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Spending a day at Microsoft


After a big breakfast and a morning spent studying C++ questions in Borders, I grabbed my bags and headed down the road to Microsoft. Nervous? A little, but I kept my cool. My first meeting was with my recruiter, Katie. This was positively my best meeting. We really hit it off. I suppose it is [...]

I am a sushi whore


Spending a day in a fish market tends to put one thing on your mind: Love. Well, that wasn’t quite obvious, but in a distant second is fish. And what better way to celebrate the joys of fish than by eating it raw with some spiced ginger?
After scouring the review sites, I happened upon Mashiko [...]

The sights, sounds, and fish of Pike Place Market


What a beautiful day to visit Seattle. There was barely a cloud in the sky and the temperature was just brisk enough to make your breath visable. I had a late breakfast at a small deli near my hotel and then headed out to Seattle’s Japanese Garden. I was very sad when I found out [...]

A dream that started in the Australian outback


I woke up exceptionally early and realized that I must still be on Cleveland time. I went back to bed and had a very odd dream. It started as a documentary investigation into a genetically modified mosquitto that had been released into the wild of the Australian outback. The mutant mosquitto was, as the unidentifiable [...]

Dinner at Earth and Ocean in Seattle


After reading many reviews, I decided to make reservations at one of Seattle’s finest restuarant - Earth & Ocean. I drove into downtown Seattle a bit early so I could wander the streets. I really wanted to get a nice shot of the Space Needle at night and brought my camera along for that purpose. [...]