Off to the races!

I'm going to try keeping this brief because I have a new game to return to. Today was racetrack day in Florida. The idea that we would be watching horse races was interesting for me to prepare for. It's been a long time since I've personally gone to any kind of races, and in the …

Three bug bites in

Ooh boy, time to write about my day as Democrats yell at each other in the background again. Last night I mentioned going to swim in the pool today. I made good on that promise, because how could I not? It's a beaut. The water was also perfect today. Just cool enough to counteract the …

The dungeons saga: Bedknobs and sheep schticks

After a week of unbridled anticipation, today was finally Dungeons and Dragons day. Since the beginning of the semester, we were promised a three-hour class period of just playing the fantasy tabletop role-playing game in my Gaming in American Culture class. Finally the day has arrived, and it was glorious. Though it did begin with …

Reusing and Recycling

Last year I didn't really have a proper Halloween. All of the oxygen was sucked out of that particular room by Milo Yiannopolous visiting Cal State Fullerton, which wound up being a massive, exhausting reporting project that I was the lead on. Nobody around campus got to have a real Halloween that year. As great …

Music, Muppets and Menorahs

Today the Rochlin clan made its way up into the Santa Monica hills for a day trip to the Skirball Cultural Center. For those of you who aren't aware (as I wasn't before our trip today), the Skirball is a Jewish institution opened in 1996 that, frankly, is quite beautiful. Right next to Mulholland Drive …