When people found out I lived in a house that was over 100 years old, some of them ask me if I was worried about the house being haunted. The truth is, in El Reno, I was much more afraid of the living than the dead. There are several low income sections of El Reno, and on the first of… read entire post

In August of 1993, after attending classes at a local community college for two years, I packed up all my belongings and moved 60 miles west to Weatherford, Oklahoma, where I moved in with Susan and enrolled at South Western Oklahoma State University (SWOSU). In Weatherford, Susan, I, and a third roommate all lived together in a mobile home. In… read entire post

In the spring of 1995, Susan and I had just purchased our first real house — a disaster of a place that probably should have been condemned. The house was built in 1880 (27 years before Oklahoma was even a state), and to this day we thank god that place didn’t explode, burn down, or simply cave in while we… read entire post

Due to some unscheduled building maintenance, my co-workers and I have been recently displaced. Last week I sat in four different rooms on two different floors. We’re settled now in a temporary location. Since it’s temporary, I only brought the bare essentials with me. A guy who sits near me brought … his fridge. It’s a small dorm-sized fridge, and… read entire post

There was a time when computers weren’t nearly as user friendly as they are today. Some might say they aren’t even all that user friendly today, but compared to the days of old, we’ve traveled a long way in a short amount of time. As an self-appointed ambassador of technology if you will, I am constantly trying to get my… read entire post

… I take things apart, fix them, and put them back together. (Although to be fair, sometimes I take things apart and then they never work again. Hey, nobody’s perfect. This one, however, works as good as new.)… read entire post

In the Spring of 1994, Susan and I had been dating for less than a year when we decided to drop out of college and take our now infamous road trip “out west”. We spent a week visiting Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Old Tucson, and a bunch of other things. We returned home broke and unemployed college… read entire post

According to a recent local news story, the cost of vending decals is about to triple in Oklahoma. Vending decals are the stickers you see on arcade games and jukeboxes and pool tables. Each sticker is good for a year, and is required to be placed on “every coin-operated music or amusement device that requires a quarter or more.” Currently,… read entire post

IntroComp is the only competition I’m aware of for unfinished games (specifically, text adventures). Each year for the past eight years, programmers have submitted incomplete versions of their games to be judged. Judging is performed by peers, which could mean you! Every IntroComp entry is available for download, and once you play them, you can vote on them. Now I… read entire post