Best of 2024 - Food

New Places:

1. Leroy & Lewis
It's so far south that it takes me between 45 minutes to an hour to drive there, it's not inexpensive (although it's not super expensive for good barbecue), but even with those caveats, this is still my favorite new place on the list. I've been down there a few times this year for BBQ, and I usually get the beef cheek and either tri-tip or flatiron (I still haven't ever tried their brisket) along with the beef fat potato chips and one of their other excellent sides. I also arranged a group to go to one of their early steak nights, which was *phenomenal*, and was my first time trying their onion rings, which are my favorite onion rings I've ever had.

2. Canje

I only went once, but it ranks high because it was the best meal I had all year. I'd been hearing about this Caribbean restaurant for a while, and it was one of the early outings for my new foodie group, and we were all taken with the food. The roti especially was life-changing, but the Boar Pepper Pot and Oxtail Beef Patties were also really memorable, as was the super spicy Jerk Chicken. Can't wait to go back in 2025.

3. Ramen del Barrio
Another "I've been hearing about this place forever," this place lived up to the hype. I really like the Mexican fusion ramen, but I often go there just for the tacos and karaage chicken, both of which are in my opinion among the best in town.

4. Taste of Home Dumplings

This place is super close to me, and it's become my go-to for dumplings. The soup dumplings are really good, I love their lamb cilantro dumplings, and their bao are my favorite in town.

5. P. Thai's Khao Man Gai

Recently moved from a space in the shopping center near Ramen Tatsu-Ya and Julie's Noodles, this Thai spot has a menu I've barely explored, but I love their signature dish, especially the fried chicken and chicken fat rice version.

6. Nando's Peri-Peri

I try to focus my interest as much as possible on locally-owned spots, but this South African chain of Portuguese chicken shops has been on my radar for a while now, and since they opened, I've been twice and its been really excellent both times. The sauces are the big secret, but their basic grilled chicken is a really good delivery system for those sauces, and their sides (especially the brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes) are great.

7. Sate

A food truck turned brick and mortar, the food truck was in South Austin so I never got there but the brick and mortar is very near work, and quite tasty. It's simple, just skewers (pork, chicken, or beef, the pork is my favorite but they're all good) and rice, but it's always good. I wish they were open on Mondays and Tuesdays, because those are big lunch days at work, but this has gone into the regular lunch rotation for me.

8. New Fortune

Not entirely new, but the third location for New Fortune is a bit of a comedown from the giant ballroom they had pre-pandemic, but is rapidly catching up to where they were in terms of quality dim sum. you have to get there early (they theoretically open at 11, but if you're not there by 10:15 or so, you're gonna be waiting a while for a table), and it's only cart dim sum on Saturdays and Sundays, but it is still, having sampled several, the best dim sum in town. And my favorite salt and pepper shrimp.

9. Atlas Sandwich

Down in the campus area, this one requires some parking finagling, but their Greek sandwiches are really tasty. I've only managed to get there twice so far, but I will definitely be visiting more often in 2025.

10. Zoe Tong/Si Baby Q

Truthfully, this upscale Asian food place and Asian-influenced barbecue spot would have been much higher on my list, but they are closing on New Year's Day, and it bums me out. I'm glad I got to have three good meals here before they closed.

11. Delucca Gaucho Pizza

All you can eat gourmet pizza with an incongruous free offering of lobster bisque, this was my choice of birthday meal this year. I liked it but I don't know how often I'd hit it up.

12. Texan Cafe

Pretty solid southern diner fare, but the pie selection is out of this world. Need to get back out to this Hutto spot again.

Austin BBQ Ratings:

1. Leroy & Lewis

2. Interstellar

3. KG BBQ

4. Franklin

5. Stiles Switch

Favorite Burgers:

• Jewboy Burgers
• Buddha Burger
• Hopdoddy's

Favorite Sandwiches:

• Firehouse Subs
• Baguette House
• Jersey Mike's
• Jewboy Subs

Favorite Tex-Mex:

• El Dorado Cafe

Favorite Fried Chicken:

• Gus's Fried Chicken

Other Favorite Places:

• Gangnam Korean BBQ
• Jack Allen's
• Kenney Fort Pub
• Kerbey Lane
• Texas Roadhouse
• Pinthouse Pizza
• Ramen Tatsu-Ya
• Snooze
• Soupleaf
• Stuffed
• Y'all's

Lunch Options:

• Kebab Shop
• KFC
• Wendy's
• Whataburger
• P. Terry's
• Panda Express
• Popeye's
• Raising Cane's
• Shake Shack
• Short Stop
• Smoky Mo's
• Tsos Chinese
• Tumble 22
• Velvet Taco

Best of 2023 - Food

Last year I ate out about 450 times, this year...about 400. So I cut back a little bit. I tried out 26 new places this year, 7 of which landed on my favorites list.

