I have no idea how to identify with you people. It is like I am on Mars.

—Michael Arrington doesn’t grok Seattle. He moved here a few months ago because Silicon Valley burned him out and now he seems to be saying we’re – what, exactly? Not enough like Silicon Valley? Or maybe he’s just hanging out because our dumb tax laws mean that he’ll collect a bigger paycheck when he cashes in on Techcrunch. What a douche.