Don't hide your collection. Be out and proud with it! Own it! So what if you don't have the hard drive space to install every game all at once? That's OK. Remember, you don't have a problem, you have....a collection.

Pretty sure all shanties are a cappella and thus technically already unplugged to start with. They were unplugged before Nirvana made it cool.

Sriracha? Bah! It's the "Hottest Thing Burning Our Tongues This Year!" trend. It used to be chipotles. Before that, ghost peppers. Before that, habeneros. Enough. Seriously.

I know it's all tabloid pap, but this bit irks:

Those are my two favorite files. :) It was a game in and of itself, trying to tweak those settings just so, finding out which disks worked for what games, occasionally finding weird glitches in certain titles. Building new boot disks was one of the best memories I have of my early PC gaming days.

The girl's got skills. The squirrel is really nicely done. Here's hoping she stays with it and still enjoys it in her dotage.

Just as much fun on the other side of the line. :)

Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.

Just got that drop the other day. I was soloing Sethekk as part of my rep grinding efforts to make Master Flight training cheaper in Stormwind, and it just dropped. A pleasant little surprise for an otherwise unremarkable grind.

Then we'll picnic in the shade.

So, just to make sure I'm getting this right:

Fuck it. Let's go play Evolve.

You're first after me. :) Seriously, it is an excellent piece of work. I'm not super-impressed by the StarCraft piece, but right there with you on the Rear Window one.

If you want to go old school, a few suggestions:

Worked a Chuck E. Cheese in high school. Occasionally did the "host" duties for birthdays. Sometimes got in costume. Usually worked the "Kid Check" stand.

Divorce, hell. If you're having a really bad day, your wife gets kidnapped, your house gets burgled, your steward is found dead because he was drunk off his ass on Black Briar Mead when your wife was kidnapped, your kids have started playing around with Daedra worship because their mother isn't home to tan their…

I didn't catch the particular position he held but it didn't seem like it was programming. If it was, you'd be correct, some of that should have been able to translate and he should theoretically have been able to jump into different industries. Python is Python is Python, or whatever language you have under your…

That last one, Jesus tapdancing Christ. If I'm following the timeline correctly, the worst period seemed to be right before the subprime meltdown. That was rough for everybody, but holy shit those folks had it rough. Yeah, it's cool he was getting offers from other game companies, but at the same time, I can…

Wouldn't that be after you she throws the drink in your face?

The singular difference between creative professionals and creative amateurs: the professionals get paid on something approaching a regular basis.