This afternoon around 4:00 EST I went to the gym for my usual Monday afternoon – two mile run and then an hour workout with my personal trainer. I do not watch a lot of television on my own and when I do it is typically cartoons or Japanese cultural programs. I avoid… Continue Reading »
Well, folks, time travel is possible. I have succeeded in going back in time. For the past few weeks, I have been playing Pokémon Diamond version. Why? Why jump back six years to 2007 to play the first Pokémon game tailored to the Nintendo Double Screen? Well . . . some may know I… Continue Reading »
Are you familiar with the song Biomusicology by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists? I’m certain that you are, I must have mentioned it before. It is the one that starts out: Had we never come across the vastness of pavement The barrenness of waves and the grayness of the sea Never lost or ne’er… Continue Reading »
Spring Regionals are over. The April International Challenge is over. Time to take a little rest from competitive battling, think over strategy and team build, and regroup for the next set of battles. For many of us the next big competition will be Nationals in July. Justin (@jstinftw) was kind enough to loan me his… Continue Reading »
Well, you all may be in luck. That angry dark beast that was ruling my humors for the past month or two appears to have receded back to its den. It’s pondering some David Foster Wallace. You don’t get away that easily, though. Many people feel, and act, in a manner that implies… Continue Reading »
Following up on the Easter weekend (for the Christians out there, non-Christians may not understand) we should continue our contemplation of death and resurrection, or as we say in modern times, the process of zombiefication. Anyone who has read the fascinating book The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis knows that zombies are… Continue Reading »
This is a tale with a point. A moral, some might say. It is a true story and I don’t feel like changing names to protect anyone. Yes, it involves a Pokémon. Recently I performed a purge of my social networks. I unfriended everyone on Facebook (even my mother). I tried to delete my Twitter… Continue Reading »
Three days after I graduated from Georgetown University, in 1995, I started my first “real” job. Some people get to take a European vacation, others just get to take some time to step back and evaluate their next move, still others have just another summer off before starting grad school. Not me, I had bills… Continue Reading »
Romans and Byzantines, in bygone days, used to erect a small stone monument every mile along their roads. These stones were intended to assist travelers in marking their progress which, at that time, was slow at best. The value in knowing your place – where you had come from and how far along you… Continue Reading »
What could be better than one Pokémon? Two Pokémon? Three? Groups of Pokémon battling it out!? What could be better than 649 Monsters, the original Milwaukee Pokémon themed art show? Possibly a follow up? A bigger, bolder follow up? One of the most commonly asked questions at 649 Monsters was whether SBJ would host… Continue Reading »