New Places:

1. Aster's Ethiopian
2. BBQ Ramen Tatsu-Ya
3. Budare's
4. Buddha Burger
5. Gangnam Korean BBQ
6. Jade
7. Jai Chi Korean
8. Kanji Ramen
9. KG BBQ
10. La Popular
11. Marufuku Ramen
12. Mum Foods
13. Odaku Sushi
14. Revelry on the Boulevard
15. San Francisco Bakery & Cafe
16. Sangnam
17. Soupleaf
18. Southside Market
19. Spicy Boys Fried Chicken
20. T'Loc's
21. Taste of Home Dumplings
22. Thai Lada
23. Thai Lotus
24. Uptown Sports Club
25. Walnut Creek Pub
26. Whiskey Cake

These are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, not crazy expensive, *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. Ziggy's Kielbasa dropped off the list because I just don't go up to Cedar Park enough, Torchy's has kinda lost it for me, and Smokin Beauty closed, which is really sad.

Favorites:

1. KG BBQ (My new favorite place, the combo rice bowl with lamb and brisket is my go-to)
2. Jewboy Burgers (This is the place I ate most in the year, 16 times. Still my favorite burger place.)
3. Jewboy Subs (I ate here almost as many times as Jewboy Burgers, it's just as good with a completely different menu.)
4. Hopdoddy (I had four of their burgers of the month, and ate there about five more times beyond that)
5. Jack Allen's Kitchen (My go-to lunch place for a chicken fried steak, Liberty BBQ has gotten a little pricey for me)
6. Texas Roadhouse (Still my favorite affordable steak place)
7. Deckhand Oyster Bar (Like to go here for crawfish etoufee and cowboy boudin)
8. T'Loc's (New to me this year, delicious Sonoran hot dogs)
9. Buddha Burger (Also new to me this year, just a really solid burger)
10. Julie's Noodles (I didn't go as often this year, but still the best soup dumplings in town)
11. Pinthouse Pizza (my go-to pizza place for lunch)
12. Chuy's (Still my basic tex-mex option, close to my house and to the store)
13. Brotherton Black (I don't go often, but their brisket reuben and grilled cheese are both great)
14. El Dorado (I don't get here as often as I'd like, but it's really good tex-mex. Their mexican remix of a shepherd's pie is amazing)
15. Kenny Fort Pub (Great fish and chips, at some point I'll try some of their other stuff)
16. Sushi Nini (My semi-regular lunch outing for sushi near the store)
17. Tropicana (I mostly order in, but this Cuban place has really good sandwiches and other cuban food)
18. Tso Chinese Delivery (My go-to Chinese delivery place)
19. Taste of Home Dumplings (Near the house, really delicious dumplings, the fried crawfish dumplings are especially great)
20. La Popular (I've only been once, because it's so far south, but this is a great Mexican food place)

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch. I doubled my options this year.

Lunch Favorites:

1. Popeye's (My favorite fast food chicken, and I ate here almost as often Jewboy Burgers)
2. Golden Chick (This one climbed onto the list because of their zesty wings)
3. P. Terry's (Still my favorite quick burger place)
4. Whataburger (It's right next to the store, and they offered up a ton of free food for using the app)
5. Arby's (All about those curly fries)
6. KFC (Pretty much only for chicken pot pie, but I got that eight times. Why don't more people do pot pies?)
7. Smoky Mos (Near the store, I tend to go for their brisket-topped potato)
8. Tumble 22 (Not as special anymore, but it's now near the store and I eat pretty often)
9. Culver's (Aaron's favorite place, and there's one near the store and the house)
10. Jersey Mike's (This jumped onto my list mostly for cheesesteaks)
11. Vera Cruz (Really good tacos)
12. Firehouse Subs (This is where I go when I'm craving a meatball sub)
13. Shake Shack (A little pricey, but always tasty and now near the store)
14. ModPizza (They added one near the store, and it was already close to the house)
15. Raising Cane's (If this were closer to the store or my house, I'd go here more often)

Other places I like but only went to a couple times: Via 313, Hoody's Subs, Velvet Taco, Cotton Patch Cafe, Panda Express, Tarka, Waffle Love, Wendy's, Wingstop, Wiseguys, and Rodeo Goat (delicious burgers in Dallas).

