I'm a firm believer in news-by-flier, and there have been some gems around T-town lately.

Take the postcard I snagged the other day at Blackwater, published by Rusty George Creative, a local marketing firm.

It seems that today is Create Something Weird Day.

Says RGC:

We know what you're thinking. We forgot to make a Weird Holiday this month and now we're passing the buck. Like one of those fondue restaurants that make you cook your own food. Au contraire! This is an unprecedented opportunity for self-discovery. YOU may be even weirder than you ever imagined.

Imagine that.

Anywho, you can go to www.rustygeorge.com/weird to make up your own weird thing.

I'm proposing a Dress Up Your Cat in an Irksome Costume Day. I got inspired looking at the photos in our reader-submitted pet names gallery. Especially this entry from a reader who writes, "This is my cat Gummo in his bat suit, which makes him feel fierce and also very peeved."

I know the feeling.

My own dear Sescie Sugarplum would look ravishing in a similar getup.

So do your part and Keep Tacoma Weird. We're so good at it anyway. And if anyone has any of their own weird ideas, please do share. It's what we live for.

Few things are as quintessentially Northwest as a Bigfoot art chainsaw carving contest.

The roadside event over the weekend was part of Pemco Insurance's "We're A Lot Like You" campaign that highlights the stereotypes of the Northwest.

You might have seen some of the ads, such as the "Blue Tarp Campers." The complete list of 43 profiles lives here.

But one thing stood out: Tacoma didn't make the list.

Maybe we're not unique enough. Maybe we're not readily identifiable. Maybe they couldn't think of anything nice to say.

But here's the good news: There's space for user-submitted profiles. I want to write one that represents our city (in a good way). The question: What's our stereotype?

While you think, watch this video ...

Bigfoot statue photo by News Tribune photographer Russ Carmack.