When I was twelve or so, my father convinced me —kinda forced me, whatever— to ride the infamous carnival ride known as The Zipper. Pops knew I was afraid, and I didn’t want to chicken out in front of him. So, I buckled in and said a prayer under my breath just out of earshot. Don’t close your eyes. But …
Fighting Fear and Freddy Kruger
Freddy Kruger was for me the epitome of fear because he attacked you when you were most vulnerable.
Rocking Chairs are Inherently Evil
An empty rocking chair opens up the possibility of something wanting to inhabit the rocking chair, but it’s just as ominous, in my opinion, when occupied by something other.
A Clown, That Tree, and The Television From Poltergeist
Three monsters that frightened me the most as a child were the television, tree, and clown from the movie Poltergeist (1982).
We’ll Wait for That Cameo: A Send Off for Adam Snyder
A farewell salute goes to a good friend, now soldier, and forever-hungry panda. Wherever you land, you will always have the two of us in your ears chomping at the bit and ready for a cameo.
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“Ted 2,” An American Satire
Civil rights, stereotyping, freedom of speech, social media, and a teddy bear.
Age of Ultron – The Empire Strikes Back of the Marvel Movies
An unexpected romance between Natasha Romanoff and The Incredible Hulk leaves the female spy questioning the initial intent behind her assignment. By sending her to the reclusive scientist, did Nick Fury know they would fall in love? His response: “You hope for the best then make do with what you get.” This is the most important line in Joss …
5 stages of a dealing with a dying computer
There is a model of dealing with the death of someone called the Kübler- Ross model. I figured it would work for my dying computer. 1. Denial My computer isn’t really dying, it’s just a virus.I’ll run a cleanup and it will be right as rain. 2. Anger God damnit! This piece of shit won’t do anything. Why is it …
Virtual Pets
I liked the Digipets because they look like animals, but Tamagotchi... they look like a virus.
No one type of nerd
Back on the N-word podcast, episode 6 and 7 we talked about nerds and I said I would make a nerd hierarchy and Josh said something about putting an alpha nerd at the top. And I tried it that way and it didn’t work. Then I tried what was pretty much a nerd skill tree branching from the general, to either …