Saturday Morning Gaming: XCom 2 and the Long War
I got sucked back into XCom 2 and am using the Long War mod. Holy cow, this is an amazing game. (And Steam currently has it on sale.)
Category: Mindless Diversions
Weekend Plans Post: Lime Cilantro Rice (Illustrated)
So all weekend we’re going to have burritos with lime cilantro rice, burrito bowls with lime cilantro rice, maybe a bowl of lime cilantro rice…
Saturday Morning Gaming: Let Them Come
You are a guy with a machine gun and a handful of other stuff at your disposal and there are aliens attacking your position.
Saturday Spins: Dan Auerbach
An mix of rock, Americana, & 70’s style soul/psychedelic rock, from start to finish Dan Auerbach’s Waiting on a Song is truly a masterpiece.
Weekend Plans Post: Winding The Summer Down
When we run our 5Ks, our meeting time is 7PM. About a minute of stretching and then we’re off like a herd of turtles. Run up the one road road that isn’t quite abandoned,...
Sunday Morning! “Some Of Us Are Very Hungry Now” by Andre Perry
“Perry is definitely a writer. His essays are meandering and misshapen, slippery and jagged, they wriggle and bite. But, read them for a bit, sit with them and get to know them, and you find they’re also gentle and wise. I mean, it’s a bit hard to get a bead on them, but that’s how identity is, right?”
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cognizer
Cognizer is a free game, phone-friendly, that will let you feel dumb, ~30 seconds at a time.
Saturday Spins: Bright Eyes
I texted my good friend and told him it sounded like early Bright Eyes, but with better production and sound engineering.
Weekend Plans Post: School Daze
School days, school days
Dear old golden rule days
Reading and writing’ and rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hickory stick
Heavenly! Charles Avison
After first hearing this thoroughly lovely piece, I was surprised to learn that it was written by Charles Avison, an English composer I’d never heard of.
Sunday Spins: The Texas Gentlemen
Do you like Little Feat? The Band? Early Sir Elton John? Then you will for sure like this little band from Texas
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cogs in the Machine
I’ve been playing Factorio for years in Early Access, it’s been an essentially complete game for quite a while
Weekend Plans Post: Colorado-Style Spaghetti Sauce Illustrated
If, like me, you have an onion-allergic person in the household, this spaghetti sauce recipe is good for you and yours
Saturday Spins: The Weird
What does a disgraced Vice President, break dancing, and an international farting contest have in common?! They are all on records on my shelves
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tower Defense Minimalism
A tower defense game that will have you yelling “okay, just one more try… just one more try…” until you force yourself to turn the system off and go to bed.
A Binge Of Cinematic History Chapter 2: The Birth Of Hollywood
Most Hollywood histories begin in the 1920s. However, the story of Hollywood and its coming domination in cinema truly begins in 1914
Sunday Morning! “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin
On the end of grief, and James Baldwin’s classic story of grief at the beginning and end of first love.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Turn-Based vs. Real Time Debate and Missionforce Cyberstorm
Real Time Strategy vs. Turn-Based Strategy in the days before ubiquitous internet.
Saturday Spins: Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways
With this release Bob Dylan became the first artist to chart in the Top 40 in seven consecutive decades
