.

Want to Read a Piece of Writing That None of Us in the Office Can Stop Talking About? Here you go. At the very least, just check out the picture—badass, beautiful Susan Sontag, smoking a cancer stick.

Seahawks Respond to Deflate-Gate: And in their response manage to say nothing of consequence or interest.

ICYMI: The Commercial for Cialis Inflate-a-Ball, the Perfect Pill for that New England Patriot Under Pressure: I don't watch football, but I could watch this commercial forever.