Author: Jim Mitchem

My name is Agatha. I am in 3rd grade at Chantilly Montessori school. My favorite part about school is lunch. My favorite book in school is Each Little Bird That Sings. My favorite color is purple. In my family there are 4 dogs, 2 kids and 3 grown-ups. Two things that make me happy are my family and dogs. My favorite food is Mexican. One more thing. I am athletic and fun. That's who I am.  By Agatha.  My daughter…

My name is Agatha. I am in 3rd grade at Chantilly Montessori school. My favorite part about school is lunch. My favorite book in school is Each Little Bird That Sings. My favorite color is purple. In my family there are 4 dogs, 2 kids and 3 grown-ups. Two things that make me happy are my family and dogs. My favorite food is Mexican. One more thing. I am athletic and fun. That's who I am.  By Agatha.  My daughter…

(NOTE: This post was originally published in September 2009, when my handle was @smashadv and I used to have an orange in front of my face.) There was once a very strange boy who tweeted things like this: Then one day he received an unmarked white box that weighed a few pounds. Inside of the box was a six pack of Red Bull and this note: Suspecting @mikepoz, the boy was thrown off by the note from Natalie. So he…

Imagine for a moment that tomorrow everything blinked off. All sense of normalcy gone. No Internet. No phone. No electricity. Nothing. But darkness. What would you do? Well, if you’re not throwing yourself out of a window in panic or looting the local electronics store (duh), your next step would be to start doing whatever is necessary to survive. Things like hunting for food, finding water, and gathering firewood. But then what? Well, you’d probably reach out to others. That’s right, you’d turn to your…

Imagine for a moment that tomorrow everything blinked off. All sense of normalcy gone. No Internet. No phone. No electricity. Nothing. But darkness. What would you do? Well, if you’re not throwing yourself out of a window in panic or looting the local electronics store (duh), your next step would be to start doing whatever is necessary to survive. Things like hunting for food, finding water, and gathering firewood. But then what? Well, you’d probably reach out to others. That’s right, you’d turn to your…