The Prize?
· A 3-song E.P. produced by legendary producer Mike Clink (Guns N’ Roses, Megadeth, Mötley Crüe)
· Slash will write, record and perform on your single
· A management development deal with “The Collective” (the team behind Linkin Park, Slash & Avenged Sevenfold)
· Feature of your single on iTunes
· World-wide digital distribution of your music through Tunecore
· $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree
· $10,000 in new gear and endorsement deals from Ernie Ball Music Man
· The opening slot on Slash’s Monster Energy Bash
· An editorial feature on your band in Guitar World magazine

… Yeah, yeah. Sure sounds like a nifty package, but all I really want is that killer hat!
“No money was taken, just the tv, remote and a few Rainiers and a Coors Light.”


We’ll likely see this puppy rear its ugly head in 2010!
David Brooks on religion’s changing role in our society.
2010 is here. Happy new year!

In most other countries, pale skin is sought after. Historically, a light complexion symbolized upper-class status shaded from agricultural and outdoor labor.
But Americans have to rebel, do it backwards. People actually pay money to wear geektard goggles and lay in lighted coffins and are willing to accept skin cancer for some fleeting shade of almost-brown-orange.
It is a multi-million dollar enterprise proven to cause cancer. It generates money by packaging subscription-based deals. Beds are overused, unsanitary and consume energy tastelessly.
A proposed 5 percent tax on cosmetic medical procedures was dropped over the weekend from the Senate version of the health reform bill.
I hope this is one day reconsidered— tanning salons should be taxed for its unsightly advertising, abhorring energy usage, detrimental effects on human health, increase in insurance premiums and opportunity cost of opening other small businesses among other reasons.

ORCA cards will be $5 beginning January. Get em while they’re free.
… Seattle Transit article on Orca’s data. Who get’s it?
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Big shocker of the day.