Overheard in the Seattle's Best Coffee in this building earlier:

Customer: It's a really shitty place. They started playing Russian techno--
Barrista: Eurgh. *shudders*
Customer: So they played like three Russian techno songs in a row and totally cleared the floor.

Overheard in the Deli (also located in this building) some time ago:

Police Detective: So I tried out the Taser on myself.
Deli Worker: You what?
Police Detective: Figured I should know what it's like. It hurt.

Funnily enough, the detectives who frequent the Deli do indeed dress like the plain-clothes cops of the literature. That is, mismatched slacks and jackets, general color blindness, an aura of comfortlessness. Perhaps it's an unconscious display of the barrier between them and the business men who know how to dress up to code.

And in other news Weezer and the Pixies are in fact playing some shows together this summer. None yet announced within spitting range of Stumptown. I hum in frustration.