The Online Good Ol’ Days
Recently over on Bluesky, a friend posted a picture of a cake made using an ALF-shaped cake pan. In that post, he mentioned that it...
RePlay Magazine – September 1987
I walked up to the counter at the antique mall with my Batman bank and a pack of Japanese Pokemon cards for my son. There...
The Misterhood of the Traveling Gnome
Back in the late-90s, a friend and co-worker of mine at a web design firm, Steve, created an early shopping cart program. He asked me...
Grindhouse Gang – Valentine’s Day Zine
A few years ago I attempted to launch an old school physical zine called Grindhouse Gang. It was meant to mimic those activity books you’d...
Going Viral with JTT
The other day I had a little time to kill at work. And I don’t mean that I just didn’t feel like doing my job,...
Rugby World Cup Wrap-Up
(For a post about my odd history with rugby, go here.) Sadly, the Rugby World Cup 2023 has come to an end. My boys, The...
A Return to Rugby
Back when I was a kid, we lived in the country and weren’t able to get cable television. So, I grew up on CBS, NBC,...
The late-1900s
I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on social media like this lately… Or the latest one making the rounds… The formula is essentially: It’s...
Animaniacs: The Book That Almost Was
Way back in 2012, I wrote an article for Mental Floss called Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Animaniacs. I worked for about two...
Movie Maps: Wolfen
When I was a kid, I didn’t get to watch horror movies. It wasn’t because my parents were strict or uber-religious or anything; it was...