Jake, at Smack My Booty, is all over Mark Cuban.

Skor Grimm is all over the naked pigs of Snohomish County. But in a good way, trust me.

Booker Rising's Molotov supports Social Security reform, and adds a black perspective toward the end of her post.

Stanley Crouch on the top black women's magazine Essence going after misogyny in hip-hop.

Damn, Ambra got dooced. That is, sacked for something she wrote on her blog. More here in my post at Sound Politics, this a.m. Bright future for this fine Seattle-based blogger, writer and cultural agitator. Perhaps even brighter now, actually.

South Korea gets it, by using outsourcing as a competitive tool, writes Seattle-based global affairs expert James J. Na.

Via the truly cool local blog Ann Arbor is Overrated comes news of this kinda lame-o contest sponsored by the Ann Arbor Ad Club: "Capture The Cool" of Ann Arbor in an advertisement. Some big hints from the organizers: winning themes should highlight diversity, perhaps ancient holistic healing arts, and that Ann Arbor is "incredibly progressive."...........Ah, not THAT progressive, actually. OR quite so diverse as some think. But it IS where my parents met as students, and got married.

And The Shark gets his due in the local fishwrap.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at January 12, 2005 12:51 AM

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