The Muppet Learning Keys were a child’s ultimate indoctrination to computers in a world before the Wii. I feel as though I was born wired in. I had my first computer at age 4, complete with the Muppet Learning Keys to teach me how to navigate a computer more effectively than Fozzie Bear. My parents [...] Read more »
For context, read A New Twist – Part I Apparently, Caleb’s first roller coaster was the Mind Eraser too. I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, “I remember it like it was yesterday.” I suspect it was quickly followed by a strange, soap-opera-esque stare into the distance, swelling music, and a wavy [...] Read more »
Ann Althouse, now a law professor at the university of Wisconsin, studying for her final law exam in 1981. Taken from her blog. When it comes down to it, there’s always one question that needles me until every thread of thought and belief come unwound: Why? — The past few months, I’ve been slowly wending [...] Read more »
Fenway Park during a night game. When school let out on a game day, there was always a desire to take my allowance for the week and wind my way down to Kenmore Square for a Red Sox game. At only eight dollars, bleacher seats were downright affordable, and those lovable losers, always in the [...] Read more »
Elitch Gardens at night (2007). My heart flutters. I’ve barely done anything but stand idly since exiting the car, but I can feel the tension running through my body. My stomach rumbles. It’s not due to hunger, as I finished breakfast less than an hour ago, and I’m far from stuffed thanks to a brief [...] Read more »
Sunset over the Rocky Mountains. Image by A guy with A camera. It was supposed to be like going to camp or to boarding school. I could come back and it would all fall into place with the same scents and comforts and, for the most part, players. But after my freshman year, it wasn’t [...] Read more »
I once called it “a termite’s dream come true.” Had I known then what I know now, I wouldn’t have been so callous. The chair was plain and ordinary looking, barely stained and sun-bleached in its old age. Its legs creaked when someone sat down and the wooden slats of the back rattled when someone [...] Read more »
Available for your shower now! “Did you have a good time?” Larry inquires. “Yeah, it was fun,” I reply, my smile quickly turning into a tiny grimace. “I must admit I was tempted to pull Captain Geek aside and introduce him to deodorant.” “Captain Geek? We’re all geeks and gamers here.” “Yeah,” I chuckle and [...] Read more »
Nearly a year ago, I went to great lengths to extricate myself from Boulder. I moved out of my house, threw all my things in storage, and went on a grand journey around the world almost exclusively to uproot myself and have a chance to go someplace else. Obviously, the traveling was worthwhile in and [...] Read more »
Image found here. My junior year of high school, Dodi came back to visit. My friend Oolij told me Dodi had been a good friend before his family had disappeared down the East coast to Maryland. As is usual with kids, the reasons for his family’s move were muddled with elements of rumor and gossip. [...] Read more »