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A Run Around Lake Union

Text by Matthew Baldwin

I am both a programmer and a Coca-Cola addict, a combination that could cause me to balloon like a self-inflating life raft at any given moment.

So, in an attempt to stave off the inevitable, I occasionally take a long lunch and run around Seattle’s Lake Union. Here are some of the sights along my route.

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Matthew Baldwin
TMN Contributing Writer Matthew Baldwin is a programmer from Seattle who lives with the Best Wife Ever and a handful of good-for-nothing cats. He runs the web site defective yeti, loves to play board games, and once convinced 30 sober adults to run the 100-meter dash with their pants around their ankles. Once the patent for his combination Bagpipes/Breathalizer is approved, Matthew Baldwin will become obscenely wealthy and move to Belize.

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TODAY’S FEATURE

Plan B

Determining that precise instant when life starts is a big subject in American politics, but it’s rarely discussed with much nuance. SARAH KESSLER investigates a fateful moment when she made a choice.

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Name That Congress

Non-Expert Andrew Womack reveals President Bush’s nicknames for each member of the Democratic House and Senate.

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Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!

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