EDITOR: I wondered how your Seattle’s Sexiest people got to be named that? There is no information about how to submit someone, or who decided this, or ??? that I could see on your site. I just turned 40 and recently lost 140 lbs. Here’s my photo…
Jim Bennett, Marysville

Jim—Good work! You are damn sexy for a gray-hair (Joke! Stop spitting Ensure at me, old people!). The Stranger’s Seattle’s Sexiest issue happens near Valentine’s Day every year. People send in nominations and the paper’s carefully-chosen panel of critics, tastemakers, and shallow, callous assholes decides who makes the cut. You can nominate yourself next January. I don’t think Marysville is quite Seattle, though.
Amy Kate Horn