Read AJ Dent’s coverage of BrickCon 2013, a meeting for Lego enthusiasts which took place at the Seattle Center on 5 and 6 October. * Once geeky things have now become mainstream. This is a familiar trope, from superheroes toaaa

This week’s Seattle snapshot from AJ Dent. * In this opal October air may we grab at the last glimpses of sun til it runs down our knuckles between our fingers like egg yolk, the thin shell of summer brokeaaa

AJ Dent gives us a snapshot from the streets of Seattle, Washington, in the form of a poem and photo, every week. * When you’re walking uphill in August on your way to a Craigslist camera it gets you thinking aboutaaa

AJ Dent brings us another snapshot from the streets of Seattle, Washington, in the form of a poem and photo. * It’s not even the strangest thing you’ll see tonight, this bent-over-backwards instrumentalist.

Michael Balarezo took this photo in Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States. The strongman was  at the Gentleman of The Road Stopover in Guthrie, on 6-7 September 2013.

Each week, AJ Dent sends a snapshot from the streets of Seattle, Washington, in the form of a poem and photo. Here’s the latest. * There’s fruit nigh on the highway should you need it. Plastic bags are abundant, despiteaaa

Each week, AJ Dent sends a snapshot from the streets of Seattle, Washington, in the form of a poem and photo. Here’s the latest.