My rule of thumb is never more than 6 hours on the road in a day if you can help it. Add an hour in for a couple meal stops and gas, you’re looking at a full 8-9 hour day on the road. My most recent one was from Reno to Las Vegas. Driving, you take in what scenery you can (even the most dreaded stretches have…

Since these are all “agreements” and nothing has been officially signed yet (I’m assuming, is that correct?) They should sit down with Curry and his super-max contract and ask him who he wants to play with next year, at sacrifice to his multi-year contract. I mean, 40 million a year, while still consider “underpaid”…

Having recently come out of my second long-term relationship, hindsight bias is rolling in full effect. In the first one I was absolutely devastated, and while I knew there were problems, I didn’t see them as end-worthy (though the gf obviously did). This recent one still stung, but not nearly as bad. I could…

What, no Hamm’s? No original Genesee? Where’s Olympia? You sir, are slipping on the task. No traction for you!

Having your heart broken. By that, I mean you are physically ill because of it. Toilet heaving, fetal position sobbing, “that was THE ONE” dumped. Because when you crawl out of that hole, you realize that you’re stronger than a relationship. If you want a better partner, you need to become a better partner. And maybe…

For me, it comes down to how invested I am in the book by the 3rd chapter. Have I been engrossed in the story, or am I going to slog through it just because I have to. I’ve always used Battle Royale as my personal barometer. 600 page, 186,000 words. Punched through it in 3 days.

Can’t we just file this under “Batwoman” and have Commissioner Gordon subtly lose the paperwork? Having my place being robbed twice (I’ve enough security bars now that it’s not worth the trouble for a burgler), and my ex’s car broken into for a small bag, in my car port. Given the personal nature of feeling violated…

It limited blood flow to the toe itself to help the ice with the numbing process (like when your foot or hand fall asleep), and acted to control any excessive bleeding from my self-served injury (tourniquet) until I could properly dry, disinfect and bandage it after the portion of nail was removed. Once I had it…

I like using parenthesis, a lot of parenthesis (seriously, just a complete truck-load), when I write. It’s my way of putting organization to the rambling tangent that is my thought process. I don’t recall when I started doing it (probably around the time I finished my degree), but it just seemed to make sense when I’d…

The damned thing for me is, I already own the originals of all but 5 of these games (6 when you count Star Fox 2, which wasn’t available before). And since the SNES didn’t have the pin connector problem the original NES had, I still have a perfectly working system to play them on (and I believe you can still find old…

I’ve been to Japan twice, once in ‘08/’09 (was there for two weeks over NYE, so a week in each year), and once in ‘15 to hike Fuji. The been vending machines in Tokyo and the immediate surrounding area have dropped from tucked away, but findable, to practically non-existent levels in the 7 years between my trips. I…

Can I toe my way into this conversation? Left foot, big toe. The nail chronically has ingrown on the left side since I whammed it back in college. Had it removed a couple times, at the clinic, but got tired of them jabbing that damn numbing needle into an already inflamed/infected spot for the removal, so I did the…

Driving from a small stand-alone casino (Longstreet) on State Route 127 down to the Amargosa Opera House at Death Valley Junction. 11:00 at night, no other cars on the road, at precisely the mid-point in between. The fuse for the headlights blew out. Pitch black, dark desert highway, 65 mph.

I stopped taking my dog to dog parks because he just couldn’t handle the stress of it. Leashed walks in the regular park are good enough, honestly he could do without the leash, but I’ll abide by the laws. He’s very dog adverse. Not in the aggressive way, but in the “get me away from that” way. So, I just don’t put…

I hope I’m not too late in this. My Dad is a cool Dad wrapped in a blanket of uncool practicality. He used to own a motorcycle and smoked pipes back in the 50's-60's, probably up until the mid 70's until somewhere near the tail end of that decade I became a thing and he dropped every “bad” (read: cool as hell) habit…

From the clips you’ve presented, and my being a massive fan of the Fab Five back in the day, I would’ve watched the hell out of this show. Though, if it has the “usual sit-com beats” that you mentioned, it would definitely have to be reworked. Maybe just bounce from awkward retired sports-celeb moment to more awkward…

If they release it on the US shop, consider it already purchased. What a spectacular series.

2001 was my first Nintendo E3 Press conference (for years, always the best press swag). I remember watching that unmitigated disaster happen... With the ginger as f* Nintendojo writer wearing a Karate Kid inspired headband. Someone told me his question amounted to basically asking Miyamoto if he was happy working at…

153,000 miles, 11 years, 2.5 girlfriends later. I still absolutely LOVE every second behind the wheel of my ‘03 Subaru Impreza WRX Sportwagon. The recent addition of a Thule rooftop carrier has only increased the load capacity, and on lighter trips, means folding down the back seats and sleeping inside is a full on…

I had to laugh at how absolutely devastating that remark was. I mean, that has to be one of the coldest, deepest digs I’ve ever read. The panel indicating a “thinking” pause before the response, just long enough to get Violet feeling extra smug before the tear down... ouch. It’s like the entirety of “Hit ‘em Up” in a…