I was looking for a workout T-shirt today, and ran across the oldest concert t-shirt I own. When I put it on for these pictures, I was so concerned about it falling apart that I put it on over another t-shirt just to avoid getting deodorant on it. It’s from the 1988 Monsters [...]

The Life of Riley is a weekly post that details my activities since I ended a thirteen year career as a corporate drone. These posts are usually long, personal, and geared more for my own memory than the reader’s entertainment. Sunday (Day 448): The Floors and The Wall #1GF! and I went over to the house [...]

Despite being immensely popular, the unique sound that is associated with late 60’s / early 70’s soul was relatively short lived. Like Latin being replaced by Italian and Spanish, the soul sound of that time was overshadowed and eventually drowned beneath the waves of disco and pop R&B in the late 70’s and early [...]

Deflector: You’re a space station that looks remarkably like the death star, and you’ve been surrounded by some hostile alien ships. You have no weapons of your own, so your only defense is to use your mouse to draw shields to use your enemies’ firepower against them. I got 12,400 on level 5, so when [...]

If you’ve ever wanted a fake Polaroid for your site, but never had an easy way to make one, I may have come up with a simple solution for you. I put together a template that you can import into your favorite art program (like the GIMP) and lay on top of your favorite [...]

I hope you took full advantage, because we’re running out of summer fast… Note: A sand wall must be three feet tall and three feet wide to temporarily stop an encroaching and irreverent Nantasket tide. This guideline applies to both regular and shadow people. Share, Bookmark, or E-Mail This Article

The Life of Riley is a weekly post that details my activities since I ended a thirteen year career as a corporate drone. These posts are usually long, personal, and geared more for my own memory than the reader’s entertainment. Sunday (Day 441): Introspection I got up and baked some blueberry muffins for #1GF! because [...]

If you’ve never seen Attack of the Show on G4TV, it’s a daily news show starring Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn that features news on video games, viral videos, tech, the web, and other subjects that cater to the techies among us. If you have a geeky side, it’s a nightly show that’s certainly [...]

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Because our friends have a daughter who will be heading off to her first year of college soon, I wondered if I could come up with a list of tips that might make her freshman year easier. As I started thinking of things from my own college experience like “Being on a first name [...]