If you haven’t heard, we [the royal variety] are going through a little economic turbulence. It’s pretty big. All kinds of important people are soiling their underpants because of this. The main perpetrators who wouldn’t normally be aware of their contributions to these events have taken their blinders off and pissing themselves. I’m getting a clearer picture into what people are like when they are untested. It’s a picture of a nation of people who…
There’s a term out there for people who identify so intimately with an inanimate object that they completely give up all mental faculties when they open their mouths . . . fanboys. I didn’t know how extreme it could get until I saw this video. Apparently, he’s a big PS3/Final Fantasy fan. The word “fan” was created with just this sort of person in mind. A literal fanatic. I love some of his quotes. “I’m…
I have this horrible social tick. I don’t know how it originated, but I’ve noticed that it’s happened more often with every passing year. I laugh with an almost villainous glee whenever I see something happen to someone else that I wouldn’t normally want to happen to me. It always happens when I’m caught up in competition. For example, I’ll watch as the server on a opposing doubles tennis team accidentally serve the ball at…
8. Do not dress up as an elf. Ever. This is just a personal bias of mine. Okay, everyone who has hung out with me in person knows this story, but for the rest of you: Years ago I developed the Pointy Eared Whore Theory. Over a lifetime attending cons and other events featuring people dressing up as characters from fantasy and science fiction, I noticed a disturbing trend. The ones with really good, high…