WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman: Dead. (Seattle Times)

Our Crabbing Season: It's back on! (The Olympian)

Shorelines Master Program Update: The finish line is in sight. (News Tribune)

Debt Panel Fail: A weekend of talks among members of the congressional panel charged with finding $1.2 trillion in budget cuts apparently failed to produce a compromise. (CNN)

Nice: Arrested Development is officially returning in 2013. (USA Today)

Songs For Stuffing: A Thanksgiving Mix. (NPR)

Time Waster: Here all the Beatles songs played at one. (Flavorwire)

True: Darth Vader has asked for a land plot in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa to park his space ship. (disinformation)

In Case You Need It

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Thar Be Snow In Dem Hills: Many ski resorts open this weekend. (News Tribune)

Swamp Thing: It's all good. The rain gardens on Pacific Avenue with have 6 inches of drain rock under them. (News Tribune)

Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Members of the congressional committee tasked with cutting $1.2 trillion from the nation's budget deficit before Thanksgiving. (CNN)

Terror Scare: Pilot accidentally locks himself in bathroom and all hell breaks loose. (New York Post)

Wood Eye: The investigation into the death of actress Natalie Wood, who drowned in 1981 while boating off the California coast, is being reopened. (CNN)

Bet Murray Is Pissed: Bret writes for The Muppets. (New York Times)

Indie Film: Raiding the Lost Ark, the documentary. (io9)

Could They Save A Bridge Jumper?: Victoria's Secret models go all superhero. (After Ellen)

Super Password: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Martin Short and Michael Stipe play the game. (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)

Fashion Victim: Marc Jacobs' spring collection stolen from a train. (Time)

Assemble And Move: Apartment furnished completely in cardboard. (Ignant)

Happy Friday!

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Through Rain And Wind Today: U.S. Postal Service hosts a public meetings tonight on its proposal to close its mail-processing center by the Tacoma Mall. (News Tribune)

Now With More Daffodils: City of Puyallup annexes farmlands. (News Tribune)

Because It's So Huge: Help design wayfinding signs for downtown Tacoma. (News Tribune)

Stick Up, Stick Up: Puyallup police are searching for a man who held up a Little Caesars Pizza last night. (News Tribune)

Pictures: Are these the seven wonders of nature? (National Geographic)

Wow: Ricky Gervais to return as Golden Globes host. (Coming soon)

Super Mad: PETA has turned its wrath on classic video-game character Mario, who wears a Tanooki raccoon suit in Nintendo's new 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land. (Time)

We Finally Will See What They Look Like: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me is coming to television. (Yahoo)

Darn! Darn! Darn!: The Munsters is getting a reboot at NBC. (Zap 2 It)

Google Music: It's here. (Geek Sugar)

PUBLIC FORUM >>>

How fast and furious is the world changing before our eyes? We learned police in New York were preparing to clear Zuccotti Park of the two-month old Occupy Wall Street protest late Monday night via-Twitter ... by following Questlove of the Roots. He was tweeting about cops prepping to march in a full hour before the news hit mainstream outlets.

It's an interesting world we live in.

As a society, it seems (and to put it lightly), we've got some things to talk about.

As a community we can start tomorrow with a public forum at the University of Washington Tacoma titled "What is the Occupy Wall Street Movement? (And where is it going?)." Both Occupy Tacoma and Jobs with Justice will have representatives in the discussion.

According to the press release, "This event includes panel presentations, an open forum, and exploration of the goals of the current movement as well as its historical roots and potential political consequences."

[UWT-William Philip Hall, Thursday, Nov. 17, 7-9 p.m., 1900 Commerce St., Tacoma, for information contact Cynthia Howson at chowson@uw.edu] 

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Good News: There will be people still around to put out your house fire and help you when someone smacks you in the face. (News Tribune)

Raided Again: Law enforcement shut down five medical marijuana dispensaries in both Pierce and Thurston counties. (News Tribune)

For The Record: eMusic editors come clean with five picks. (Paste Magazine)

Telling Stories: Hear five National Book Award finalists. (NPR)

New Star Wars Flick?: Possible.(io9)

We Can See It: Tim Burton may direct an adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. (Deadline)

Dessert: We're talking Mad Men marathon on Turkey Day. (The Hollywood Reporter)

It's Wednesday!