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price, or because it's too new to have tried many times. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object. 

On my list last year that I never made time for this year were Franklin BBQ, Cork & Barrel, Valentina's Tex-Mex, Tiki Tatsu-Ya, and Culinary Dropout.

Rare Treats:

1. Kemuri Tatsu-Ya (quite possibly my favorite restaurant in Austin, I usually manage it once a year)
2. Interstellar BBQ (This has become my favorite BBQ, in particular the duck and frito pie sausage they have on Fridays)
3. Gus's Fried Chicken (If it wasn't so hard to park, I'd go here at least every month)
4. Perry's Steakhouse (Really delicious but expensive steak, I manage it every few years, and this was one of them)
5. Salty Sow (great happy hour)
6. Soupleaf (all you can eat hot pot, this place is great)
7. Gangnam Korean BBQ (all you can eat Korean BBQ, really delicious but super far south)
8. Estancia (Didn't go last year, but this was my birthday dinner this year)
9. Thai Lada (fantastic crab fried rice)
10. Jade (a little pricey but good dim sum)

I also liked Salt Traders, Uptown Sports Club, and Whiskey Cake, but they're all extra pricey and not quite good enough for the price.

Best of 2022 - Food

Last year I ate out about 300 times, this year...about 450. I need to cut back a lot next year.

These are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. 

Favorites:

1. Jewboy Burgers (still my favorite burger place, I ate there at least once a month, sometimes twice)
2. Julie's Noodles (soup dumplings, cucumbers, scallion pancakes, pretty much every month)
3. Hopdoddy (pricey but always good, and the burger of the month usually gets my attention)
4. Jewboy Subs (I love Jewboy Burgers, but Subs became a favorite this year too, in no small part due to monthly specials and that smoked meatloaf sandwich)
5. Tso Chinese Delivery (This is my favorite Chinese delivery place)
6. Ziggy's Kielbasa (Amazing kielbasa and pierogis, it's way up in Leander but delicious)
7. Tumble 22 (now that this is closer, I eat there every month at least)
8. Chuy's (Yes, I'm a basic bitch for tex-mex)
9. Mod Pizza (build your own pizzas, a favorite of my son)
10. Smokin Beauty (pretty good Vietnamese/BBQ mash-up, close to the house, I should eat here more often)
11. Deckhand Oyster Bar (love their crawfish etoufee, we'll sometimes escape work for a sitdown lunch here)
12. Liberty Barbecue (maybe my favorite chicken fried steak, only on Thursdays)
13. Texas Roadhouse (best affordable steak, great sides, delicious bread)
14. Torchy's Tacos (I ate this less this year, but I still like the over-stuffed not really tacos tacos here)
15. Brotherton Black BBQ (the brisket reuben and grilled cheese put this on my regular rotation this year)
16. Jack Allen's Kitchen (really delicious local southern comfort food)
17. Pinthouse Pizza (close to the store and really good, I'm surprised I don't go here more)
18. Kerbey Lane Cafe (not 24 hours, but still one of the few places to get late night food)
19. Sushi Nini (man am I glad to have these guys back, it's recent so I only had them twice this year, but I expect it'll be more next year)
20. El Dorado Cafe (I found this gem late this year, I expect I'll eat there a lot more in 2023)

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch. I doubled my options this year.

