Hammerfestus

That was really cool.  Cloud cover threatened us earlier in the afternoon but we ended up with clear skies.  Definitely a memorable 3+ minutes.  It’s amazing how the experience changes completely in an instant and the glasses can come off.  10/10 would ride that ride again.

Ready for a fucked up little story?

Right in the path.  Kids get school off and stuff.  Pretty cool.  

I played a variety of sports in my youth but from middle school through high school I played football and wrestled — pretty mediocrely at that.  Since then I’ve had an on again off again relationship with working out.  Usually heavily lifting focused because I’m fat and really do hate cardio.  I‘ve found that as I’m getting older I really actually enjoy working in yoga because it feels good to be able to touch my toes and I naturally have the flexibility of a GI Joe.  Back in high school on our wrestling team it was kind of a hilarious oddity that our state runner up heavyweight/star fullback could not get me in a cradle no matter how hard he tried lol.  My body simply would not bend that way.  
 

I’ve always been open to some sports games.  I like NES Golf and have nostalgia for playing it at my grandparents as a kid.   NHL 94 is a good but I actually had and thus was more into 93.  The arcade sports experience was always fun.  NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Ken Griffey winning run, Mutant League Football/Hockey (football was better).  As a teen i got the first iterations and some scattered other years of NFL Gameday, NBA Shootout, and NHL Faceoff.  I played a bunch of the Mario Tennis in college.  If the mood struck, I wouldn’t be opposed to playing whatever the sports franchises are now.  I enjoy fantasy football quite a bit.  Does that count?  
 

As for watching it, I mostly just watch football on tv.  I get push alerts about the hockey team so I keep up pretty well with what’s going on there even though I haven’t watched a single game lol.  I also really enjoy taking the family to baseball games even though baseball sucks.  It’s super cheap and going to the stadium is a really cool experience.  

Huh.  I’ve never listened to this before.  Don’t know why.  Found it pretty enjoyable.  Good job.

I haven’t followed this poll the whole way.  Why is NHL 94 not up there?  
 

Sonic 2 is a technical improvement over the original but by the time knuckles made an appearance?  Novelty.

1 hour ago, docile tapeworm said:

 

I gave up trying to find a nice box with cd. I think there was a pamphlet too

Thanks to that CD I spent a period of my youth listening to Lordz of Brooklyn.  Thanks comix zone.

1 hour ago, a3quit4s said:

Everyone knows Comix Zone is the best genesis game anyways

And it came with a cd.

On 4/3/2024 at 4:15 PM, spacepup said:

I couldn't find the image you probably need, so I did the next best thing and made you one

hehe

 

Expensive insulation.  

Straight ones.  I strongly dislike Nirvana.

22 minutes ago, DefaultGen said:

Reddit and Discord devouring everything you've ever thought, looked at, or discussed to advertisers, AI companies, and the NSA.

"I've got nothing to hide" said the man who won't even tell his wife how much he spent on that copy of Panic Restaurant.

She can never know dude.  To my grave.

I find it kind of hilarious that if we have a conversation about anything I will immediately thereafter gets ads about it.  They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.  My phone is basically a big old spying device that has my pretty much everything on it.    no one is willing to do anything about this capitalist hellscape we live in so I guess that’s just how it is.  At least make the ads useful to me and not Temu and he gets us shit.  
You know what really pisses me off?  We use the white noise on Alexa when we sleep and every 4 or 5 nights she rolls into an unstoppable ad about paying to not hear the ad.  It’s super long and just awesome when I’m sneaking into bed at the wee hours.  But here’s the thing that really gets me — after you listen to the speech and tell her no you don’t want the thing she doesn’t even play the fucking white noise!  Uhh I hate Amazon.  

Facebook is awful all around.  I briefly check it sometimes but the only activity happening on my account is when I’m tagged in family photos.  It’s kind of a historical curiosity for me.  My account is from back in the college-only days. I do find having access to an account still to be a necessary evil sometimes because of how many entities in my world communicate by means of Facebook.  
 

Reading any comment section is an exercise in watching insanity.    There is something fucking wrong with those people.  Also, why the hell do I have to click the button to see all comments?  Format sucks.  Company is so slimy. I have nothing nice to say about it.  

Oh yeah yeah I’m a pioneer too.  Wish I could tell you about it but you know it’s super secret.  You would definitely copy me if you knew what I was collecting.

6 minutes ago, fox said:

Eh I’d consider it if they started given out achievement points/trophies

Wait, why isn’t there an NES collecting game where I get trophies for checking games I have off the list?! 

3 hours ago, Rdools said:

Guess I’ve found where there redditors go after they evolve 

Man, I saw that shit over there lol.  Pretty sure you’re the devil.  You’ve got a lot of really nice looking stuff.
 

If someone’s giving you shit it should be for being into Pokémon games .  

1 hour ago, Aguy said:

Wait, FDR didn't collect video games? 

Would’ve been pretty irritated by the Power Pad.

You know,  I knew what it would be but I did it anyways.  Thanks Estil.  

Don’t be a dick.  That much.  That’s about it.  
 

Yeah I haven’t watched new ones in like 20 years.  Used to be awesome though.  I remember in the early days, I had a buddy who wasn’t allowed to watch it.

11 minutes ago, DefaultGen said:

Is he the guy who’s been illegally inflating the prices of Earthbound cartridges???

Obvious alt account for the WATA!  I watched most of the Carl Probst video!

I saw on Reddit that it was @MinusWorlds who won this.  They don’t seem to believe that he’s a real person lol.

Since you’ve been gone is some pretty standard ass classic rock fare.  Gave it a 6.

Rainbow in the Dark got a 9 from me and I had to push down the urge to give it a 10 based on the description.  It‘s awesome and among my favorite Dio songs but not the favorite.  Ahhhhhh.  Fuck it.  I’m bumping that shit up.  I don’t need no stinking rules.  I do what I want!

10.

34 minutes ago, Tabonga said:

I was thinking of being on the menu rather than clientele.  ^______^

 

This Matzah Ball soup is delicious!  What’s your secret?  ….

15 hours ago, Tabonga said:

I had a late breakfast at one of my favorite restaurants  (The Westwood) this morning. I ordered a new menu item - the "Jeffrey Dahmer Special".  Quite tasty.

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Actually it was a ground chuck and eggs breakfast special.

 

I’ve always thought someone should start a cannibal themed restaurant.  Not me, but someone. 
 

Also, I forgot all about this but last fall we spent a long weekend in downtown Chicago and went to breakfast around the corner from the hotel at Venteux Brasserie one morning (lured in by the bottomless Mimosas).  We pretty quickly realized that we were having breakfast next to Mark Harmon