MONDAY

This week began with the Senate's announcement of next year's operating budget. And then it started raining press releases .

I also got the chance to dive headlong into some wonky stuff: Rep. Jim McDermott's unusual and ambitious alternative to Obama's cap-and-trade plan.

TUESDAY

The House introduces its own version of next year's budget. The unions don't know what to do with themselves .

We debut Money Where Mouth Is, our new podcast honoring the hardworking and thankless drudges of the non-profit sector. Steven Blum grills Stacey DeLong on working at Planned Parenthood and the hazards of dating a dude in a band.

FoodNerd expresses her love for Anthony "just tellin' it like it is" Bourdain.

The House's transportation budget announcement could mean trouble for Sound Transit, but it definitely means a campaign opportunity for County Exec Candidate Larry Phillips .

WEDNESDAY

BookNerd tackles one of the age-old questions of booknerddom: Cheever or Barthelme?

Sen. Lisa Brown (D-Spokane) foreshadows her noteworthy chat with reporters .

THURSDAY

Chatter about a new state income tax for the rich picks up , culminating in one extremely noteworthy moment: Sen. Lisa Brown's press conference, in which she called Washington State's tax system "unfair" and talked some more about a "millionaire's tax"

Josh compares the state budget and the King County budget, but finds few answers.

More from me on House legislation that challenges the Obama cap-and-trade model, this time from Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA,1).

MusicNerd records emo troubadour Cataldo--a sweet dude with some really sweet tunes--in his basement, and shares the awesome results in this week's column.

FRIDAY

Republicans (or the only Republican left with a pulse) fire back at Sen. Brown's "millionaire's tax" proposal.

O-Nerd on the President's trip to London: "Obama shot a rainbow out his ass and bewitched crybabies France and China to agree on regulating tax havens. Oh snap! France just got charmed, Obama-style."

FilmNerd thinks Skills Like This's cuteness can't save it from being boring and predictable. But at least it's cute?

Since it's Friday, don't forget to check out PubliCola TV and PubliComix.

There you have it, the week in review. And because Editor Josh likes that every week ends with a girl and a guitar:

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