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  • Knowing is Half the Battle

    Knowing is Half the Battle

    • 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.