Look for a typical Seattle Christmas, mild and rainy.

It's just a typical year where this is the rainy season.

'A rainy day here is better than a sunny day wherever you're coming from,' is what I would say. It's worth it, by far.

Consumers will continue to battle through the high energy prices as Christmas approaches, so look out for a large amount of activity in the retail sector as battle lines are drawn up.

Sillman looked at his interrogator with hopeless eyes. 'I think while I was passed out, I dreamed about my mom's gingerbread cookies. Maybe the guy who knocked on the glass was eatin' one.' 'Mm,' said Peace-not-War. 'Well. That's helpful. We'll put an APB out on the Gingerbread Man. I'm not hopeful it'll do us much good, though. Word on the street is you can't catch him.

It was your typical playoff game. We'd love to be up 1-0, but oh well. We lick our wounds and come back (Saturday).