What’s it all about, Alfie: Perennially beleaguered retailer Sears has unveiled Alfie, a “voice-controlled intelligent shopper” similar to Amazon’s Echo device, for Sears and Kmart customers.
If Alfie is truly an intelligent device, its primary function will be informing users of the latest Sears and Kmart store closures and suggesting alternative places to shop nearby.
Big hairy deal: In a new exhibit that opens today, the Burke Museum in Seattle draws attention to everything that makes the North Cascades special.
The exhibit includes a display of 40 hairy woodpeckers. We don’t have a joke here; the 12-year-old in us just enjoys saying “hairy woodpecker.”
Don’t overwork your meatloaf: Singer Meat Loaf was recovering like a bat out of hell Friday after collapsing on stage the night before due to dehydration.
Doctors blamed the usual reasons for dried-out meatloaf: bread binder that wasn’t pre-soaked in milk, vegetable filler that wasn’t diced and sauteed, and overuse of packaged gravy powder as a flavoring agent.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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