Lunch Favorites:

1. P. Terry's (still my favorite quick burger place, and the only place I ate every month besides Jewboy Burgers)
2. Culver's (good burgers, good cheese curds, near my house *and* my work)
3. Popeye's (my favorite fast food fried chicken by a mile, and I love their sides)
4. Raising Cane's (just chicken strips and delicious sauce)
5. Whataburger (I don't *love* Whataburger, but it's in the parking lot of my store, so...)
6. Smokey Mo's (see above about Whataburger, it's in the same complex for lunch)
7. Vera Cruz (really good tacos, near the store, lunch only)
8. Arby's (curly fries. That is all)
9. Tarka (surprisingly good fast casual Indian food)
10. Wingstop (Solid wings with lots of flavors)
11. Wiseguys (chili dogs, beef sandwiches and other good Chicago food)
12. Cotton Patch Cafe (good fast southern food)
13. Fire Bowl (decent stir fry)
14. Firehouse Subs (like their meatball subs)
15. Juarez Mexican Bakery (good, cheap tex-mex, located near the store, but closes early)
16. Taco Pelenque (solid enough fast Mexican food)
17. Waffle Love (really good chicken and waffles and waffle grilled cheese)

Other places I like but only went to a couple times: Arepitas (Aleida's is better, but much further away), Chi'lantro (good, just a rare craving), Garbo's (delicious but so expensive), Mighty Fine Burgers (always solid), Rodeo Goat (delicious burgers in Dallas), and Short Stop (good place to get a cheap chili burger),

I didn't fully avoid chain fast food this year, had a couple meals at KFC (I wish someone else had chicken pot pie), McDonald's (sometimes you just need a comfort burger or chicken nuggets), Wendy's (cheap combos), and Sonic (chili cheese dogs and delicious drinks).

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price, or because it's too new to have tried many times. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object. 

I didn't make it to Estancia this year, so I'll likely do that in 2023. 

Rare Treats:

1. Kemuri Tatsu-Ya (my favorite restaurant in Austin)
2. Franklin BBQ (my parents get it for Christmas, and sometimes I'll put together an outing with a group of friends, order ahead of time, and we eat at my place. The line is for tourists or special occasions only)
3. Cork & Barrel (upscale Irish pub food in Round Rock, pricey but delicious)
4. Valentina's Tex-Mex (so far south, sells out often, but when I can manage it, it's always amazing)
5. Salty Sow (fantastic happy hour)
6. Gus's Fried Chicken (My favorite fried chicken, and I'm happy to learn there's one in Dallas when I go to BGG Con)
7. Interstellar BBQ (Really good BBQ, not as long of a wait as Franklin, easier to get to than Valentina's, but pricey)
8. Tiki Tatsu-Ya (more expensive and not as good as Kemuri, but a good show)
9. Culinary Dropout (overpriced, but their charcuterie plates, especially the grilled bread, are really good)

Best of 2021 - Food

The last couple years, whether dine-in or takeout, I ate out a little less than 300 times. This year, combining takeout and dine-in both, I hit just over 300.

These are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. 

Favorites:

1. Jewboy Burgers (my new favorite burger place, if it was closer to me I'd eat there every week, as is it's at least one a month on average)
2. Julie's Noodles (new favorite soup dumplings place)
3. Ziggy's Kielbasa (if this was closer, I'd eat there more, but I still manage a trip at least once a month on average)
4. Tumble 22 (now that this is closer, I eat there every month at least)
5. Jack Allen's Kitchen (really delicious local southern comfort food)
6. Texas Roadhouse (best affordable steak, great sides, delicious bread)
7. Hopdoddy (pricey but always good)
8. Tarka (surprisingly good fast casual Indian food)
9. Torchy's Tacos (doesn't travel well, but I still like it in-restaurant, especially the queso)
10. Mod Pizza (build your own pizzas, a favorite of my son)
11. Chuy's (Yes, I'm a basic bitch for tex-mex)
12. Chi'Lantro (really good Korean/Mexican fusion)
13. Wiseguys (Chili dogs and beef sandwiches, Chicago style)
14. Mikey V's Tacos (my Georgetown go-to for Birria tacos)
15. Carabao Express (fast casual Filipino food and decent Birria tacos)
16. Mighty Fine Burgers (solid fast casual burgers, local chain)
17. Snooze A.M. (not close to me, only open until mid-afternoon, or I'd go there a lot more)
18. Smokin Beauty (pretty good Vietnamese/BBQ mash-up, close to the house, I should eat here more often)
19. Pinthouse Pizza (close to the store and really good, I'm surprised I don't go here more)
20. Michi Ramen (I really love this place, but they're only to-go post-pandemic, and it's just not as good that way)

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch. My plan for this year was to avoid major fast food chains as much as possible, by which I mean McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway. I had KFC and Wendy's one or two times, but otherwise I mostly managed. 

