Arts & Crafts with Jason Rochlin

Before you say anything, I know "name tag" is spelled with two words and not one. I was just trying to better emulate a traditional forename/surname structure. On Valentine's Day last month I talked about my current stint as a University Honors Ambassador. Essentially putting together an event for Honors students to enjoy alongside a …

Man remains the most extraordinary machine

Valentine's Day 2019 will officially go down as the Valentine's Day where I truly learned the value of a human touch. Because when automatic email reply systems fail, you really need to break through and get an actual person on the other side. ... What did you think I was referring to? Oh, well okay …

My thoughts on the February 13, 2019 Nintendo Direct

How sweet of Nintendo to give us an early Valentine's Day present this year! We've got games, games and more games to discuss out of a brand new Nintendo Direct. I'll be talking about the larger, more exciting subjects (to me) in detail before lumping the rest together for a quick mop-up at the end. …

Unorthodox historical documents

Before you get too far into this, I'm not actually talking about serious historical documents. I didn't go digging into libraries or brush up on family photos or anything nearly as reputable as that. I guess we did talk about a lot of interesting Supreme Court precedents in my Comm Law class tonight, so I …

Family Fire Emblem-y love is in the air

Ah Valentine's Day. What a lovely day of loving loveable people. Except for those of us who don't have a significant other to spoil in that romantic kind of way. Like me! For us, there's only one way to celebrate this most commercial day of love: Playing Fire Emblem Heroes. Naturally. Greil — Heroic Exemplar …

Falling in love with the Fire Emblem Heroes 2.2.0 Update

Good god there's a lot to cover here today. Guess that's what happens when I'm so busy that I don't have the time to address these updates as they come out. Though... I suppose it is nice to be able to get it all out of the way at once rather than having three separate, …

Valentine’s Day 2017

For a soon to be 20-year-old bachelor on Valentine's Day, it helps to remember the small things that make what would otherwise be something similar to every other day into something more special thanks to that spirit of love in the air. Like staying up into the early hours of the morning reading a book …