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Things Heard by the Neighbors While Playing Fromsoft Games

I spoke in tongues

3 min readApr 23, 2024

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Things Heard by the Neighbors While Playing Fromsoft Games

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Playing Pretend

Some deceptions enhance our lives, while others create a prison we willingly lock ourselves in; which do you choose?

10 min readFeb 12, 2024

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Playing Pretend

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Gaming Memories: 1 — Dad’s NES

Dad’s gaming kick, however brief, served as my gateway to a world that I love and wallow in. This is the story of my first gaming memories.

5 min readJan 10, 2024

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Gaming Memories: 1 — Dad’s NES

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Gaming Memories: About this Series

I’ve gamed since I was a young child, each title marking the years as they go by…

2 min readJan 10, 2024

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Gaming Memories: About this Series

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Would Pride be a Sin if Life Was More Predictable?

Perhaps, in a dramatically better world, pride would be considered a virtue.

3 min readDec 31, 2023

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Would Pride be a Sin if Life Was More Predictable?

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Our Family’s Weird, Wasteful, Stupid Christmas

We are blessed beyond belief, so you’d think the Christmas spirit would be easier to come by.

12 min readDec 24, 2023

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Our Family’s Weird, Wasteful, Stupid Christmas

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Every Single Day of My Life, I Think About Dying

My life was pretty great until one day I was personally introduced to mortality.

17 min readNov 12, 2023

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Every Single Day of My Life, I Think About Dying

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Wage Inequality is Absolutely Bonkers

We’re well off the rails, and society perpetuates these norms.

17 min readJun 15, 2023

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Wage Inequality is Absolutely Bonkers

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Staffing Resiliency in a Company of Unicorns

I’ve spent a long chunk of my career in a company that never quite transitioned out of start-up mode. In some ways, this was a blessing…

7 min readJun 14, 2023

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Staffing Resiliency in a Company of Unicorns

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The Narrowest Divide

The lengths between two hearts

1 min readMay 11, 2023

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The Narrowest Divide

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Wayward Penguin

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15+ year software engineering stalactite who feels he missed one golden era of computing while living in another; Nintendo nerd; Linux lover; security wonk

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