Greg Nickels
Our former mayor teaches at Harvard’s Institute of Politics this spring. Mention snowplows and you fail.

Peter Backus
The UK PhD candidate from Seattle calculated his inability to land a girlfriend using an equation designed to predict the existence of life in outer space. If only he could predict the existence of an available downtown parking spot.

Dom Sagolla
The Twitter cocreator headlines a conference dedicated to the 140-character phenomenon. Or, rather, @dom 2 tlk at twit conf. (Bell Harbor Conference Center, Mar 8).

A Labrador Retriever
The American Kennel Club says its Seattle’s most popular breed, so sit, stay. Good boy.

Janie Hendrix
Jimi’s adoptive sister is issuing unreleased music by the guitar god, even if it gives the family a case of manic depression. It’s a frustrating mess. (Mar 9)

Al Rosellini
The former governor celebrated his 100th birthday. Let’s hope the gubernatorial debate over the Alaskan Way Viaduct never gets that old.

Bartlett Sher
After 10 years the Intiman Theatre artistic director and South Pacific reviver leaves for NYC. He’ll be making happy talk about the things he likes to do.

Cherie Priest
Her sci-fi novel Boneshaker won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award. Her readers pushed up their horn-rims and emerged from their parents’ basements to mark the occasion.