Can’t wait to go home to visit this month.

My boss is obsessed with Disney. It makes me uncomfortable when he talks about it. At the same time I admire his lack of shame as a mid-30s man who loooooves Disney. I just cannot be that “into” anything, except maybe drinking. So he’ll probably get the last laugh when I die of cirrhosis.

Admittedly I don’t know a lot about the east coast burbs; I did live in Virginia Beach for about six months when I was in the service but that’s it. But out west man, the burbs are fuckin terrible. I can’t stand them. And I’ll probably end up moving there in order to buy a home pretty soon but fuck me, a year in…

I have also been on several juries and I honestly found them all great. They were filled with individuals who absolutely understood the gravity of the process they were asked to participate in and acted thusly. All of my jury experience has been positive.

When I was in the military and deploying to war zones, they would require that we wrote a will. Very few people took it very seriously. I think I had the legal officer write that “I wanted my body thrown from a helicopter over a forest in Western Washington State.” I guess since I haven’t changed it, it might still be…

I personally just couldn’t get it to click. I think I’ve just outgrown games with that many “RPG elements”. I felt like there was too much to manage. I like the subject matter and the concept of Fallout, but when I get home from the office I want to enjoy a game, not feel like I’m working again. Manage, manage, die,…

I don’t think he’d disagree with you, actually.

I wish people would get past the stigma and realize that Marx still has something to teach us. The existence of Stalin doesn’t repudiate Marx! There’s very little in common there. Especially through the lens of failed “communist” states and the fall of the eastern bloc, Marx takes on entirely new and important…

All this console wars shit is beyond childish. “Who’s winning?? OMG PS4 outsells XBone by X amount!” Is your fucking retirement portfolio resting on who’s stock performs better or something? I have an Xbox One. It’s nice. It works well and it does lots of things for me besides just games. It was worth the price of…

You answered your own question, devs and publishers have to sign off on it. Some of them may want to milk their franchises for all the “HD Remasters” they can manage.

I know this probably isn’t the place for this (but it’s the latest Fallout 4 post), and it’s kind of controversial, but I’m so far not really impressed with the game :/

I have a degree in Philosophy and I make pretty good money in INFOSEC. Not related to my degree at all.

That’s really interesting! I’ve never been a spiritual or religious person either, but I can’t presume to understand how the universe works. There’s a lot we have yet to understand, and some of it is pretty far-out! I mean, quantum theory? That stuff is crazy. I’m actually off into the desert tomorrow morning, but I…

I missed a flight once because I accidentally slept in too long after a rough night... I called the airline (Alaska) and said I was stuck in traffic. They put me on the next flight for like a $15 fee. Not too bad. I was surprised it was that easy, although I probably got lucky.

What do you guys think about dreams? I ask because this kind of paranormal talk makes me think about something I often consider:

In California, I believe whether you’re renting or buying, the law requires the realtor/landlord to disclose any deaths that occurred on the property within the last three years. They absolutely hate telling you but it's better than getting sued after the fact.

My great grandma would be stoked her story got featured. She used to tell it to us all the time. Lived to the ripe old age of 99, that woman. Used to drink at least a bottle of red wine a day, credited her long life to it in fact. Probably because of the crazy stuff she saw like a woman buried alive (she also had lots…

I grew up near there. Fun fact: it's actually one of the least religious counties in America.

Not mine, but here’s an old family story that comes by way of my late Great-Grandmother, a hardy rural Yugoslavian woman if there ever was one.

I’m not sure what to make of this or if it qualifies: