'Bible' playwright's goal: Less afraid, more joyous
Some reviewers puzzle over how a priest can be a playwright, and one who has a way with profanity. But Bill Cain is both a Jesuit priest and a playwright whose latest work is nearing the end of a run at Seattle Rep.

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 18
Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 17
Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.

Seattle Weekender: Tackling poverty, Mary Oliver gets philosophical, a celebration of Korean poetry
Crosscut's guide to a culturally enriching weekend in the city. Or at least some fun.

Tablet full of crude jokes and riddles about beer is found - dating from the time of the biblical Exodus
Riddles and a hearty disregard for politicians were part of life in ancient Mesopotamia - 3,500 years ago. A newly translated tablet from Iraq shows that even in 1500BC, people liked a puzzle.