Iron Maiden was my introduction to heavy metal.  I was in high school at the time and thought very little of the genre, although I’d never really listened to enough of it to form an educated opinion.  But once I was introduced, I listened to “Piece of Mind” over, and over, and over on my Walkman.  Not only was it a solid album, which I used as inspiration for many RPG adventures,…

I have a love hate relationship with getting older. I was speaking with a friend the other day who indicated that she was looking forward to her 40’s, because then she might get some “goddamn respect.”  I remember feeling exactly the same way at one point.  But I’m here to tell you, upon reflection, it just doesn’t happen.  No matter how much older I get, I continue to run into…

You know what I want?  I want George Michael to put out an album where he sings all of the James Bond theme songs.  That would be bad ass.  It has absolutely nothing to do with anything else I’m thinking about, or planning on writing about, but it would still be bad ass. I’ve been reading a lot more lately.  Okay, that’s a lie.  I’ve been listening to a lot…

As expected, it was a hell of a weekend.  Well, okay, maybe not a hell of a weekend, but it was quite nice. Saturday was spent doing not much of anything other than scanning in all of my old photo albums.  I made good progress, getting through almost 3 out of 3.  I’d say that I probably have another 10 pages to go in the 3rd album, but that shouldn’t…

Day 1 in my quest to find a new, cheap dive bar has not met with success. Granted, I haven’t put a large amount of effort into it, unless you count walking a half a mile through the baking, 101 degree Arizona sun in order to try somewhere that I had hoped would be promising.  Regardless, I’m here to tell you that this first venture has been a failure.  I…