Tag: Random Thoughts

  • Garbage Pail Colleagues

    Garbage Pail Colleagues

    I remember the Garbage Pail Kids from my childhood fondly. If you’re too young to remember them…well, I’m sorry for you.  You can go read something else. This is one of those ones that’s basically designed to make myself laugh. Every office has them. The ones that make your workday just a little more hellish…

  • The Reunion Reaction

    The Reunion Reaction

    My 25th reunion (shut up, I know I’m old) was last weekend, and literally right up until the night before, I wasn’t going to go.  I didn’t feel like taking the time to head back to New England with everything going on with our group, our show, the studio, the real world job…there were a…

  • Lessons Learned from the Comic Book Shop Trip

    Lessons Learned from the Comic Book Shop Trip

    “I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man. I use it to look at pictures of cats and get in to arguments with strangers.” Ah, the internet. Truly the best and worst of humanity all rolled into one easily accessible set of protocols from…

  • Sanity Check: I Am No Hero

    Sanity Check: I Am No Hero

    “I am not a role model” – Charles Barkley I will tell you that I am many things. I’m a father of two kids. I’m a guy who gets obsessive about gaming. And hockey jerseys.  I have a lot of hockey jerseys. I’m someone with a somewhat checkered past. I’m someone with some pretty strong opinions,…

  • The Path

    The Path

    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao-tsu, Chinese philosopher, about three thousand years ago “The world doesn’t owe you an MTV cribs lifestyle” – me, a little over two years ago Can you imagine what would happen if someone blindfolded you, gave you no tools, no matches, no flashlight, no anything…then…

  • 2015 Penguicon Review, Part 2: The Geek Goes Home

    2015 Penguicon Review, Part 2: The Geek Goes Home

    As Bob noted in his point of view in Part One of our recap, he and I spent this past weekend at something called Penguicon.  Bob had his eyes opened to a whole new world that he was completely unaware even existed, but that doesn’t mean that I took everything in stride.  Far from it,…