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All of the Games I played at PAX Unplugged 2022

For as big a boardhead (the term I’ll be using to describe board game fans from now on) as I am, it’s a small wonder that I’ve never taken the drive to nearby Philadelphia to experience the annual PAX unplugged expo. Boy, am I kicking myself for that. I’ve never played as many games inContinue reading “All of the Games I played at PAX Unplugged 2022”

Review: The Dunkin’ Avocado Toast

No food has become a symbol for the generational clash between twenty- and thirty- somethings of the 2010s and earlier generations quite like Avocado Toast. Take a vestige of the US’s Anlo-Protestant legacy and gentrify it with an exotic, expensive superfood. You have an excellent model for how millennials gentrify everything in their past. ButContinue reading “Review: The Dunkin’ Avocado Toast”

A year of reading in review

A lot of people, including myself, like to declare themselves “avid” readers. Truthfully I always feel like I fall short of that mark. When I’m sitting at home, it isn’t usually a book I grab when streaming television and video games are within reach. But I do love a good book. Goodreads said that IContinue reading “A year of reading in review”

Book Review: Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick

If the title of this post grabbed your attention, that means that author Jason Pargin, AKA David Wong, did his job. Despite the low-brow title, Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is a bitingly smart work of speculative fiction that fully displays why David Wong is one of my favorite writers in the genre.Continue reading “Book Review: Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick”

Sarcophagus: A short story

Well here it is, my first short story that I’m going to publish here. I wrote this a few months ago, and only recently edited it. It’s not a tone I imagine myself keeping up with in the future. It’s about death and humanity’s fate, so… not the best example of a pick-me-up story. Dan,Continue reading “Sarcophagus: A short story”