Why would any publication devote 11 pages--11!--to a piece of furniture? We asked an intern to look into it, and during her research she found the smoking gun--or guns, plural. All of the couch stories in the Weekly's Couch Issue was surrounded by ads filled with couches! Even for Seattle Weekly--home of the "Spring Fashion" issue, the "Fall Bridal Issue," and the "Best of [Our Advertisers in] Seattle" issue--this was a depressing new low. Curious about how the editorial process works when the advertising department is calling the shots, we went on a Dumpster-diving run behind the offices of Seattle Weekly. In the Weekly's recycling bin we found an early version of their "Couch" feature covered with Post-It notes. The Post-It notes appeared to be covered with Weekly editor Audrey Van Buskirk's handwritten comments. What you're about to read may shock you. Or, hell, it may not.