I switched careers and became a middle school teacher at 40. I am now 42 and finishing my Masters of secondary education. It’s never too late.
Here is a very in-depth quiz to determine your Dungeons and Dragons class, race, and level.
http://www.easydamus.com/character.html
Here is another quiz that is well done to determine your Magic: The Gathering mana colors.
The one and only. ;)
God Lives Underwater - From Your Mouth
I always thought this band was underrated. They broke up after the singer unexpectedly died.
Mission of Burma is such an underrated band.
Hum - "Little Dipper" (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2TOcWTQpBQ
This is a really cool song from the album You'd Prefer an Astronaut. I've read that this track was the inspiration for the Deftone's "Change (In the House of Flies)."
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (PC Engine CD-ROM, 1993)
“Fish-fingers all in a line.” 😂
A great track from an amazing and influential album.
Personally, I’d probably rank this album within my top 5 favorites.
I also like how "Axe Battler" isn't even wielding an axe.
Minutemen - "History Lesson Part 2" (1984)
Great game!
Seriously? Can you elaborate?
My dad and I played the absolute balls off of this game on the NES when I was a kid. Playing FF1 with my father is one of my favorite gaming memories.
We made it to nearly the finish, but never completed it.
Not bad considering we didn’t have the game’s manual, a strategy guide, or the internet.
Jeez, this takes me back and makes me feel old!
Dungeon Explorer (TurboGrafx-16, 1989)
This cover is a little strange and stylized, but I find it very endearing.
This is great!
Pavement - "Range Life" (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVj1zqbWpU
A chill indie rock track from Pavement's 1994 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
What a great album from 1984. The Replacements sound like a 90s band but are actually an 80s band.
Hüsker Dü - "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKeH7JYE48
A great song from early alternative/punk band Hüsker Dü's 1986 album Candy Apple Grey. If you enjoy this track I highly recommend you give Hüsker Dü's 1984 album Zen Arcade a listen as well.
Rotvomit reporting for duty!
RIP Dreamcast
This is really cool!
You gotta love Mike Patton.
Check out the 1994 “The Stand” miniseries or read the book by Stephen King. It explores the idea of the main bad guys and their leader, who is essentially the devil, taking up residence in Las Vegas.
In the Woods - Heart of the Ages
Posting a classic.
Three decades ago, with the West recently victorious in the Cold War and liberalism triumphant, it was natural to assume that liberal social systems are largely self-ordering. But just about every social and political development since then has shown...
An interesting essay by author Jonathan Rauch on the value of intermediary institutions in Western liberal democracies.
