I may have discovered the most brilliant video game of our time.
That game? "Chef Boyardee's Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden."

Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is a sequel to a Sega Gensis-era basketball game, set in the dystopian future and done in the style of a Japanese RPG. The hero of the story is Charles Barkley himself, accompanied by the likes of ( Read more... )

For a long time - budding from when I first set my hands on a collection of Norse mythology at the age of ten - I've had a love affair with the cultures and traditions of pre-Christian Europe. As I grew up, these were intensified by my rejection of Christianity and it's unwholesome influences on Western society, which led me towards a (sometimes ( Read more... )

I've got videos up from my smoker!
I lost by a split decision, but DAMN did I have fun.
Round One!
Round Two!
Round Two and a Half!
Round Three!
Decision!

I'm the one in the pink shorts, of course.
The video isn't the best quality, as a lot of the action is blocked either by the corner of the ring or the ref. The second round is split because of what I am ( Read more... )

I'm fighting in my first Muay Thai smoker tomorrow. For those of you who are unfamiliar, a smoker is an informal competition between gyms, in which members are matched off roughly by weight and experience to beat the snot out of each other. It's sort of the step below an amateur fight ( Read more... )

Like so many Americans, I have struggled for years to get into the habit of flossing on a regular basis. A while ago, I got the idea of making a motivational poster to remind myself to floss and hanging it up in the bathroom; just a simple picture of Mr. T, pointing his finger in an aggressive Uncle-Sam posture, with the caption below reading " ( Read more... )

Life in Kalamazoo is treating me fairly well. It is, in fact, pretty damn awesome.
I the main source I attribute my good mood to is training my ass off. I've started training at Southside Dojo again 4-5 times a week. Southside is something of a legend in my own life, and it keeps getting better; Muay Thai, Judo, and MMA every night, unlimited ( Read more... )

-I've moved back to Kalamazoo for the foreseeable future. I'm going to miss Ann Arbor, but hopefully this will be alright too ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I produced what I consider to be my journeyman project: A chainmail shirt. I had been working on it for about eight months, but the vast majority of the work was done between January and April. Altogether, I'd estimate it at about 40-50 man hours of labor.
The end result is naught but one thing: beauty.

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I finally finished watching Blake's 7.
For the past year or so, Blake's 7 (along with Law and Order: SVU) has been my principle watching-but-mostly-just-listening-to shows that entertain me while I'm working on chainmail projects. Blake's 7 is much akin to classic Star Trek, if Star Trek had been better acting, worse sets, and constant moral ( Read more... )

I've realized that I've been remiss in my academic duties since I got back from Europe ( Read more... )