See you Space Cowboy…

Yeah, I know I made this joke when I was leaving Los Angeles last week. https://twitter.com/jdrochlin/status/1155872584338006016?s=20 But in my defense... That was on my social media feeds independently. Not on the blog. Thus I get to reuse the same joke. So there, imaginary detractors. After a week of keeping the world up to date about …

ART (and pita bread)

Today started with an early morning trip to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, because Grandma and I had a craving. A craving for Editor's Note: This joke is extra funny with context that The Iron Giant is one of my grandparents' favorite movies of all time, and that we often refer to my grandpa …

Rain, rain, go away

Today has been the most low-key day of my Florida vacation yet. So far I've been relatively lucky in the weather department (humidity not included), but I was inevitably going to run into a bit of... Torrential rainfall. Someone really let Kyogre out of its ball this afternoon. Now to be fair, the rain did …

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 Bachelor in Florida

Hey. Been a while, huh? I've been enjoying my "book writing sabbatical" perhaps a little too much. A lot of my novel has gotten done, but there have been plenty of things over the last month I easily could have blogged about. I was almost completely by myself for three weeks as Mom and Aly …

A family tradition

Many years ago, my Mom helped Alyson and I create a special gift for Dad. We went to Color Me Mine, a chain of shops for the commercial buying and painting of porcelain goods ranging from dinnerware to sculptures of robots and dragons that are put through a kiln on-site. In my experience it's a …

Father’s Day 2019

Another year, another celebration. Today we brought the current peak of the Rochlin's patriarchal totem pole up to my Aunt's house in West Hills to ring in Father's Day with some barbecue and time out by the pool. Let me tell you, there are few things more magical than having some ribs, taking a dip …

No love for these bridal heroes

Good afternoon, world! Been a while. I took the last few days off because I was spending extra time with my grandparents and... https://twitter.com/jdrochlin/status/1130184130459721729?s=21 That. After one whole day doing absolutely nothing post-Graduation, it's about time I jump back into the saddle for my daily writing exercises! What better catalyst for that writing resurgence than …

My new Let’s Play channel

What's up, gamers. T1meslayer here with a channel update for all y'all. A few months ago I launched a series of toy unboxing videos with my sister that has gone on to achieve great acclaim. That first video has almost 100 views, and that not-LEGO Mimikyu was a star in my class' Dungeons and Dragons campaign. …

Celebrating life

Earlier today, my Cousin Erica said it was fitting that we held my Grandma's celebration of life on the same day as the Oscars, because she loved that award show quite a bit. To be fair the Oscars are only coincidentally happening on the same day. We held our gathering today because her birthday would …