I was an ISU freshman when the dedicated Jack Trice Stadium. At the same time, they had renamed one of the campus buildings for Mary Chapman Catt, who while a successful Suffragist, was also super racist. Stuff like, “Hey give white women the vote and keep Jim Crow-ing the Black vote, boom twice the votes for your…

Come on Guy, you’re NorCal - call it Hella Good.

I’ve gone from parents’ house -> college dorm ->apartment with roommates ->married -> divorced in apartment with roommates -> married again. I’ve never once lived alone in 40+ years of life. I wonder what it’s like - I’m not sure I’d enjoy it at all.

1. Bionic Commando (NES) - crazy, interesting game physics with ahead-of-its-time open world choices. Killing clone Hitler was my most memorable boss fight of any game.

I’ve had very little fast food in the last few months, but my wife and I both realized there’s a Del Taco across the street from the grocery store last time we went.  So, I had Del Taco tacos and fries for Second Breakfast at 9:30 AM.

In another timeline this would have been my game instead of Bionic Commando. It has more of a Super Mario 3 level of open world, but it was my jam, with upgrades and interesting mechanics that took it beyond other side-scrolling platformers. Plus exploding Reincarnated Muscle Hitler, which is a bonus.

I recently read that the skin cell thing is a myth.  It’s mostly fine soil from outside, the article said.

Not my nightmare story, but I once saw a U-Haul burning on the side of the road. There was clearly a full load of possessions inside the burning truck. I talked to an insurance broker, and she said that it would probably be kind of iffy to get homeowners/renters insurance to cover it because it’s not your house that…

I moved from pop country to California a long time ago, and the people here gave me so much shit and/or acted like I was some sort of oddity.  So, now I basically avoid saying any of those nouns in favor of saying a brand name.

Last week I spent far too much time on Into the Breach, so that got me thinking that I hadn’t ever really finished The Banner Saga trilogy because I just kept losing people and it’s so damn frustrating when you get to that point. I started from the beginning once again, and I think I finally cracked the code. Dare I…

One year when I was a young kid my dad, being an early riser, came pounding on our bedroom door saying we were going to be late for the bus. We all freaked out and ran downstairs. It was Saturday, April 1, and he had made pancakes. How is this hard, internet dipshits?

I’m partial to Salted Nut Bars, but you can’t get them very easily outside of the Midwest, so I make do with a Payday.

That’s essential shut-your-kid-up candy right there.

My one ride on long-distance Amtrak was from Sacramento to south-central Iowa. For some stupid reason the Amtrak station is not in Des Moines, but in a little bump in the road about 45 minutes south of Des Moines. Anyway, I was single and going home for Christmas so it was kind of a fun time. Climbing the Sierras was…

Believe me, I’m a fan - I DM two games on a regular basis and play other campaigns as much as possible. That said, I recently had a job interview and I was asked twice “What’s your hobbies?” “... ... I play board games.” I suppose it’s not really shame, just that I worry that people will get the wrong impression of me…

I don’t think collecting fedoras can count because anyone who does that feels no guilt from it.

I would go so far as saying Avatar was one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen, and made better use of 3D than anything before or since.  The movie itself sucks, but I’m glad I saw it in the theater.

I went to Chicago right after the Bean was unveiled. I walked under it with my eyes up, enjoying the effect. Someone had let their dog shit under the Bean and I almost slipped and fell. Now, I still love that park but I won’t ever forget smelling dogshit on my shoe for the rest of that day.

Is Del Taco good, worth seeking out? Oh dear lord no. Comparable to Taco Bell, but a little better imo. They have crinkle-cut fries included in combos, so they’ve got that going for them.

My teenage years were the era of the Butterfinger BEAST. Not just a King-Sized Bar, they were superior in every way, plus since they were a new item they were always fresh.