- You ever seen Tag?
- The one with Jeremy Renner and John Hamm where the group of friends has been playing the same game of tag since they were kids?
- It’s one of the Teenager’s favorite movies.
- We had to buy it on Prime Video and at some point, I’ll probably have to get the blu-ray.
- It’s a rewatcher.
- Today, she’s using Jay as an excuse to rewatch.
- He’s in town entertaining me during the convalescence.
- And conveniently he has never seen Tag.
- Funny movie.
- I don’t collect comedies or anything.
- This might be the only one we own.
- Because, you know, I hate laughing.
- Or something.
- Pretty cool to have friends who’ll take time to come check on you, you know?
- May you all have such people in your lives.
- But for real, a 30-year game of tag seems like something my crew would do.
- We didn’t.
- But we could have …
- When we go to Hideaway Pizza, I usually get one of three pizzas:
- 1) Pepperoni (or Pepperpolooza) (however the hell it’s spelled)
- 2) Supreme (but without fungus or olives)
- 3) The Boz
- Now, as a double-degree holder from OSU, it rankles me to like anything named after someone who played at OU, and in particular that guy.
- But it’s damn good.
- Sausage, pepperoni, bacon, onions, red peppers, jalapenos … it’s delicious.
- Obviously, I’m probably leaving something out.
- Craptacular memory, remember?
- But I typically get the homestyle crust at Hideaway, which is odd because I’m a thin crust guy.
- I don’t know why I don’t do thin at Hideaway.
- I attribute it to eating at the original location in Stillwater all those years.
- I’m not sure they even offered thin crust.
- Fried cheese, yes.
- Because that sauce … so good.
- Kaia always gets the kid pizza (sausage, sans sauce; who does that?), and it’s a thin crust.
- I always eat her leftover crust, and honestly, it’s better.
- I don’t know what I’ve been thinking.
- I mentioned this to Mark (brother-in-law), and he did field testing because he is also a fan of the Boz.
- Suspicions have been confirmed: it’s better on thin.
- I trust his taste. We’re in lockstep 95 percent of the time.
- Now I know.
- And knowing is half the battle.
- G.I. JOOOOOOOOEEEEEE.
- Hasbro has this whole department dedicated to remaking all the cool G.I. Joe toys from our youth and then selling them at a premium.
- I’m on the email list.
- I see them.
- And the temptation is there.
- I don’t.
- Obviously.
- But what the hell, man?
- They’re aimed squarely at us GenX kids who grew up hunting each other with toy guns in the woods and playing with all the G.I. Joe stuff.
- Toys … for adults.
- Not unlike what Lego does, really.
- I’m sure there are firms with terabytes of data on consumers and what kinds of things appeal to everyone of every demographic.
- GenX kids are eternally … kids.
- Part of me still wants some of that stuff.
- Don’t need it, but the want is there.
- When Steph gave me Kali lessons for my 37th birthday, I attended my first lesson and the whole time I stood there wide-eyed thinking, “I can actually learn all this ninja weapons stuff?”
- Felt like a little kid all over again.
- And then I did learn all those ninja skills.
- Part of me is eternally 12, is what I’m saying.
- Before I got into comics proper, Snake Eyes held the spot for my favorite character.
- Basically a mute, ninja commando.
- The second version of his action figure ran in limited amounts.
- I did not know they did that kind of thing, back in the day.
- Now, it’s a typical marketing tactic.
- False limited availability.
- I’d beg mom to take me to Toys R Us to look for him.
- While there, I’d dig through every figure on the rack.
- About the fifth or sixth time, I found him.
- I think I literally yelled, “I found him!”
- He came with a sword and a wolf.
- Rad.
- My friend Francis had joined us on that trip.
- We found one for him, too.
- The only two in the whole store.
- Yahtzee!
- I wrote part of a list yesterday, in the evening, but I did not end up liking a lot of it
- Missed a day.
- Hate missing a day in a routine.
- What’s all that stuff about establishing a habit?
- 21 days?
- I dunno.
- All about your …
- I’m literally not paying attention to what I’m doing.
- Watching a movie.
- Mentally floating.
- And miles to go before I sleep.
- Today’s earworm, Anthrax’s cover of “Antisocial.”
- The band who wrote it, Trust, was French if I’m remembering correctly.
- No, I didn’t google any of that.
- The AI search bot would probably have lied about it anyway.
- Lies!
- All Lies!
- Ah, well, they can’t all be homeruns, right?
- I’ll see you over the weekend, probably.
Knowing is Half the Battle
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