Non-Gaming Stories

Baby Fight Club Doctor comes in with med student to examine our newborn... Doc (to student), "You will see that there is some bruising around the top of his head." Me (silently to myself), "Baby Fight Club will do that to you..." Post-Partum Pizza Thoughts Me last night - looking to warm up some leftover pizza at the hospital... "It would be nice if they had microwaves in the room...." Also me last night - "They can't do that because they are afraid some postpartum mothers might try to microwave their babies..." Also Also me last night - "𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵! How did I come up with 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚?" Naming Guidelines So the hospital gave us a sheet of "rules" to use while naming The Child. 1. Numbers are fine as long as they are spelled out...i.e., we could name the baby 'Twelve' but not '12' and not Tr1stan. 2. No symbols or emojis so ...

Given how stressed out over the myriad problems the world is facing right now, I thought that I would share a little reminder that no matter how bad you have it, no matter how hopeless you think your situation is, that even though you think you have exhausted all hope and just can't go on, that you should be thankful for what you have and where you are because Things Could ALWAYS Be Worse.

Many people do not realize the importance of Ground Hog’s Day, they think only of a silly movie when they hear the name spoken aloud.  This is a shame for the holiday has special significance.  It marks the end of the Virgin Mary’s 40-day purification after the birth of Christ.  It is also the mid-point between the beginning of winter and the beginning of spring, when the weather begins to improve and life returns to the Earth. Notably, there are other animals are used (although not on the same day) to "predict" the end of winter - most notably, bears and badgers. I can see it now - two guys standing outside of a bear's cave with the news crew there to catch everything and one guy hands the other guys a stick and says "Ok, Jimbo, now you go into this here cave with the stick and look for that bear.  When you find him, wake him up by whacking him with the stick and getting him to follow you out here so we can see if spring is coming."

I am hard on my shoelaces. It seems that I tie them way too tight - so much so that the laces for the work boots I got in August are extremely worn and frayed. I have therefore decided to upgrade to Kevlar-Reinforced Laces . These things are Twice as thick as the standard issue wimpy laces the boots came with. They're beefy enough that getting them threaded through the grommets was a bit of a challenge at first but once started, the process went pretty easily. Only time will tell if these improved ties live up to their hype on Amazon.

Concept Art for a mobile barbershop ...originally considered the name "Fresh Fades". Mostly just fiddling around with the idea. Not as swanky as some that are out there but I like the idea... Now if only I had a barber's license and a van that was ready to be converted....