tidbits to tilt your head

-> The slogan for Gettysburg, SD? Where the battle wasn’t.
-> How great of a tactician was Alexander the Great? He never lost a battle.
-> The 1912 Stockholm Olympics didn’t wrap until 1967, thanks to Shizo Kanakuri.

I love tidbits like this, so I started a website to help me keep track of them.

because the middle child never gives up

As part of an ongoing, multi-year pitch to convince my parents to adopt a Great Dane, I wrote a sixty-thousand word novella about a dog-napped Great Dane helping the titular detective solve the case of the missing whiskey.

“What did you bring to my town?” Amash asked?

Jack Stern’s Cheshire-cat smile shown in the dark. “A quick re-election.”

Printed via Amazon KDP., you can read the first three chapters here.

Ticket to Ride: The Fullers

My family’s board games nights get personal, so I made and printed a variant for our favorite game, Ticket to Ride, that was real personal. Like, make a magnifying glass inset to our childhood backyard personal.

Shared vacations and memories became our arena.

how to stay in touch with my friends

Life has moved us apart, so myself and five friends use Hallmark, and video chat, to keep us together. We nitpick each movie to a tangle of threads, and rank them.

We have categories, and even a video commemorating our first ten movies.

But does watching Hallmark mean I can write Hallmark? I spent five days trying: Make Room for Christmas.

Our first ten Hallmark Kisses

A fast video compilation commemorating our first ten movies, with some favorite nitpicks and conversational detours edited in.

a shirt that gets the person behind you talking to you

My friend, Ray, is known for his pithy movie reviews.

-> Mission Impossible Fallout: “Hot Garbage.”
-> The Meg: “Better than Mission Impossible Fallout.”
-> Dunkirk: “Thank you, Nolan.”

So, for this 40th, I had to make a t-shirt.

I love dogs, especially my dog.

How do you make life lifeier? You get a Moose.