Tobias S. Buckell's discussions

Whenever they invite me back :-)

Someday I’ll get around to it :)

Alpha!!!!!!

Yes, but my mom was a hawk about finding used ones from other parents who's kids were trading up for me. We were dirt poor but I had a decent Lego stash!

Yeah, I've been dinged on that :)

This. I tear up thinking about how hard it must have been for them now that I'm a dad.

Solidarity fistbump

I'll take a look!

This is much win. How do I upvote lol

You’re thinking ‘yacht’ like Richard Branson. The boat I lived on was rotten and sank shortly after we left the island. We caught fish for dinner when food ran out. We had no refrigeration. I tell funny stories about childhood and people go silent after a while and I stop.

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Damnit, my evil twin got out of the basement. ;) thanks for reading!

Oh, I wasn't bitter. I am sorry if I conveyed that. She worked very hard for what little we had. I can't imagine how tough her life was.

Oh, yeah, you're right! Thanks!

I showed up to school with ‘Flites’ basketball shoes one year. That was a long day...

Hah! Thanks for the illustration! :)

Sorry. iO9 reprinted it from my website. I wasn't thinking of a larger audience!

I don't remember if it was new. Most of my stuff was hand me downs and the new stuff mom wrapped was like socks. She saved up the stuff we needed and wrapped it for Christmas so we'd have lots to unwrap.

Oof. I have stories that are like that, though, but I wasn’t trying to ‘top’ other people’s sad stories, just explain on my own site (and io9 reprinted) the story of why I never heard the tag line correctly.

I guess I also didn't properly answer your question "what made me do it?" Read more