Man, now I gotta jam some Workingman’s Dead here at my desk.

When I was a sailor, this was my nightmare. I had literal recurring nightmares about it while underway. Being trapped in the skin of the ship as she's going down... It's hard to even watch the footage.

This is what my neighborhood in the Seattle area was like in the 90s. Lots of ODs and Heroin everywhere. Lost one friend in High School, nobody even realized he used. He shot up in his feet to hide any signs. Seems like the H problem there has disappeared though, most likely because new money has been moving in since…

I’m at a bar, where I usually hang out since its owned by friends. There are SO MANY people in here that are veterans of “the program” or otherwise sober, breaking their sobriety. It was making me kinda uncomfortable, but one of the guys told me that this is the day that lots of AA people break their sobriety but…

My dad with the fuckin Mannheim Steamroller man. Every year he pops that cassette in. I'll take that over Fetty Wap or some shit though, I'm too old for that shit too.

Fuck yea, time to replay Human Revolution. Been waiting for that one.

The Kinect is a super rad sensor. I have an XBox One but I use my Kinect for other projects. I mapped an old abandoned mine in 3D, how fuckin rad is that. The thing is capable of some serious shit.

Yeah this shit is the worst part of the holidays. Knowing that at some point during my visit, my mom will pick a fight about something. Usually some way I'm living my life she doesn't agree with. Good thing I'm driving this year so I can jet on them if she takes this route.

I’ve had some “good” or “highly regarded” meatloaf recipes and... I still can’t stand it. I’d rather go hungry, I think it’s one of the only foods I can’t do. I would say it’s psychological but I’ll demolish some crispy Spam and that’s gotta be worse in every way.

This makes me angry. But I also hate capitalism and capitalists, so...

Realistically? Encourage your husband to just get out of the military. Life’s been rad since I got out. I hated that shit. People try to tell you life is hard on the outside but it's not. It's way better.

Oh man that ferry ornament. Every Western Washington family has that same one or something similar. Makes me miss home (good thing I'm headed back next week).

Eh I guess it’s not as bad if you’re both officers, but relationships in the same command have a tendency to implode pretty spectacularly. I saw plenty when I was in. But I was enlisted. It’s hard to resist though. Put people in close quarters and it’s bound to happen. I dabbled in it just like most.

So this is your Department Head (assuming you're enlisted)? Stay away, seriously. Nothing good comes of this.

You beat me to it. Dog feet... Mmmmmm.

Dog feet smell > cat head

The entire way through this I was waiting for it to pitch some kind of product. It reads like ad copy to me for some reason. Aside from being a nonexistent bullshit social phenomenon.

Just because you pop a kid out doesn’t make them indebted to you for life. My mother thinks this, and it seriously affects our already strained relationship. I think this happens to people who base their entire identity around “being a mom.” Once their kids are adults, they have no idea what to do anymore. Their life…

“Mission-style Burritos” like at Chipotle and Taco Del Mar and wherever else - are a blasphemy to the holy name of the Burrito.

MCD was one of the first shows I snuck into as a teenager in Seattle. Good times.