How Dare He? Conservatives attack Dan Savage for not praising "Kiddy-F*cking Catholic Priests."

The Seattle Times Feels Less Honest: Remember how the Seattle Times said that under Mayor McGinn, downtown didn't feel very safe? Now that Murray is mayor-elect, everything suddenly "feels safer!"

I See You: The fight over Google Glass heats up at the Lost Lake.

Soon, We Will Be Victorious In Our War on Cars! Bike traffic over the Fremont bridge is up 28 percent. Look! We've even claimed a parking space or two! Can victory be far behind?

Butterfly Doom: Bethany Jean Clement ruins your holiday season. iIt's just like the last episode of Dinosaurs!

Who Would You Trust with Your Drugs? Brendan Kiley vs. CBS News on kratom.

Leaf Blowers Are Like Assholes: Everyone's got an opinion about them.

Maybe God Wanted Him to Use Exactly Those Words? Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll got caught in a plagiarism scandal and he responded by talking about himself in the third person.

"Herban Myth?" Come On! Ben Livingston shares a list of some of the best/worst/weirdest business names that popped up during the opening week of the pot license application window.

"'The Stranger', the alt-weekly that endorsed this woman, is a novel by Camus - an existential absurdist writer whose world view included the irrationality of the universe and meaninglessness of human life. This plagiarism of a title certainly cheers me up!"

The Creeping Darkness: This exhibit by Wade Kavanaugh and Steven Nguyen that Jen Graves posted about is just gorgeous.

Today Is Small Business Saturday: Go give small businesses your money. At bookstores around the city, authors like Sherman Alexie, Maria Semple, Ken Jennings, Maged Zaher, and Nancy Pearl are working as guest booksellers today. A list of all the schedules are after the jump. Go ask them for gift-giving advice.

The Book Larder:

1:30-12:15: Cynthia Nims—Salty Snacks and Gourmet Game Night
12:15-1:00: Kathleen Flinn—The Sharper Your Knife The Less You Cry and The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
Jeanne Sauvage—Gluten-Free Baking For The Holidays
1:00-1:45: Kim O’Donnel—The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook and The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations
Ethan Stowell—Ethan Stowell’s New Italian Kitchen
1:45-2:30: Aran Goyoaga—Small Plates and Sweet Treats
2:30-3:15: Shauna James Ahern and Danny Ahern—Gluten-Free Girl and The Chef and Gluten-Free Girl Every Day

Elliott Bay Book Company:

Sherman Alexie 10:00
Samantha Vamos 11:00 - Children's Storytime!
Kathleen Flenniken 11:00
Tom Nissley 12:00
Maria Semple 12:30
Garth Stein 1:15
Ryan Boudinot 2:00
Jennie Shortridge 3:00
Kathleen Flinn 3:00
Jonathan Evison 4:00

At Open Books, Stranger Genius Maged Zaher will be selling books from 11 am to 2 pm, and Elizabeth Austen will check in at 3:30 pm.

Queen Anne Book Company: Sherman Alexie and Garth Stein will be around, but their times have yet to be announced. Check QABC's website for more information.

Secret Garden Books:

10 AM Kristin Halbrook
11 AM Bonny Becker
12 PM Jerry Gold
2 PM Kim Baker
4 PM Sherman Alexie
5 PM Jaime Temairik
5 PM Peter Brown

Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park:

Noon - Kristen Kittscher
1pm - Stephanie Kallos
3pm - Ken Jennings
5pm - Garth Stein
6pm - Sherman Alexie

At Seattle Mystery Bookshop, thriller authors Urban Waite and Kevin O'Brien will be guest-bookselling.

University Book Store:

10am - Noon, Cat Patrick
11am - 4pm, Mary Jane Beaufrand
11am - Noon, Kim Baker
11am - Noon, APRIL Festival organizers
11am - Noon, Nancy Pearl
Noon - 1pm, Sherman Alexie
Noon - 1pm, Kristin Halbrook
Noon - 1pm, Patrick Flores-Scott
1pm - 2:30pm, Jennie Shortridge
2pm - 3pm, Kyle Bolton
4pm - 5pm, Ryan Boudinot
4pm - 5pm, Peter Mountford

Times tbd: Carly West, Jaime Garbacik