Marvel Tokon’s Deadpool References
I haven’t talked about it much on here before, but my friends know I’m a big fan of fighting games, like the Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom series. I...
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Deep Blue
I’m sitting at Chicago O’Hare airport waiting to board our re-booked flight home after our original flight last night was cancelled, while we were on the plane. Apparently after all the delays, the pilots had been working/flying longer than the legally allowed length of time, and they only figured that out on the tarmac. Anyway, this is as good a time as any to blog. As I attempt to keep up with…
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard died in a tragic accident yesterday. I don’t really know him, never seen Once nor his other acting roles, nor listened to much of his music. But my...
I just want to remember everything I ever saw
Inject this straight into my veins 💉🤤 — I’ve got some friends that are huge The Menzingers fans. I don’t count myself amongst their ranks, but some of their anthems just hit right. This is speaking to me and my feels right now. I wish it were longer. It also captures why I was so into photography for so many years — those photos were more for my memories than artistic endeavors.
Now: July 2026
Summer in NYC. It’s hot, the Knicks won the championship(!), the World Cup is underway, I turned 40, and life at the moment is a big question mark. I seem to be at a life transition point with no obvious path. Growing up I don’t think I considered past this moment in time. We returned from our 🇯🇵 Japan trip in mid-June. It was a bit of a whirlwind vacation, typical highs and lows, but I’m…
I vibe-coded an itinerary app for my trip to Japan, then binned it
I’m leaving for 🇯🇵 Japan on Monday, and I’m ready to admit that, as much as I want to do it more, travel stresses me out 😓 Between the planning and the booking and the packing and the FOMO and the waiting, I always get so anxious leading up to it. This can sometimes (often?) impact my enjoyment of said trip. A month ago we contracted a friend of a friend to help with the planning. In some ways…
DM Vibing: Beyond Lost Mines of Phandelver
My players are having a blast. They fully defeated Venomfang and liberated Thundertree, started acquired interesting and unique magic items, just saved Gundren, and are even starting to have character arcs, highs and lows, connected to their backstory. Every session I can see them anticipating the next session, and considering how they might bring some creativity to their next character choices.…
You don’t have to be a hardcore fan to root for a team
I’m not a big Knicks fan, but I am a big New York fan, and it’s really easy to get swept up in the city’s energy when they’re doing so...
I’m not a fervent follower of John Goblikon,...
I’m not a fervent follower of John Goblikon, nor Randy Feltface, but I have found both of them hilarious in the past and thoroughly enjoyed this, what I suppose can...
A little short film about Norm MacDonald, by...
A little short film about Norm MacDonald, by Aron Fromm — [YouTube embed]
Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender
So the full movie leaked, and I watched it, and it was SOOO good, omg 🤯 Yes, I’m a huge ATLA fan, and this movie was peak Avatar — the writing,...
The shit Matt Tomasello is doing here is...
The shit Matt Tomasello is doing here is breaking my brain 😵💫 — [YouTube embed]
I Iike my iPhone Air (not love, but still worth sharing)
I was reading the article I finally get the iPhone Air by Allison Johnson for The Verge and I was reminded that I’m in the minority, both as an iPhone...
Trying the Ricoh GR IV
A Fujifilm X100 has been my camera companion for well over a decade now. I’ve owned several letter-based iterations over many years. I love its range-finder aesthetic, physical buttons, and unique OVF/EVF viewfinder. In that time, my shooting has evolved from RAWs that took years for me to get around to edit, to simply capturing lovely Fuji-colored JPEGs right from the camera. It’s truly an…
Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most confusing,...
Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most confusing, esoteric stories and power systems I’ve seen in anime, but Season 3, now animated by Mappa, is truly on another level of...
Frozen “lickies” as a dog cheat code
I was creating more frozen dog lickies (as we call them) when it occurred to me this is something I could share with other dog owners as a dog cheat...
The Last Quiet Thing is a beautiful little...
The Last Quiet Thing is a beautiful little essay by Terry Godier — “My Casio is on my wrist right now. It's telling me it's 2:50. That's all it's telling me....
Hey Rhodie
It’s the last day of the week dog sitting for a friend. Everything’s copacetic today, excited to go home, but I want to revisit something I wrote on the first night we got here, but didn’t publish: I’m writing this rant in the middle of my first night here in the Catskills (Kingston), house and dog sitting for a friend. I can’t sleep. When I do sleep, I’m having nightmares. My stomach is full of…
DM Vibing: Lost Mines of Phandelver, Ep.4
Today was a great session. ✨ After a long, grueling, and almost deadly battle at the end of the Redbrand’s Hideout, it was so satisfying to see the party finally breath a sigh of relief when they actually survived, but it was exhilarating to see them all scream for joy when I said “…and you all level up!” I felt like a proud dad! I’ve been playing D&D since college, but this is my first time being…
I enjoy and connect with this essay from...
I enjoy and connect with this essay from Greg Knaus: “There will be more software than ever, as its production is automated; we are entering the industrial age of the...
Now: February 2026
Moving my personal website over to Pika and elbows deep in trying to make it the best place to blog on the web. Looking at search functionality… Working on my...
Hello World
What a 2025! That’s my whole summary. I don’t feel like recapping in detail here and now, but it certainly was a year. I’ve been thinking of moving my personal...