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What is your go-to comfort food?

Shake and bake pork chops with kraft dinner.

I should really say that my palate has expanded considerably over the last… especially five years. I think my relationship with food has/is evolving. I haven’t forgotten my heart attack. When I had a heart attack at age 36…. before it was cool. Food was one of the major changes that needed my attention.

Food can be really really tricky. It’s tied into my identity. It’s how I see myself. Pizza and beer. Nachos and Pepsi. Huge helpings of spaghetti, with big slices of garlic bread. I’m a man of insatiable appetites, and delightful excess. Like Santa Claus…. But let’s be honest, St. Nick is gunning for a coronary. And, if he was me… a second coronary.

Food is a journey, never stop looking for a better relationship with food. But, what do you think?

-Steve

This is a HotWheels remake of a 1964 Lincoln Continental. The kind used in the movie “The Matrix”.

What’s your favourite game? Why?

Table Top Role Playing Games seem to hold a special place in my heart. I spent a lot of my childhood agonizing over Dungeons and Dragons, Shadowrun, Rifts, and Star Wars.

There is one weird thing that happens when I play those kinds of games. There is an unusual level of expectation. I have made this mistake many many times, and it really shouldn’t be like that. It almost feels like a barrier to entry. Game Masters, and players should just be able to start gaming whenever and wherever they want. It should be like a dinner party I think… maybe.

As for video games,. I like Halo: Infinite, and Sea of Thieves. I’m looking forward to a game called Starfield that’s supposed to drop this September.

There is a boardgame “Sequence” that I really like, and I play it with the family once in a while. and I like playing hearts with the family. I hope that becomes a thing.

Precious and I play cribbage more then you might think.

Exploding Kittens is a fun one, and Magic: the Gathering can be a hoot.

-Steve

What foods would you like to make?

I have a go too list of food that i make. Spaghetti and meat sauce. Kraft dinner. Shake and bake. Meat loaf. Stuff like that.

I would like a different list. A healthier list. I want to understand food better so that i can make better choices.

The idea of counting calories, or measuring proteins, or portioning, sounds like complete garbage. I just want to know what’s heathy, make it the best way i can, and then stuff my face. It can’t be that difficult.

I say this as I eat a Pizza Pop.

I have had great salads. But I don’t know how to make them, or even what to ask for. I’ve had great sushi. I think they are healthy…. Maybe.

Maybe I’ll try rice. Just rice.

-Steve

Dogs or cats?

Fish. Next question.

If it wasn’t for my Precious, I don’t think I would have any animals. As for the boys…. I think the eldest likes the cats. And I think the youngest likes the dog….

Dogs or Cats….. Does anyone else get the impression that these writing prompts are getting lazy?

I’ve started a campaign. I want to find the perfect locker/change room at work. I thought this was going to be easy. I would simply bribe the people in charge of the lockers. But those sneaky buggers have removed themselves from the map. They don’t even have a phone number. Can you believe it? They could be located on the other side of the planet. Locker rooms, and locker room etiquette must be the subject of so much turmoil, that they could no longer be approached in person.

All I have an E-mail…. And the option to go to my boss.

I don’t want to go to my boss!!! Oh sure, I could if I simply wanted a locker. Yes. But not if I’m making a game of it. “The Perfect Locker” Where everything smells like skittles, and nobody has dirty shoes.

Wish me luck. I will stake my claim and horse whip any cow poke that infringes upon my land. Ya’darn tooten.

-Steve

Ogre in a top hat

What bothers you and why?

Far too many things bother me. I can be a bit of a worrier.

I worry about what I’ve said, and I worry about what I haven’t said. Because I didn’t have enough faith in my intentions. I’ve learned more and more that if your intentions are pure, they will be obvious.

If your intentions are pure, then you probably won’t stare at the wrong things. If your intentions are pure then any weird combination of words that could be misconstrued … won’t be. Because why would it?

Honesty and Intent.

But back to the question… I am constantly terrified. 😁👍

-Steve

List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.

  • Driving is dangerous.
  • I like boobs.
  • If you’re tired, you should sleep.
  • Other people are not responsible for your happiness.
  • Ask smart girls to sleep with you.
  • Don’t have sex while drunk.
  • Don’t drink or do drugs with people you don’t trust.
  • If you can do it in under a minute, you should probably do in now.
  • If you don’t use it, give it away.
  • You are worth it.

-Steve

Are you seeking security or adventure?

If I’m being entirely honest with myself I guess I’m seeking security. But, I like to imagine I’m seeking adventure. I suspect there are levels to this question. I think you can do both.

Imagine you’re climbing a mountain, and you have two hand holds and two foot holds. In my humble opinion, I would move only one limb at a time, so that you can rely on the three points of contact already established. How many limbs would you move at the same time? Two, Three? What if you were really comfortable with that one good grip you had?

but….. maybe I’m wrong. Climbing a mountain is far more dangerous then say… switching jobs, or trying sushi. It certainly doesn’t feel that way does it?

While we think about that, here is a picture of me losing at a video game.

-Steve

If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite.

This is tough. I’m going to assume they mean celebrities. And I’m going to assume they mean living people.

Penn, Teller, Guillermo del Toro, Malcom Gladwell, Ellen deGenerous, John Cleese, Tom Morello, Kevin Smith, and Seth Macfarlane. Maybe Mike Judge… I would be a little worried about Kevin and/or Penn dominating the conversation. And, I would be a little worried I couldn’t anticipate any or all of their particular dietary restrictions.

I’m leaving a lot of people out because can’t get a good reading on them, but I truly don’t “know” any of these people. All I can do is watch their content and make assumptions that I might become fast friends with these people.

That’s what it would be about. Making friends. That’s what it has always been about.

-Steve

What do you think gets better with age?

In a word…. Everything.

Has anyone ever told you it’s “too late” for something? That fills me with a special kind of rage. “Too late” my ass. For what Orgies? Drugs? Divorce? Marriage? True Love? Learning? Travel? Revenge? Mistakes? Bull Shit.

The only thing stoping anybody is Health, Time, Space, and/or Money. And, you have more of all those things then you think…. Probably.

Don’t confuse Stagnant and Lonely with growing old. They are not the same thing. Unfortunately it just so happens that we tend to leave our elders in a place with other elders. Grouping people by age is it’s own type of stagnant isn’t it. What are your thoughts on three generation households….? My opinion on that has softened as of late….

Here is a picture of cats on a screen door that I didn’t take.