On a related note, I unofficially beat Steve Wozniak’s high score on Game Boy Tetris and he’s been dodging me ever since. Much like this Game Boy, it is a feud that just won’t die. Steve, let’s bust out the link cables and quash the beef once and for all!

Venom and poison are different kinds of toxic substances. Poison hurts you when you eat it. Venom hurts you when it’s injected into you, such as through fangs. Snakes can eat prey that was killed with venom because venom is not poison.

Sorry for your loss, my friend.

I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old, my dad asked me, "what movie would you like to go see?" I said Terminator 2 — rated R — thinking no way he'd say yes. But he did!

A few years later, when I was 13 or 14, he made it a point to spend more time together and we went to see a movie almost every week. Heat, Seven, The Usual Suspects, Casino, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, To Die For, Strange Days, Get Shorty, and Dead Man Walking are a few that spring to mind. We had great taste!

I saved most of my ticket stubs from that time and later framed them as a gift for my dad. I think he still has it on his wall.

We live on different sides of the country now and time together is rare but we still go see movies together. Just before covid, we started going to film festivals together — we did Tribecca and Austin — and hoped to make it an annual tradition. I need to make that happen again while I can; thanks for the reminder that our time is precious.

Here's to all the dads who bonded with their sons over cinema.🍻

I want to say you can make these in the microwave. Look up “mug cake” — they’re not bad!