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Costco Is Celebrating With Giant Bags Of Something: Liquor is coming to a corner grocery store near you. (Seattle Times)

Election Results So Far: Hello Ibsen, Boe, Mello, Walker, medical pot users, 911 upgrade ... (Pierce County Auditor)

Tacoma Budget Cuts: Interim City Manager Rey Arellano will start swinging. (News Tribune)

The Word Out Of Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou will address the nation on what's next for Greece and then resign, his office says. (CNN)

R.I.P. Heavy D: The hip-hop legend died yesterday afternoon after collapsing on the walkway outside his Beverly Hills home. (L.A. Times)

Led Zeppelin IV: Happy 40^th birthday! (Dangerous Minds)

A Girl Ought To Have A Sense Of Humor: Sarak Silverman sings Broadway. (The New York Times)

Hey You Eating The Bowl Of Corn Flakes!: Want to be an extra in Iron Man 3? (Superhero Hype)

May The Rock Be With You!

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More Than Glass Balls: The 2,000-mile-long debris field from the March tsunami in Japan is headed our way. (News Tribune)

Social Media Vs. Emergency Preparedness: Join Social Media Club Tacoma and chat  with WSDOT, Pierce County Emergency Management, American Red Cross and other groups. (SMC Tacoma)

It's On: True Tacoman game matches local history with good food. (Weekly Volcano)

Unemployment Rate: The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate eased from 9.1 percent to 9 percent. About 13.9 million Americans were still out of work last month. (CNN)

R.I.P. Flattus Maximus: GWAR guitarist found dead. (Billboard)

R.I.P. Sam Beauregarde: Willy Wonka star died of cancer. (E Online)

R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection. (boing boing)

Lights, Camera, Plastic: Fifteen movie scenes recreated with LEGO. (Geekologie)

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Amended Moratorium: Tacoma City Council approves the Wal-Mart Supercenter planned for the Elks' property in Central Tacoma. (News Tribune)

Tacoma's Tentative Budget-Trimming Plan: About 130 Tacoma municipal employees might be out the door. (News Tribune)

Royce Of Reason: 59-year-old underwear-stealing, murder-plotting Long Beach man, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison, said "Now because of my weakness, my flaws, my infatuation, obsession with a person I'd fallen in love with years ago, I did not control my desires, and committed terrible transgressions." (News Tribune)

WikiSeeYa: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses a court battle to stay in the UK and will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning on sex charges. (CNN)

Cereal With Seinfeld: Jerry to guest host LIVE! With Kelly after Regis retires. (New York Post)

Occupy Capes: Photos of superheroes at Occupy Wall Street. (Wired)

Morrissey Alert: The Bandana Splits cover "Everyday Is Like Sunday." (Cover Me Songs)

What The Eff Is A Fyrkantig?: Ridiculous IKEA product names (and what they mean). (Flavorwire)

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THIS MORNING >>>

Last Night's Amber Alert: Suspect in custody, baby safe. (News Tribune)

Shift Your Shopping: Tacoma joins the national campaign. (Santa Says Blog)

Flippin' Nippon: Pilot error causes plane to 737-700 to fly upside down. (Seattle Times)

Today: Tacoma City Council will hear an overview of what it could do to bridge the $25.7 million budget shortfall. (News Tribune)

Greek To Many: Greece shocked European leaders by calling for a national referendum on its debt bailout. If Greece rejects the deal, it could rattle the global financial system. (CNN)

History Of Rap 3: Timberlake and Fallon down again. (NY Daily News)

Red Vines: Not just for sticking between your teeth. (Dangerous Minds)

Dumb: Tubing behind a car on a hurricane flooded street. (TruTV)

Final Halloween Words

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Pay Raise Leap Frog: government largess continues even during the deepest economic distress in generations. (News Tribune)

Occupy Update: demonstrators to protest at financial offices. (CNN)

Video: Keith Richards and Johnny Depp jam. (NME)

Watch This: Redbox to raise its rates. (Hollywood Reporter)

Beetlejuice II: Yup. (Coming Soon)

If You're Into This Sort Of Thing: 50 scariest movies of all time. (Io9)

BINGO: It's a community drinking game. (Funny or Die)

Coldplay: The 10 best and worst songs. (Paste Magazine)