Month: April 2016

On a recent drive by Taco Bell I learned about their latest invention – the Quesalupa.  It got me thinking about what their marketing meetings  might be like.

• Ok, there are 6 ingredients we use for every single menu item . We’re not adding more, so instead how do we rename what we have?
• How can we randomly combine new food-sounding words for a new name?
• How many prefixes, suffixes, letters, layers, and invented words can we add?  How about Stuft?  XXL?
• Can we just throw these ideas on the wall and choose at random?

Assuming this is true, I figured I could so the same with a Mexican fast food dice-roll game. I bring you TACO DICE.  Here is one of my early throws:

Beefy Chipotle 5-layer Chicken Quesarito Supreme Party Pack

For math nerds, you can roll 4,665,600 different meal options (many fictional, of course).

I had so much fun rolling multiple menu items, that I put together a printable version to share. Print the file linked at the end of this article, cut the dice to build your game, and roll!

Enjoy, and if you play, post your meals in the comments!

TacoDice

In preparation for Emerald City Comicon earlier this month, I made a late (ok, night-before) decision to dress as Marshall Flinkman, the amazingly-talented-and-awkward-and-brilliant tech guy on the TV show Alias. Because EVERYTHING is online, I was sure a quick search would yield an easy-to-print name tag / ID card for my costume.

I was wrong.

(Aside – Season 1 of Alias is one of the best stories in any medium. Go binge watch it now.)

Frustrated with this failure of the internet on which I so often rely, I dusted off my Microsoft Paint skills and cobbled together a few bits and pieces to create this important accessory. The information is accurate to the best of my knowledge, including the institution, the address of said institution in real-life Los Angeles, and a bar code that – if scanned – reads “Marshall J Flinkman.” I guessed at his title.

My purpose of posting this image is in the hopes that some day, someone will have a similar need, search “Marshall Flinkman ID card,” and be greeted with this blog post and the solution they desire.  If that person is you, we have been connected across space and time for this moment. I hope it serves you well, and that you’ll create something – even a little silly something – for the next person in need.