A place where folks of like mind can gather to discuss stories and ideas, tell jokes, and share tales of their exploits - both real and imagined. It’s about the cultural journey we share: the trends we see, the tropes we find, and sharing our opinions about all the good, bad, and ugly we find along the way.
In all the hubbub of getting the project section going, I’ve been ignoring the more bloggish portion of the site. But after putting together the Countdown To Launch, it became impossible to ignore it any longer. So this is my inaugural blog post, in which I’ll try to guess what the hell I intend to blog about.
The video gaming world became toxic to me 20 years ago when I started getting motion sick every time I played. Maybe the game engines changed or maybe it was something in my head, but an entertainment medium I had previously loved suddenly became off limits, just as my children were beginning to discover it. But today was different.
25 years ago, my dad bought a 16’ sailboat for the family cottage and, with no previous experience, taught himself how to sail it. Almost certainly on the spectrum, he spent every sunny day tinkering with his rigging and studying sailing physics, just to eke out a bit more speed. He’d even go out on calm days to see if he could get it to move. So you can imagine how delighted he was when the cottagers on our lake decided to hold a regatta.