Bankrupt.
But first: bankrupt! Susan Montgomery / Shutterstock.com

The Place Where I Used to Get Butt Magazine and Overpriced, Undermade Underwear: Is filing for bankruptcy.

On to Actually Important Matters, a Man Was Shot Near the QFC at Broadway and Harvard Yesterday: "Officers found a man shot in the foot, and a driver whose car was riddled with bullet holes from the shooting." Capitol Hill Seattle adds that two hours later "a fight near 23rd and Jackson ended with gunfire."

There Were No Fatal Injuries in Either of Those Shootings: But can we talk about fatal gun injuries for a sec?


This Is the Infographic Obama Dared News Organizations to Create Last Week: In his statement about the Umpqua Community College shooting (watch video of it here).

Criminal Histories and Mental Health Problems Didn't Stop Eight Recent Mass-Shooting Perpetrators from Getting Guns: The New York Times points out.

Last Night, Four Fires Broke Out Within Two Hours of Each Other in Auburn: "Officials are investigating whether an arsonist is to blame."


Two Local High School Football Players Were Hospitalized for Injuries Over the Weekend: One is in critical condition and the other is in intensive care. "Both injuries happened while the players were making tackles."

A Day Before Those Injuries Took Place, Sherman Alexie Tweeted:


Seattle and LA Played Soccer Yesterday: But neither of them felt like scoring any goals.

The Number of Times Donald Trump Talked About His "Brand" Yesterday in the New York Times Magazine Was Nauseating. "The branding of our country is at an all-time low," he moaned. Later in the piece, talking about his run, he said, "Some people think this will be good for my brand. I think it's irrelevant for my brand." The writer of the piece piles on: Is Trump "the logical byproduct of a cancerous system in which American democracy has mutated into a gold rush of cheap celebrity, wealth creation, and narcissistic branding madness?" (Duh.)

No matter what they change your name to, youll always be the Seattle Public Library to me, you beautiful library, you.
Speaking of branding madness. Max Herman / Shutterstock.com

You Heard the Seattle Public Library Is "Rebranding," Right? It's true, and it sounds like a colossal waste of money and energy to me.

U.S. Coast Guard Officials Are Saying That a Cargo Ship with a Crew of 33 Sunk: Near the Bahamas on Thursday. Yesterday, aircraft spotted debris "including life jackets, cargo containers and an oil slick."

Amtrak Just Derailed in Central Vermont: "It isn't immediately clear whether there are any injuries."

ICYMI: I Wrote 10,000 Words About a Killer Whale: She's from Puget Sound and as of a few months ago she's officially protected by the Endangered Species Act. And yet she's still stuck in captivity.

Lolita is 20 feet long and shes been kept in a 20-foot-deep tank for 45 years. A new lawsuit could spring her out of there.
Lolita is 20 feet long and she's been kept in a 20-foot-deep tank for 45 years. A new lawsuit could spring her out of there. David Neiwert

As the Stranger's In-House Hillary Fan, I Guess No One Will Be Surprised: That I thought she was really good on SNL.