A Pirate on the Prairie

“Hoss, you ain't gonna believe this, but that crazy sumbitch just tried to drive right up under my truck!” — Jerry Reed as Cledus "Snowman" Snow in Smokey and the Bandit I have hit a deer while driving a tractor-trailer and I can now add a car to my resume. At the time, I was driving to make my last delivery of the morning on a rainy, slushy interstate south of Janesville, Wisconsin. A light rain/sleet mix was falling. I could see emergency vehicles farther up the road on the

The actress, Gwyneth Paltrow, does a pretty convincing job portraying the crazy desperation one might feel if one has been rejected or dumped by one’s love interest and that love interest is currently seeing someone else. The song is pretty good too. Love can be like a drug and withdrawal is hellish. “Melissa Etheridge - I Want To Come Over” https://youtu.be/Ckt0TuK0qv0

https://x.com/rowlands_laws/status/2030370894804402271?s=46 I couldn’t agree more. Yes, as an adult you have responsibilities and obligations. Yes, you have appointments and deadlines. Yes, you will be expected to act like an adult from time-to-time. But keep playing. Take time to flex your creative muscles. Take time to place yourself in fanciful times and places. Be the hero (and/or the rogue). Fight imaginary and/or historical monsters. Spend time hanging out with fictiona

Modiphius Entertainment Ltd has released a new solo tabletop roleplaying game or TTRPG based upon the Fallout franchise and its own, more traditional TTRPG based upon the franchise, Fallout: The Post-Nuclear Tabletop Roleplaying Game . The physical books for Fallout: Wasteland Wanderer are expected to be available in late-April 2026 and those that pre-order a physical book will reportedly receive the complimentary PDF copy of the game immediately. The Fallout franchise start

Professor DM of the Dungeon Craft YouTube channel shares four tabletop roleplaying games or TTRPGs that he believes are underrated. Professor DM defines “indie” for the purposes of this video as companies that are not large, publicly traded companies such as Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast (WotC). I, myself, am looking forward to playing EZD6 and Mausritter , as I already have copies of both games on my shelf. I also own copies of EZD6 Book of Quests and EZD6 Wasted Worlds and

“I'd Love You to Want Me” https://youtu.be/LILQzXpglQE “‘I'd Love You To Want Me’ Reimagined” https://youtu.be/nCz5C-l3QiQ

“Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together • TopPop” https://youtu.be/j_v4Eo4aRVI

Making love is great. Just fooling around can be nice too. 😉 “PETER McCANN - Do You Wanna Make Love (1977)” https://youtu.be/Or7Sj0VzJKg

Been there and done that. “The Smithereens - Blues Before and After” https://youtu.be/AO4C70gfQ3g

She didn’t need a gun to grievously wound me. 😏 “The Smithereens - Blood And Roses” https://youtu.be/vqML7WbOun8

I learned today that a military science fiction writer whose work that I have enjoyed passed away back in 2023 following a Parkinson’s disease announcement in 2019. David Drake was an accomplished writer who served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (the Blackhorse Regiment) during the Vietnam War. He was drafted and pulled from his studies at Duke University’s law school to serve as an interrogator. After the war he returned to the classroom, worked for a time as a pract

Those of you that remember Robert Carradine primarily from his role as Lewis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds films or as Sam McGuire on the Disney Channel series, Lizzie McGuire , may not be aware of his first film appearance alongside John Wayne in The Cowboys as “Slim” Honeycutt or his role as WWII infantryman, Private Zab, in Samuel Fuller’s The Big Red One . If so, you are also probably unaware of his role as the love interest in the music video of The Motels’ song,

“Roger Creager - I'm Missing You - Official Audio” https://youtu.be/H2qjfxJ5lDs

Have you ever really been in love if you haven’t thought entirely too long about killing someone? Of course, I am kidding. Well, I am sort of kidding. Relax. I didn’t actually try to murder someone. 😉 In all seriousness, this is a good song. “Roger Creager - She Chose You - Official Audio” https://youtu.be/i7iw5IZ-9As

“Roger Creager - I Loved You When - Official Audio“ https://youtu.be/dLqO-FTUCMQ

I have previously shared on this blog my renewed interest in tabletop roleplaying games and my experience to date with solo tabletop roleplaying games. Here in early 2026, I am feeling pretty excited by the prospect of returning to the gaming table on a somewhat consistent basis via both solo gaming and more “traditional” gaming as part of a group, online or in-person. I expect that I will play the solo “Alone Against the Flames” adventure found within the Call of Cthulhu Sta

“TESLA - Gettin' Better (Five Man Video Band)” https://youtu.be/UMRt3qSDqCM

If hurting me was an Olympic sport, you would have been a perennial contender for the gold medal. 😏 “We're No Good Together” https://youtu.be/vDX2NmDSLHQ

“WATCH THE MOUNTAINS!” — Anthony Edwards as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw in Top Gun I first watched Top Gun back in 1986 and to this day it is one of my favorite movies of the 1980s and of all time. Two of my biggest disappointments in life have been my inability to serve in the military and my inability to fly or to serve in an aviation-related position in the military due to my being asthmatic. The closest that I have been able to get to flying a fighter or an interceptor has

“Bon Jovi - She Don't Know Me” https://youtu.be/omLgJe9cnCw