Aside from the mass power outages, property damage, hazardous driving conditions and other catastrophes caused by dear Mother Nature’s wintry wrath, you have to admit that getting a megadump of snow is wicked satisfying.
Despite the fact that I’m not in school anymore, I can’t help but feel that familiar giddiness when I see weather reports […]
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Beach season is coming to a close for some folks. How did this summer fly by so fast without my going to the beach more than a few times!? The shame. Whether you’ve been a beach bum or a sun-fearing hermit this summer, you know what I’m talking about when I say that drip sandcastles […]
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Posted in Satisfying Experiences on Aug 12th, 2008
Videogames and food seem to be parallels in this blog, and for good reason. These two avenues provide some of the most wicked satisfaction available. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the delight and privilege of making my acquaintance with the new PS3 videogame Soul Calibur IV. “Ugh, another arcade style fighting game?” you […]
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My best friend and I have this theory about how the deliciousness level of food goes up significantly when it’s not yours. This manifests itself in two ways:
1. You’re over someone’s house and they have/their family has cooked you a meal. This could be something as simple (yet monumental) as a grilled cheese sandwich, and […]
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Posted in Satisfying Experiences on May 13th, 2008
I’m not the only one that likes elevator buttons!
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Honestly, the reason I’ve been putting off writing an entry about elevator buttons is because every single time that I remember that I want to write it and I’m in my office building, I’ve forgotten my camera. I want to take pictures of the buttons on the elevators here because they’re … you guessed it, […]
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Posted in Satisfying Experiences on May 8th, 2008
Hey there, everyone. Sorry the blog seemed to drop off the face of the Earth for like, a week. My bad!
Let’s move onto our next Wicked Satisfying thing - turning a gumball machine handle. I think the product designers are onto us Satisfytes - knowing full well that creating something that’s shiny, makes clicking sounds […]
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There comes a time in your life when you get a bargain - a really, really good bargain. The best bargains happen when you weren’t expecting them at such magnitude. Old Navy is famous for providing this unsuspected wicked satisfying experience.
I’ll admit, I don’t really shop at Old Navy that much. Their clothes tend to […]
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Posted in Satisfying Experiences on Apr 18th, 2008
There are few satisfactions in videogames equivalent to that of the Tetris. I went most of my life not even knowing that this magical culmination of perfectly aligned, geometric goodness was actually referred to as a “Tetris”. I thought that was just what the game was called for whatever reason, didn’t question it, and said […]
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Posted in Satisfying Experiences on Apr 16th, 2008
You know all of those grilled cheese commercials tout how good cheese is for you, particularly if you’re a kid because of all of the calcium and vitamins, and whatnot, and as they’re telling you how great it is, they hypnotize you with that much anticipated shot of someone holding the steaming sandwich, pulling it […]
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