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Yesterday Zack and I spent the day and a healthy part of the evening in Kansas City. I was a little apprehensive driving when we drew closer to the city, with all the crisscrossing interstates and highways above and below and ribboning in between. But once off the interstate, the traffic was light. Maybe it was due to it being a Monday afternoon. Maybe it [...]

A quick rundown of today, since I’m pretty tired from the wedding I went to last night, waking early this morning and driving for over six hours today. It was sunny when we left Indiana, driving I80 through Illinois, but once we reached Iowa it was gray, drizzly, the sky looked as if it were shifting downward, leaning against the horizon the longer we drove. [...]

I haven’t talked about it until now but I will be going on a somewhat aimless road trip to the middle of the country with my friend Zack (or maybe it’s Zach; dude, let me know!) to gather some notes, video, audio and memories for a new writing project. It’s not really a vacation nor do we have a strict itinerary with must-see tourist destinations, [...]

Today I met with Cathie from Discoveries Unlimited for an interview. Not a job interview or anything like that, but for an interview on becoming a STEM mentor. I think she likes me; I’m going in for a day of orientation and a background check on Saturday. I swear I am not a criminal. It’s exciting. It’s a way for me to give back to [...]

I had never gone to the Printer’s Ball in Chicago before. Rahsaan and Mary have been a few times, and those few times they always had some pretty great stories to share. There’s always a lot of free reading materials (which I will probably just cut up for zines), lots of people to talk to, exhibits, demos, chaos. This year was no exception. My day [...]