Short Bits

I’m busily trying to match my word count for NaNo, so this week’s post is made up of several topics which just weren’t long (or weird enough) to fill an entire article.How do ads on the internet know where I am?Have you seen those banner ads that seem to know exactly...

Seattle Street Art

Mister Dragon greets you all, and offers you some Seattle street art to get your weekend started right.     Is this spray can drawing dirty?  I honestly can’t decide. Have a great weekend everyone!

Futuristic video time!

So the following video from Corning has been making the rounds and while I’m completely enamored of the idea (I love the tables that pull data off of the phones, whether they are video chats or projects, and of course the minority report-like glass screens are a...

Birthday!

Behold!  I am another year older! Credit I honestly wasn’t going to make a big deal out of this one, really.  I figured that it was an odd number and I had meetings that day any way, so what did it matter? Unfortunately for me (fortunately?) I...

Synchronicity- More than just a Police song

I came up to Seattle last year to join City Year, an Americorps group that is working to address the dropout crisis in our public schools.  It’s a great organization but, like any group of people working together, participants found things to complain...

NaNoWriMo is kicking my butt

Oh good gracious, writing right now is not making me happy.  On one hand, I’ve got a new byline in a magazine.  Whoo for the Mountaineers!  On the other hand, upon re-reading it I don’t like the article at all.  They printed it as is,...