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Kelly Davenport Kelly Davenport
My life in T-shirts: Ask Me About My Cat - Legalize Frostitution - Death Before Decaf. You get the idea. I enjoy lint-rolling, bons mots, magazine launch parties (if I was invited), paying too much for groceries, and the occasional semicolon. I'm a copy editor at The News Tribune, but I won't correct your grammar at the bar. Contact me at kelly.davenport@thenewstribune.com.

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Laura Gentry Laura Gentry
...lives in Seattle (so you don’t have to) with her cat Peanut Zeta-Jones. The self-proclaimed “Webmeister” of TheNewsTribune.com, Laura spends her spare time driving on I-5, sifting through estate sales, writing songs about Miss Zeta-Jones and wishing she was somewhere else regardless of where she is. You can reach her at laura.gentry@thenewstribune.com, but it’s in your best interest not to.

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Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan
...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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Brian Everstine Brian Everstine
...has a debilitating fear of children, horses, sauerkraut and mustaches, but an irrational affection for generic cereal. A recent college graduate (WSU) from Spokane, he is a news reporter for The News Tribune who is still adjusting to life on this side of the mountains. Contact Brian at brian.everstine@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 02:12:06 am

Daylight Savings Time is one of the pearls on the otherwise monotonous necklace of life. Set your clock back an hour and gain a full 60-minute overtime period to keep doing whatever pleasurable task you happen to be undertaking that night.

Even better, by a factor of 24, is Leap Year Day.

Feb. 29 doesn't even count. Consider it recess from reality. We'll pick up March 1 where we left off Feb. 28, and we'll all look at each other with veiled knowing glances.

We get a full 1,440 minutes of free time today. How will you be spending your bonus?

In the photo: Bremerton dentist Dr. Renus Bender double checks the calendar, making sure that it was set for his 10th birthday, February 29, 1936. Although he was 40 years old, he was born during a leap year, which comes once every four years. (Richards Studio Collection/Tacoma Public Library)

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