Gen Y-er On The Loose

This Week's Trope: One Steve Limit "A pretty rigid rule that no two characters in a work of fiction (novel, movie, play, ...

In this post I make fun of baby-themed print ads circa 1980-1982. "It could only be Johnson's Baby Lotion." That, or ...

This Week's ( R a n d o m ) Trope: Demonic Dummy " You've all heard of monstrous mimes and creepy clowns . Well, rounding...

The other day I had an MRI.  I'd never had one before and I was kind of scared because, you know, big giant tubey thing...  clau...

So this entry is about porta-potties. Well, sort of. First I want to talk about Bingo. You know, the game old people play.  I'v...

This week's trope:  Easy Amnesia "In the real world, amnesia is rare, and it can last anywhere from days to a lifetime. On...

Over the past year, I've made a half-hearted attempt at learning Spanish using Rosetta Stone. A malfunctioning computer coupled with a...

This week's trope: Death Of The Hypotenuse ! "Alice, Bob, and Charlie are in a Love Triangle . Alice loves Bob, but also has ...

Agricola Agricola, the game of a million pieces, takes a while to learn, but once you've got it down it can be a lot of fun. Ove...

This week's trope: The Smurfette Principle " The Smurfette Principle is the tendency for works of fiction to have exactly one...

When I was a bonnie wee lass, sometimes I'd be given a coin for the grocery store gumball machines. I loved gum, oh how I loved gum. Act...