I’ll admit that I’m 41, and I try to learn new things all the time. But when I was coming up, old folks were giving me knowledge daily. And I shut up, took my lumps, and listened. I’m in an educational role these days, and some of my kids listen and learn, but some, not all, act like they know everything when they…

I work for a local festival in Tampa that draws 10-12,000 for 2 days in a small footprint, and we have over 100 people working on the festival side, not counting the production crew, food stations, and city people maintaining the park. I would be surprised if they had half that many staffers/volunteers, on an island…

I totally finished that puzzle with my metal sword and shield. I just assumed that the game designers were trying to show you that. What great execution of a sandbox physics game.

Bless you for this, it was my first thought. Especially in that Gulf livery.

I’m gonna go ahead and put the dumb placeholder about why anyone would derive enjoyment from a speed run. Why do you people want to break a game and not do the game the way it was designed? Your fun sounds dumb, and I am against it because you people are playing the game wrong. Who would want to play a broken game?! …

I’ve heard that hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way, for what it’s worth.

I feel like the game really opened up after the second village. My tablet was fully functional, and exploring seemed to push me along. I have gotten lots of great weapons, and I tend to hoard them, but increasing my inventory for weapons early made it easy to hang on to the good stuff. My tip would be a mantra that…

In the 90's I flew on a buddy pass to a fraternity convention. I was wearing khakis and my fraternity jersey, and they made me change into a polo shirt. Pretty standard stuff for flying on the airline’s dime. They want you to represent their brand in a professional manner.

I kinda lucked into getting a switch by picking the Walmart in the poorest part of town on Thursday. Damn this Zelda is so good. Way closer to an rpg than I expected. I’ve already gotten my ass kicked going somewhere I shouldn’t have, which is much better than having my hand held the entire time. . Is it bad that I’m…

No, the “base price” goes directly to the client. I will definitely agree that TM charge an ungodly amount of money for basically tech support. They even charge $.50 per printed ticket, and no refund if you don’t sell them.

The price is set by the client, i.e. the band. Then TM assigns fees based on a tiered fee structure. It’s basically so that the transparency is on the client side, accounting wise.

I’ll start by saying that I don’t work for Ticketmaster, but I run several venues that use them for ticketing. I know that the fees seem ridiculous, but here’s the way they work: they create a custom map for every venue, with variables like disabled seating, obstructed views, variable seating, etc. They also have to…

That’s a pretty cool bear! It’s great to see her chilling like that.

Wow, what a great and welcome addition. I look forward to reading and learning from all y’all. And then reposting to my Facebook to piss certain friends and family members.

There’s no shame in accepting who you are and what you need for personal fulfillment. I came to this conclusion several years ago, for possibly different reasons. I made a lot of bad decisions trying to have the perfect love life and made myself and my partners miserable in the process. Eventually I realized that I…

What a fantastic guy, and look at all of those cute kids. Santa is real, and he looks just like you. This is how Christmas is supposed to work! Everyone have a safe and fun holiday.

I cannot agree enough. I’ve been trying to parse this succinctly for a while now, but you struck the nail on the head. Even though I vote party line blue, and I’d like to think that I’m reasonably enlightened with the issues, I think what won the election was white left voter apathy. I know that we’re trying to…

Welp, I’m in Paris for 2 weeks, it’s 11pm and I’ve had a Double Makers and several French beers. I’ll see y’all on the other side when I get up, check the news, and either eat a standard English breakfast or figure out how to never come home again. Here’s to a landslide big enough to squelch any chance of a recount.

From the start of this post I was saying in my head “Caleb Meyer would be a perfect addition to this list.” Then it shows up as your last pick, oh the suspense! I love the 3rd verse “I cried my God, I am your child, send your angels down. Then feeling with my fingertip, the bottle neck I found. I drew that glass…