The shuttle buses were all snowed in and going nowhere. They had the car shuttles working instead. The whole city of Seattle basically shut down for 3 days.

I got to see my daughter, Eva, this past week in Chicago, which is always awesome.

By Nedroid

Seattle is infamous for it’s rain. Most people who have not spent much time her associate Seattle with it being rainy all the time. And while it’s true that a lot of October to April is overcast and grey, the rain here is not exactly what one might expect. I’m from Chicago and when it [...]

I went to high school in the ’80s during the Reagan era where the labels yuppie, preppie, alternative, and indie all got their start. These labels were used to define parts of our culture that based themselves largely on the level of their conformity to a single, narrow vision of behavior, appearance, and belief system. [...]

Reposted from earlier in the year: The internet has afforded musical artists an unprecedented level of access to their audience in a way that is both informative and rewarding. It has given an artist the ability to directly connect to their core fans without any middlemen or filters. But since the internet reached a mainstream [...]

10. Whirling robot chaos – when the robots fight, there is so much going on that I can’t even tell where one robot ends and the other begins. It’s just one big flurry of robot mess. I’m all for robots beating the crap out of each other, but this a mess. 9. Egypt is a [...]

On Saturday I stopped in once again to grab a beer at Tini Bigs which is right around the corner from where I live. I have gotten to know the bartenders and some of the regulars so it’s been kind of nice to be able to stop by some place and see some familiar faces. [...]

I met a friend at a bar and was walking home last night when I saw a woman walking up 1st Ave on very uncomfortable heels. She was weaving and clearly very drunk. I immediately grew very concerned about whether or not she was going to make it to wherever she was headed. One of [...]