Author Archives: Nicholas Radford

In my twenties, I practiced job interviews.  Like, I would apply for jobs I had no interest in so that I could do the interview portion and then turn down the offer if it got that far.  I was working security at the time. My first job out of college. I had jobs before andContinue reading “Interview with the Slam-pire”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! It’s been a while since we had one of these but since the last edition was a spooky double feature of 30 Days of Night, VolContinue reading “Comic Relief: Criminal”

I can’t recall a blog that I’ve written in the past that prominently featured video games. I’ve done movies, TV, wrestling, mental health, social justice, and more, but I don’t think I’ve ever just sat down and talked about my video games preferences and experiences. What better time than the present–especially considering I just finishedContinue reading “I Am Merely A Collector”

I took a lovely month off from the pressures of blogs, podcasts, and poetry to enjoy the holidays and my birthday, and it was worth it. I was feeling incredibly uninspired to be creative by the end of the year and I just wanted to consume media, play games, and hunker down for the winter.Continue reading “And We’re Back!”

It has become a trope of sorts to discuss the stark difference that a year can make, especially when comparing 2021 to the year that came before. For example, 76.8% of people aged 5 and older in King County, Washington are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but the vaccines weren’t even widely available around this timeContinue reading “31 Days of Nightmares”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we were delighted to discuss Skyward, Vol. 1: My Low-G Life, written by Joe Henderson, with art by Lee Garbett, and this time we’re doing spookyContinue reading “Comic Relief: 30 Days of Night – Double Feature”

One problem that I run into when writing these blogs is that I will have a vague memory of a topic I’ve touched on in the past, but no recollection of what I said about it. Today I encountered just such a conundrum because I think I’ve written about imposter syndrome in the past, IContinue reading “You Can’t Spell ‘Success’ Without ‘SUS’”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we were loath to discuss Preacher Book One, written by Garth Ennis with art by Steve Dillon and this time we’re discussing Skyward, Vol. 1: MyContinue reading “Comic Relief: Skyward”

Now that fall is just around the corner (or likely happening now by the time this is released), and the threat of the now annual summer fires is subsiding, I’m genuinely excited to start diving deep into all things spooky. Last year I did “61 Movies in 61 Days” and started watching spooky movies inContinue reading “Vocation Visualizations”

Greetings, dear reader! I recently started playing Dungeons and Dragons virtually with some friends – our party currently includes Kevin Cook, Thom Alman, and our DM Sarah of Sunken Treasures Games – and thought to myself “why don’t I document the experience in the form of an autobiographical account of each day, from the perspectiveContinue reading “Dungeons and Distress #1: Dragonborn This Way”