Words to live by (my favorite verbiage of the week)

"Putting a bike trail through an industrial area is like chocolate on a hot dog."

-- Andy Pishue, sounding off on the ongoing debate over extending the Burke-Gilman Trail through the Shilshole waterfront industrial area

"It's been like a military zone, a war zone out there."

-- K.L. Shannon, leader of People's Coalition for Justice, complaining about how Seattle police handled recent anti-war demonstrations

Ikon was a tug-of-war nut who loved to swim and was so enthusiastic about tracking down criminals that fellow police officers called him "psycho dog."

-- reporter Jennifer Langston, writing about an Everett police dog who died in the line of duty