OLYMPIA Washingtons economy has pumped out 155,000 new jobs over the past two years and companies such as Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks are household names the world over. But whats the next big thing

To enter the world of Carol Wax is to enter a world of shadowy neuroses animated by the ferocious precision of the appliance.

As if seeing an ex-fling isnt awkward enough, seeing him naked takes the cakeso I realized at Primal Scream last week, when several former flames streaked by me. The weirdest actually stopped to say hello. Weirder still, I was arm-in-arm with my current boyfriend (who, thankfully, was clothed).

Washington's economy has pumped out 155,000 new jobs over the past two years and companies such as Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks are household...

OLYMPIA Washingtons economy has pumped out 155,000 new jobs over the past two years and companies such as Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks are household names the world over. But whats the next big thing

To enter the world of Carol Wax is to enter a world of shadowy neuroses animated by the ferocious precision of the appliance.

As if seeing an ex-fling isnt awkward enough, seeing him naked takes the cakeso I realized at Primal Scream last week, when several former flames streaked by me. The weirdest actually stopped to say hello. Weirder still, I was arm-in-arm with my current boyfriend (who, thankfully, was clothed).