I was choked out for the first time in Jiu-Jitsu this week. I’ve been asked a few times what it was like and what happened, so I suppose it makes an interesting story.

“Rolling” is what they call sparring in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Monday night, I was rolling with my instructor, George Yulee. He had been working [...]

Every year about this time, my Mom takes a trip to Texas to visit relatives and she drags along as much support as she can. Typically I resist the idea and I get met with “This could be the last time you see…”  Of course, that stopped working a long time ago when my Great [...]

I can’t count how many times people would come to the booth asking if the copies of Arsenic Lullaby or the T-shirts were free. The response was always the same.

“No, they’re better than free. They’re worth money.”

Typically we’d just get a look and they’d walk off. What they didn’t consider was we were right.

First, [...]

Most of the booths started the Con like this: Lay out a nice table cloth. Stack every single book, print and flier you’ve ever had printed into giant stacks. Set up a huge banner to draw attention. Rig up lights to highlight said banner. Sit on your ass and wait for the excited customers.

They [...]

I don’t know how to describe San Diego ComicCon other than madness.

The first thing I would tell you is that it isn’t just about comic books. It’s more of a multimedia expo. Movie studios were promoting their new titles next to video game developers. Television networks, toy makers, publishers, special effects artists, comic artists, borderline [...]

Now that I’ve had some time to relax, I’d like to share some thoughts on my experience with San Diego Comic Con and working with Arsenic Lullaby. Over the next few days, I’ll have a post about some aspect of my experience there. Today is just about the setting: San Diego.

I didn’t see much of [...]

I read this article about the end of the best friend for kids. I expected it to be about how technology is making children more broadly social, but no. It’s about adults who think they know better than nature, trying to make children just be friends with everybody.

Why do adults have to ruin everything? [...]

I know it’s a pretty cliche thing to say, but being a parent, you find yourself saying things you hated as a kid. “Because I said so” is one of those things. I now understand that means “I have reasons, but you’re not capable of understanding them right now, so just do it.”

Still, some of [...]

I haven’t written much because I’ve been preoccupied with having a newborn. I wanted to check in with something that wasn’t a UFC post.

We’re a little over three weeks into being parents of two kids and I can’t believe how quickly the first three weeks flew by. The first time around, time seemed to drag. [...]

Wake up kids! Today’s the day we Double Down!

KFC has just made a sandwich masterpiece by tossing out what was once considered crucial: bread.

A yummy KFC fried chicken filet, bacon, Monterey Jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, Colonel’s Sauce and another delicious fried chicken fillet.

If you think of food as art, this would be one [...]