As most people know, people with English degrees* (writing, literature, undergrad, grad, even English minors), rarely are employed in our chosen field of awesome words and sentences. This creates some serious English-class withdraw, leading to awkward social situations when we reference obscure or archaic works of literature or theory, or try to analyze something to an absurd degree. "People with English Degrees, Reading Books" is an attempt to remedy this by providing an outlet for the English …

How's your business or side project coming along? Come join us for a healthy discussion of a dimension of startups that the Startup Tabloids rarely cover: Building a web product business without VC interference. Maybe you are consultant or freelancer like us, sick of looking for client work and taking client calls. You'd rather be your own client, and build a product you own, that can bring real freedom to your worklife. We call it FREERlancing: You are free to decide how to build out your idea, …

For those with a voracious appetite for music looking to befriend other local music nerds. Biweekly meetings at a location (probably a coffee house or bar) to discuss new and old albums, artists, blogs and reviewers; rant and rave; discuss new releases and plan outings to local events.

A monthly gathering for Seattle area tech junkies. More specifically, those focused on storage, HPC, and general IT. Industry guys, IT guys, nerds, geeks, tech philosoraptors, whatever.... Whether 3 or 30 this should be good times to get together talk shop, learn from peers, or just have some beers and a good time. Only a couple of rules: 1. No management, No selling, No recruiting 2. BYOA (bring your own AMEX) Industry guys or those with P-Cards will typically be covering festivities but this i …

Do you like words? Do you like games? Word Nerds is a game group for people that like words and games...especially when they are combined together. Some of the games bought to the table you might already know and like...like Scrabble, Boggle or Apples to Apples...and some will be new and just as fun (I am sure). We also play some non-word games on occasion. It is free and open to everyone from 8 to 108 (if you are older then 108 we will let you play). The games are supplied (but you can bring yo …

Thinking & Drinking is your source for events brought to you by Narwhal Events, who believe that the absorption of knowledge into your brain is greatly facilitated by the absorption of alcohol into your blood stream. Nerd Nite, Pub Craft, Seattle RAW Artists, and more. Non-drinkers are welcome too!

This is a sub group of the Bothell Board Games for Nerds.  This group is a smaller group of the organizers close friends who meet more regularly.

Do you ever spend time on tumblr wishing that you could have the opportunity to bask in the presence of other tumblrites in real life? That you could find a community of fellow fangirls/fanboys/fanpeople to share in the shows, movies, or games that you love without the (sometimes wonderful, don't get me wrong) limitations of having a computer screen separating you? That someone would see your t-shirt/bracelet/backpack/whatever and recognize the fandom in-joke and be able to relate to you about i …

Are you too cool to do nerdy stuff like join a book club or play board games? WE'RE NOT! If you love to hang with nerdy (and quite possibly AWESOME) folks to talk about books, play games, eat yummy food, or just chill out, JOIN! If you have suggestions, let the organizer know.

Calling all women that love science fiction, alternative histories, steam punk, cyber punk, stories about real science events in history, learning about the future of hackerspaces and makerspaces, and anything else out there that seems interesting. Opportunities to meet monthly at places around Snohomish, reviewing books and drinking good wine with like minded friends.

We are the greatest/only Improvisational Rube-Goldberg Machine team in the world! Join us as we meet in a casual atmosphere for some silly science fun. At each meeting, we use only the random items we bring with us to design a spontaneous Rube Goldberg Machine together that does a trivial task (like cracking an egg, or ringing a bell, for example) through a creative, convoluted sequence of connected simple machines. Then, we see if it works! Although we're enthusiastic about the recreational fun …

Are you fairly new parents in Seattle or the Eastside looking to have family meetups and PARENT'S NIGHT OUT? Are you tired of the following: 1. pretending you like sports, 2) explaining that a TARDIS is not an offensive term, 3) that a Walker is a zombie and not just for the elderly anymore, 4) telling people that you love SyFy and getting a blank stare, 5) explaining that comics are still groovy 6) going to people's homes and finding that they have NO BOOKS AT ALL, 7) explaining what an OED is, …

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

This monthly meeting is a place for computer programmers, IT people, Network Administrators, web designers and other “Geek” types in Fremont to meet, network, share resources and get referrals in a relaxed social setting. All techies, geeks, and IT people are welcome. The Group meets on the last Thursday of the month.

This group is to kick start a cosplay community in Seattle! This group is all inclusive, and everyone from all fandoms is welcome to join. All conventions, festivals, zombie walks, within the Pacific Northwest will be posted. Hate, slander, and cosplay shaming will not be tolerated. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to cosplay. Since this is a startup group, please plan on paying an initiation fee (my original fee is 36.00). The fee will be dependent upon people who show up and participate in t …

This is a group for any & all 20somethings looking for themselves and new friends and are interested in anything from the outdoors, to spirituality, to geeking out! I started this group because my fiance on are on a search for new friends with similar interests. We both come from different backgrounds and love meeting people from all walks of life. I want to group to do everything from dinner & movies to a book club to just calling to say Hi! :) I hope this isn't too ambitious! We look forward t …

We are laid back parents, wanting to hang out. Collectively we are working parents, stay at home parents, we have teens, toddlers, babies, dogs, some work in computer science field, we like to craft, we dont like to craft, we knit, we sew, we paint, we run, we walk, we play video games, we like pinball a-lot, we think being in your 30s is young, we like Harlan Ellison, we hate Harlan Ellison, we are atheist, we are religious, we are democrats, liberals, we are nerdy but not in a hipster or trend …