Well get to local news in a second, but first: Lots of whispering this morning that this guys about to jump into the race.
We'll get to local news in a second, but first.... there's a lot of whispering this morning that Joe Biden is about to jump into the presidential race. Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com

Many People Are Saying that Joe Biden Is About to Jump Into the Presidential Race. To wit:


To Which I Say: Nooooooo! And also: Nooo!

Google Is Trying to Get Workplaces to Dump Microsoft Office Products: "If they dump Microsoft, Google will give them free use of a package of its competing software... As an additional incentive, Google will pay up to $75,000 to each company switching to its software to cover the costs of making the change."

Amazon Fights Back Against that New York Times Story About Their Work Culture: Under Jay Carney's byline. He used to be the White House press secretary and now apparently he's senior vice president for global affairs at Amazon, writing stuff like this.

Okay, whos lighting cars on fire in West Seattle?
Okay, who's lighting cars on fire in West Seattle? West Seattle/Shutterstock

Two Cars Were Intentionally Set on Fire in West Seattle Sunday Morning: One of the car owners was visiting Seattle for a football game. He had just bought the car three months ago. He came up to Seattle with a friend from Australia, who said, "What is happening? What is going on in America? Just pure craziness." There are no leads yet in the case.

Idaho Teen Accidentally Shoots Another Idaho Teen: "Police say an 18-year-old man in Idaho accidentally shot and killed a 15-year-old boy while playing with a gun he believed was unloaded."

Seahawks: Fucked up yesterday.

The Fight to Get Rid of Four Dams on the Snake River: If you love (endangered) southern resident killer whales as much as I do, you're on team "remove the dams."

Area Scandinavians Vying for Spot on Norway Reality TV: So reads the Seattle Times headline. "One woman brought a leather helmet she made herself, another brought a pipe from 1919 that belonged to an ancestor. Mostly, though, they brought their winning smiles, broad cheekbones and blue eyes..."

KOMO Brings Us News This Morning that Justin Bieber's Fans Have Named His Junk: After naked photos of him appeared online. His junk's name is Jerry.

My Ballot Arrived in the Mail Over the Weekend: Yours probably did too. We met all the candidates and here's how you should vote.

What's the Biggest Perk of Being President of the United States? Obama says, "Number one is the plane," meaning Air Force One.

There's Also the Perk of Getting to Make Up Whatever Story You Want about How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed: Remember when Seymour Hersh wrote that everything we know about how bin Laden was killed isn't true? The New York Times is (finally) poking around in that direction.

Larry David Played Bernie Sanders on SNL Over the Weekend: And Alec Baldwin played Jim Webb.