In Honor of Percy Jackson
Today is bittersweet for me. Today is the release of the final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I can't wait to find out how Percy's prophecy will affect his quest to save the world. I mean, our lives hang in the balance so it's kind of important. :-D But as excited and happy I am to listen to the story, I am saddened because we it seems that this will be the last time we'll catch a glimpse of the realities that half-bloods face everyday. I mean, that big hairy guy you're sitting next to on the train just might be a cyclops or other monster from Greek mythology. It's just a good thing that we mortals are pretty much uninteresting to these beasts -- the subways of New York are savage enough without adding man-eating monsters. Speaking of New York City, Mr. Riordan, Chief Scribe of Camp Half-blood, explains that Olympus follows the pinnacle of Western Civilization, and right now is located on the top of the Empire State Building in NYC. Zeus w...