Having AS Is Like Being a Jedi Knight
“Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” ~Yoda, Star Wars, Episode II I sense a great disturbance in the Bug Zapper... You know what? Today, I should be looking for more work, and I should be...
View ArticleIf Real Life Were Like Star Wars…
“Mmm. Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.” ~Master Yoda, Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones Why Star Wars was such a big hit in Arkansas A few weeks ago I...
View ArticleYou’ve Just Been Jedi’d: How To Do Jedi Mind Tricks
Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me…only money! ~Watto, “Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace” Qui-Gon just found out his Coruscant Express card was declined You might guess by the title of this post...
View ArticleTo a Dark Place, This Shall Lead?
Darker the coming storm grows. I fear the dark cloud of the Sith shrouds us all. ~Yoda, “The Clone Wars” Ordered a pizza, I did not... Damn you, George Lucas…damn you for creating perhaps the most...
View ArticleThe Heat is On, and I’m Off
You've gotta love summer to be smiling like that People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. ~Anton Chekhov If Chekhov is to be believed, I must be incredibly...
View ArticleOn Being a (Semi-) Professional Geek
You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders – The most famous of which is “never get involved in a land war in Asia” – but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never go up against a...
View ArticleThe Local Ice Rink=The Star Wars Cantina
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. ~Obi-wan Kenobi, “Star Wars: A New Hope” "These are not the pucks you're looking for. Move along." Ever have that strange feeling of deja...
View ArticleYour Burning Questions: Answered!
Are you sure you want to suffer the tortures of the memories of a lost love? ~Lucy Van Pelt, “Peanuts” A long time ago, I almost took the job as the amateur advice columnist for our school paper. In...
View ArticleThe ’90s Didn’t (Completely) Suck
If I wasn’t from Jamaica, then why would I be wearing this hat? ~from “Half-Baked” This, um, says it all People ask me sometimes why I usually write about the ’80s and not the ’90s. It’s because I...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Burning Questions Answered!
Sir, as today is Tuesday, it’s my feeling that Wednesday could occur, officially, as early as tomorrow. ~H.M. Murdock One thing I know for sure about myself? When I make a promise, I deliver. Even if...
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