“What manner of sorcery is this???” “I would’ve gotten away with it, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!” “Only pop music can save us now!” “You have learned much young one, but only your hatred can destroy me. Now, release your anger!” ~ ~ ~ I really think we should be using more dramatic …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
When I mistook one Iconic Musician for Another…
Back in the day, and this was a long time ago, I had a friend who was really into heavy metal. He was also quite the obsessive sort. Anywho he came up to me one day all excited because he had heard a new band. He was practically giddy, grinning and bright-eyed about his new …
From the Livejournal Archives: Luckiest Clubber in the World
My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This is a post I wrote nearly six years ago in March of 2014 about the epic Heavy Metal band Gwar. The frontman for an indescribable …
My Training Day at Pacific Pinball Museum
In case you haven’t heard, I Jeffrey Matucha, a mere Bay Area Native, am going to try and break the World Record for the longest time playing pinball in the middle of April at the San Francisco pinball arcade Free Gold Watch. I am doing this in conjunction with raising funds for Parent Project Muscular …
Acronyms: How to get Instant Nerd Cred!
I am currently taking an online course in Cryptography and I’m learning a lot about the nuts and bolts of modern encryption, especially the standards, how to write proofs, and other elegant details about encryption that we all use everyday without thinking about it. In taking this course I am learning about all kinds of …
33 Hours of Pinball – Yes, Really!
Because of the Covcid-19 lockdown this event was postponed. Still intend to do it this year when things calm down. (Knocks on wood.) This upcoming April I am going to attempt something crazy, possibly insane, and perhaps highly questionable: I am going to attempt to break the World Record for the longest time playing pinball. …
Vaguebooking: AKA How Not to use Facebook
The term Vaguebooking should be familiar to many a Facebooker: It’s when someone posts a status that is vague and lacking information, so much so that the many readers of the post is not sure what’s going on. Vaguebooking is oftentimes defined as a sad cry for attention, such as when someone posts just simply …
Yes, I actually sent this email today.
The following is an email I sent today to a Pinball Arcade in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yes, I am totally serious about doing this! Hey there. Remember me? I’m the guy who wants to break a World Record for playing pinball! I would like to meet up to discuss this idea in person, …
“Omigod, I think this guy is straight!” – An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com “Your friend’s upstairs.” He turned around. It was Beth El, this time with a spaced out Throcker hanging off her arm. “What?” “Your friend Serge is upstairs.” “Serge?” “Yes.” No doubt Serge had made it to the club’s covert …
Breaking News!
Many people bag on Facebook, but I oftentimes prefer the Facebook newsfeed to the Google newsfeed: This just in: Bay Area man tweaks his vegan muffin recipe, hopes for a successful baking. Breaking news: Woman trapped under sleeping cat: Does not want to wake up the putters!. Conflict in Scotland: What wine goes with a …