Skilcraft Government Pens

My father was in the Navy and spent a good portion of his career as a recruiter. This meant he was always traveling, setting up booths, giving out free merch, and trying to generate excitement for the Navy. He saw me and my brother as young marketing tools and we were often wearing or using Navy giveaways in school. I had t-shirts, carpenter pencils, bags, notebooks, and even posters on my wall. These random cheap items are not something I think about often, nor do I have any nostalgia for. What I do think about at times is the pens...

I got a new office at work but people keep giving me hell for not decorating. This is a start. 😂😂😂

🔗 Bubbles

I'm not sure how I feel about Bubbles. Bubbles is an attempt to take a Hacker News approach to new blog posts. I could see how this could be great exposure for blogs, but I also see how this could be just another popularity contest for bloggers who write clickbait/rants that they know will get views (i.e most blog specific discovery feeds that rely on upvotes). I'll be watching this site with curiosity and hoping for the best. We can always use new ways to discover more human created content. 4.15.2026 Update: Ben from Bubbles reached out and shed a...

I finally finished season three of Shrinking. What an amazing, powerful episode. It truly felt like a series finale, but I'm so glad we'll get at least one more season with the cast. I don't think there is a better show on television.

I usually feel like Disney+ is a waste of money but between Daredevil and Maul Shadow Lord, Im not complaining. Season two of Daredevil Born Again has already topped season one and continues to wow me each week. Maul was something I had a passing interest in but not much Star Wars has impressed me lately. But so far Maul is fantastic. It’s dark ans brutal is a good way. The live acting is really wonderful and man have they mastered that Clone Wars look. The show feels like a theatrical release which is so impressive considering this is a...

Blog Update and RSS Feed Options

Hey everyone, I'm not a huge fan of "blog updates" but I felt like I need to say a few things about my new setup. First off, I appreciate all the feedback I've gotten over the past week. I'm feeling like my old self and I'm excited to get back to blogging more regularly. Right now, I'm slowly rebuilding my archives, mainly posts from the past year. Some of these have been seen, some have not, but I'm transferring everything over by hand so it's a slow process. Also, I'm doing my best to not push these to RSS, but...

🔗 Updated Mortal Kombat Theme

One half of The Immortals who created the brilliant Mortal Kombat song from the 1995 movie have redone the song for the new film. It’s not bad, but I think I prefer the original and the Mortal Kombat 11 version. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]

Progressive Lenses

The past few months, I started noticing my eyes getting tired more often. I’ve worn glasses since high school and my prescription has always been pretty minor, but something has felt different. Sometime after turning forty, I realized I was holding pill bottles farther and farther away just to read the labels, and menus started requiring a little more squinting than I’d like to admit. I picked up a pair of reading glasses, and they helped, but it still didn’t feel quite right. So I finally went in for an eye exam a few weeks ago. My prescription changed a...

With the announcement that Shudder has obtained the streaming rights for Tales from the Crypt we see another show that has been stuck in rights purgatory finally become available again. It joins Moonlighting, Northern Exposure and The Drew Carey Show as shows that have only recently become available to stream.

Shelter (2026)

Jason Statham is arguably the most reliable actor in Hollywood. He has at least one new movie out ever year and it's always released theatrically. He actually holds the record for having over fifty live-action theatrical releases with no direct to DVD/streaming/VOD releases, which is impressive as hell. Is every movie great? Not at all (I'm looking at you Exp4ndables) but for the most part you know what you are going to get and he delivers. So, when I sat down a week or so ago to watch Shelter, I was expecting a fun, action film that is a little...

Diet Sodas - Spring 2026

I don't drink alcohol. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs, but I do drink a ton of diet soda. Honestly, I drink too much and I need to work on that, but that's not what this blog is about. This blog is about the limited flavors that have come out recently and my thoughts on each one. I know its marketing at its finest, but I am always on the lookout for whatever new flavor of diet soda gets released and over the last few months there have been a lot of new/returning/limited flavors. Let's take a quick look...

The Return of Certs

This will be the fourth blog post I've written about Certs in the past ten years, which is definitely too many on a forgotten mint/candy. Two of the three previous blog posts survive, and you can read them here if you'd like: Certs What Happened to Certs? A Mystery Solved If you don't feel like reading old blog posts, the Cliff Notes are as follows: • In 2016, I discovered that Certs were no longer popular and were very difficult to find. • In 2022, I confirmed that Certs had been discontinued in 2018. It amazes me what candies and...

I recently begun watching Stargate Atlantis, and I reached the two-part finale of season one. I timed it perfectly to finish both episodes before the UFL game kickoff tonight, but surprisingly it was actually a three part episode that bleeds over into season two. It was so good, I had to finish it up and just watch a little bit of UFL on my iPad. Happy to see Austin Reed airing it out again but more happy to see Major Shepherd and the gang battling The Wraith.

A Quick Thought on Console Pricing

Over the past few weeks, the online video game circle has been outraged over the increase in prices of video game consoles due to tariffs/memory/storage issues. One article I saw on IGN even lamented how we’re now stuck with Xbox Series X and PS5. As a gamer for over thirty years, I’m okay with sticking with the current gen. Honestly the differences between the last two generations (and arguably the last three generations) has been pretty minimal. Sure, the load times are better, and there are graphical upgrades but we’re not talking eight bit to sixty four bit improvements. Yes,...

🔗 Knight Rider: Knight of the Repli-KITT

[YouTube Video] This was way better than I expected. It’s basically a well shot Knight Rider fan film interrupted by a few Commodore commercials. I love this type of marketing and it feels so right for a brand like Commodore.