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They should send it to everyone in their renewl package :-) I save the magazines for other kids, so they should learn to not be a dick.
in which I am an indirect contributor to Highlights for Children
In february, I wrote about the time that Anne and I discussed Highlights for Children at great length: "You know what I always hated about Highlights?" Anne said, "some idiot kid had always circled the hidden pictures." "Seriously!" I said, "fuck that kid, man. That kid's a dick." "And what kin...
As Highlights readers (we have a three year old) we appreciate your PSA for the Highlights world.
That is just too cool!
We have our own copy as subscribers so my kid can be Goofus all he wants (but not at the Dentist's office).
in which I am an indirect contributor to Highlights for Children
In february, I wrote about the time that Anne and I discussed Highlights for Children at great length: "You know what I always hated about Highlights?" Anne said, "some idiot kid had always circled the hidden pictures." "Seriously!" I said, "fuck that kid, man. That kid's a dick." "And what kin...
Loved it! First time watching TableTop. Had all the elements of a great show...comedy, suspense and a surprise ending :-) I added Tsuro to the list of games to get. Looks like a great and quick family game for Thanksgiving-- now that I've been banned from playing Dominos since I creme the in-laws every time >:-)
New Tabletop! Get Bit, Tsuro, and Zombie Dice! Ryan Higa! Rod Roddenberry! Freddie Wong!
These quick casual games are so much fun to play, and they're a great infection vector for getting your friends to try out gaming. Enjoy! If you can't see the embed, or you want to watch it in glorious full screen, go directly to YouTube. Oh, and if you like it, please give us a thumbs up and...
What's great is that IRL you can cut the nasties out of your life (done so quite a few times), and on-line you just block them.
Bad thing is 2% of people is still a lot of people doing a lot of damage in the world. They don't openly live out their nastiness, but polute the world with their existance.
In which I realize I need to say Thank You...
On Sunday, I was personally offended that Chris Brown performed at the Grammys. Violence against anyone is never okay, but the quiet acceptance of violence against women we see all over the world is especially reprehensible to me. Allowing someone who beat his girlfriend so severely she was hosp...
So ridiculously unfair you Californians.
Here in NJ we have to deal with stupid names on our developments like Oak Court, Marigola Way, Crescent Drive.
I'm in the process of buying a house and we're totally anti developemnt but damn it if there were one around here with a street named Warp Drive that'd change my mind in a heartbeat!
And OMG that first pic is hilarious. What episode is that from? Holy crap looking back some of those outfits were God F-ugly. I hope that they have less of a liking of synthetics in the future!
I still don't know very much about brain scans...
Here are three Star Trek-themed things that have come up recently. All of them made me laugh so hard I pooped a little, so they need to be preserved here for the ages. First, from Jimmy James, Inc: For the record, Wesley's dance crew was called Jiffy and da Popz. Next: Last night, Paul of Pa...
We're doing a gift exchange, similar to a "White Elephant" but with useful stuff. I chose games - lets see who ends up with them (maybe me!). At my house growing up not one weekend passed where we didn't play one game or another and in college we had friends that had game parties (they still do but they're in Maryland and we're in NJ and with kids the logistics of driving down for a game night-- well). I really miss it. You really get to know your family and friends when you spend hours playing.
And I'm VERY competitive -- which most people don't realize until we play.
Looking forward to January, when I get to visit my family in PR and spend hours at playing Dominos --they are merciless.
on the importance of making time to play the games you like with the people you love
In the introduction to my short collection of gaming essays called Games Matter, I wrote: Of all the things that make me a geek, nothing brings me more joy, or is more important to me, than gaming. I am the person I am today because of the games I played and the people I played them with as I ...
Thanks for the read. I actually laughed at the end(I've been reading Stephen King since I was 10 and love this kind of stuff). Totally imagined the mom as a June Cleaver type. Made it even funnier in my head :-)
Flash Fiction: The Monster In My Closet
About two hours ago, I thought to myself, "'There's a monster in my closet' would be a neat way to start out one of those scary short stories I loved to read when I was in middle school." I wrote it down, then wrote a little more and a little more. Right around the time I realized I had no idea ...
This was the first time I've watched the show and now I have a bad case of the giggles. Just watched on the CBS site. These guys remind me too much of my freinds right out of college - all computer programmers and ubber geeks.
Gotta go watch past episodes. 'night
--and THANKS!
I am literally playing The Dead Meemaw Card so that you'll watch me on The Big Bang Theory tonight.
Yes, I am literally playing The Dead Meemaw Card so that you'll watch me on The Big Bang Theory tonight.
I'd take it that the title he has of VP was probably one he chose for himself. I've met those types before... "Oh I'm VP of Selfimportios inc.,"
"Really? How many people does your company employ?"
"Oh, its just me and my Fraternity brother from college and his siliconed enhanced wife who's his assitant."
***eyeroll***
Please stand by for a demonstration of relevancy (or: how to utterly fail at Public Relations)
A lot of you know that I absolutely love Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess. I love her so much, I gave her a picture of me collating paper to send to PR idiots who spam her with stupid product pitches. Jenny makes me furiously happy, so when I read on her blog last night that a PR douchebag called her...
Thank you Wil for being part of that movie.
It was one of my favorite movies of all time. I was Gordie, well the female version. I was 13 when movie came out and going through a really difficult time in my life and I always related to him. The smart kid that everyone says should be doing better and loyal to the end.
Thanks for bringing back the memories...I think I saw this movie like 20 times, no joke.
I recently posted the link to a story on the 25th anniversary on my FB account and all my friends commented that whenever they saw the movie they thought of me. Says a lot.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I was twelve going on thirteen when I made the movie that changed my life
Twenty-five years ago today, on my future wife's 17th birthday, a movie I did called Stand By Me was released. I didn't know it at the time, but it would define my childhood and change my life. Here are a few things I wanted to share, to mark the occasion. I talked to NPR last week about Stand B...
Hall & Oats??? Gad! I was shocked when my husband started signing "I Can't Go For That" on our drive home yesterday from a family BBQ (thanks to 80's on 8 on Satellite radio).
Didn't realize that they were even still around. Hubby confesed that he's a H&O fan as we drove - this from a man that listened to Bad Brains in HS.
Was H&O ever even cool?
tamed by the purr of a jaguar
Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea so many new readers were visiting my blog; I'd just assumed that the Internet had gotten bored with me, moved on to whatever the new hotness is, and I was writing for the few, the proud, the geeky who had been here forever. Knowi...
Great story! My hubby had a similar fireworks experience, except he was 33 when it happened. I think he learned his lesson about setting firworks off on a hill when your audience is downhill from you. This was before I met him - may have changed my mind about our future had I witnessed it myself.
Happy belated 4th!
Because it's become a yearly tradition, here's a story about fireworks
I've written hundreds of thousands of words over the years, but this remains one of my all-time favorites, so I like to revisit it every year. It was originally written and published on July 5, 2002, which usually feels like years and days ago all at once, but this year actually feels like a lif...
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