Penguin Grindset

This little incident happened one day whilst I was eating unlimited chicken wings at the Golden Corral Restaurant. I am a notoriously sloppy eater, and I was deep into a plate of wings. I was basically going at it like Oswald Cobblepot eating a fish in Batman Returns. The waitress comes by and refills my …

Orchid Lane

After Granny Bernadette’s house was finished on Orchid Lane, we moved there from Randall Street and began a new phase of our lives. The house was a good distance from the city limits of [REDACTED], far enough that none of the Pizza Places would deliver there. It was a modest 3-bedroom Ranch style home with …

Quit Your Job by James Kolchalka

I told this story to Bill just yesterday. I was unhappy with Erin’s Startup for a long time, because of the way capitalist companies are run. The owners exploit the workers to take all the benefit for themselves. I didn’t understand that they were also investing all the money and taking all the risk, I …

The Everpresent Trek

Judging by the air date of the first episode, I must have been at least 9 years old. Dad bought me one of those Book-And-Cassette Combo Packs which featured Star Trek: The Next Generation. The basic idea was that you would read the book while the tape played at the same time, reading the same …

Small and Depressing

Bro and I have sort of adopted [REDACTED] as our “Hometown” even though that’s not technically true. Most of our formative years were spent in a far more remote little burg in Kentucky. Our “true” Hometown is an incredibly rural location, with just a few thousand residents. For decades, it has featured forest preserves, massive …