RIP Darwyn Cooke

Captain Cold Darwyn Cooke

2016 is a bastard. Now it’s taking comics artists. This morning, I saw online that Darwyn Cooke passed away from cancer. This was only one day after an announcement came out that he was in palliative care for cancer. I didn’t know him personally at all, but I am saddened by …

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Friday, May 13: PowerPoint Karaoke plus The Encyclopedia Show!

PowerPoint Karaoke

On Friday, May 13th, PowerPoint Karaoke will be back at Fantasy Flight Games! This time, our opener will be the excellent Encyclopedia Show, who will present a series of short works inspired by the word Australia! PowerPoint Karaoke What it is: Four improv comedians must each give a PowerPoint presentation with slides they …

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Insomniac

According to my Fitbit Flex, the average amount of sleep I currently get is around four hours per 24 hour round. In the last month, there has been only one night where have I slept longer than 6 hours. Last night, I slept about 90 minutes, total. The weird part is …

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More Words Than I Ever Thought I’d Write About Prince

It’s been a little more than one day since Prince Rogers Nelson was found dead at Paisley Park, which is about 20 miles from my couch. He was 57, which is too young to go for any human, but especially young for someone who we all kind of suspected was …

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Friday, April 1: PowerPoint Karaoke, plus bonus trivia!

On Friday, April 1st (honest!), PowerPoint Karaoke will be back at Fantasy Flight Games, and this time, our opener will be trivia hosted by Andrea Wilkins! That’s right, gird your pedantic loins and bring your best game, factoid nerds! PowerPoint Karaoke What it is: Four improv comedians must each give …

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Friday Feb 12th: PowerPoint Karaoke with Double-Blind Improv!

This upcoming Friday (February 12th), PowerPoint Karaoke returns to Fantasy Flight Games Center in Roseville! This time, we will be joined by Double-Blind Improv! That’s two shows for the price of one! PowerPoint Karaoke What it is: Four improv comedians must each give a PowerPoint presentation with slides they have never …

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FRIDAY! The Return of PowerPoint Karaoke!

This upcoming Friday (January 15th), PowerPoint Karaoke returns to life at the Fantasy Flight Games Center in Roseville! Join us for laughter and nerdery as we huddle together for warmth in middle of the bleak midwinter! And, in case that’s not enough for you, we’re also doing a few rounds of …

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Arid January

So, I decided to have a dry January. Okay, maybe not exactly dry. Just arid. Lemme explain. Last year was rough. Really rough. Incredible things happened, but I was pulled beyond capacity. And I was drinking a lot. The two aren’t necessarily related. I don’t think I was drinking to …

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Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2015

Once again this past December, I was given the honor of joining the audience of the Butt-Numb-a-Thon in Austin, TX. For 24 hours, around 200 or so hardcore movie nerds and I indulged in whatever cinematic glory that Harry Knowles felt like pouring into our eye sockets. Windy Bowlsby, Meghan …

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Looking Back and Looking Forward

I sucked at keeping it together in 2015. No, that’s probably not quite right, even though that’s how it feels on the first day of 2016. I sucked at keeping my brain together in 2015. On the outside, if I look at the evidence, there’s a lot I did in 2015 …

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