Cardboard FOMO

As it happens, I live and teach in John Steinbeck's hometown. From my lecture hall at the college I can see the roof of the home he grew up in. And he is buried less than the length of three football fields from my home. And there are no book stores or board game stores here. The nearest game store with anything but Pokemon or Magic: The Gathering is an hour away. So when I am travelling out of…