My dad is ultra-competitive. As a kid, he’d only play a game with me if he knew he’d win. We used to play a lot of checkers. He consistently crushed me, but I was either a glutton for punishment or just enjoyed spending time with him, so I kept resetting the board. Continue Reading
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Not too long after graduating college, I was able to land a sweet job as an Assistant Manager at a Blockbuster video. Turns out my degrees in English and Political Science, coupled with my thousands of dollars of student loan debt wasn’t enough to land me the Manager gig. I shouldn’t complain though I suppose. Nowadays that would probably only get you as far as cashier. At McDonalds. One of the perks of the position was the five free rentals a week. I parlayed this into a few golden years of extensive movie watching and video game playing. Continue Reading