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RE-ZORK I: Danny’s Quest to Wizard Mountain
October 17, 2012

In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers.  Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born.  While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance […]

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I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”.  Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like.  No, not [just] Black …

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 32: Valkyrie – Deeds of Prowess
October 15, 2012

The older I get, the more my tastes in metal have relaxed.  Back in the day (late 90s) I would have scoffed at even a hint of clean singing in my metal.  An album like …

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How to make a homemade Frank Booth Halloween costume from Blue Velvet.
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Battle Vests of the KVLT & TR00 1: My Black Metal Patch Vest
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Are you looking for a custom designed battle vest, but don't have access to a high quality print shop?  Contact me HERE, and we can discuss possibly working on a unique, custom designed vest, featuring …

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Middle-earth Monday 21: CORRECTION (and apology)
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October 1, 2012

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October 1, 2012

Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched – 17 Movies that were new to me – 11 Fairly badass and/or sweet action movies watched –  3 Monthly Masterpieces – It …

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