Lunch Favorites:

1. P. Terry's (my favorite quick burger place, and it's a local chain)
2. Raising Cane's (just chicken strips and delicious sauce)
3. Popeye's (my favorite fast food fried chicken by a mile, and I love their sides)
4. Whataburger (I don't *love* Whataburger, but it's in the parking lot of my store, so...)
5. Smokey Mo's (see above about Whataburger, it's in the same complex for lunch)
6. Culver's (good burgers, good cheese curds)
7. Arby's (curly fries. That is all)
8. Vera Cruz (really good tacos, near the store, lunch only)
9. Juarez Mexican Bakery (good, cheap tex-mex, located near the store, but closes early)

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price, or because it's too new to have tried many times. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object. 

Last year this list included Charm Korean BBQ and Gus's Fried Chicken, both of which I didn't get to this year, the former because price/time, the latter because of terrible parking downtown. And Luna's Tacos and Lechuza Birria both dropped off, the former because I kind of soured on it, the later because I found Birria much closer to me. I still didn't manage Texas Chili Parlor again, but I did get back to Kemuri Tatsu-Ya and Estancia.

Rare Treats:

1. Kemuri Tatsu-Ya (my favorite restaurant in Austin)
2. Franklin BBQ (my parents get it for Christmas, and sometimes I'll put together an outing with a group of friends, order ahead of time, and we eat at my place. The line is for tourists or special occasions only)
3. Estancia Churrascaria (Brazilian all you can eat meat parade, with a killer salad bar)
4. Cork & Barrel (upscale Irish pub food in Round Rock, pricey but delicious)
5. Cosa Costa (delicious Brazilian bakery in Leander)
6. French Quarter Grille (super good Cajun food)
7. Peached Tortilla (Great Korean/Tex-Mex fusion, wish it was closer to me)
8. Valentina's Tex-Mex (so far south, sells out often, but when I can manage it, it's always amazing)
9. Hopfield's (really good French lunch place, I get a Jambon-Beurre from here once or twice a year because it's south of me and has little to no parking)
10. Kenney Fort Irish Pub (really good pub food in Round Rock)
11. Liberty Barbecue (maybe my favorite chicken fried steak, only on Thursdays)
12. Mouton's (really good Cajun place, but way up in Leander)
13. Salty Sow (fantastic happy hour)
14. Stiles Switch BBQ (good BBQ, maybe best sides)

Best of 2020 - Food

Last year I ate out about 280 times. With the pandemic, I didn't eat out as often this year, but I started doing a lot more takeout, and so I still visited restaurants about the same amount of times.

These are my top 13 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. My list of favorites is mostly down to how many times I went there, with a little fudging. New Fortune Chinese and Kura Revolving Sushi fell off the list because they're not exactly pandemic friendly.

Favorites:

1. Ziggy's Kielbasa House
2. Tumble 22
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. Chi'Lantro
5. Hopdoddy's
6. Vera Cruz
7. Chuy's
8. DipDipDip Tetsu-Ya (Sandwich Pop-Up)
9. Deckhand Oyster Bar 
10. Pinthouse Pizza
11. Smokin' Beauty
12. Lucy's Fried Chicken
13. Michi Ramen

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch. I'm going to do my best to avoid fast food next year, or at least the major chains.

Lunch Favorites:

1. Popeye's
2. Raising Cane's
3. Mod Pizza
4. Culver's
5. P. Terry's
6. Freebird's
7. Cotton Patch Cafe
8. Ike's Love and Sandwiches
9. Slapbox Pizzacheria

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price, or because it's too new to have tried many times. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object. This list is especially small this year because of the pandemic, but I did make a couple food pilgrimages and found a couple new places this year. This is the first year in maybe all the time I've been living in Austin that I didn't get Franklin BBQ, and I was sad not to be able to do my annual visit to Kemuri Tatsu-Ya, Texas Chili Parlor, or Estancia.

Rare Treats:

1. Charm Korean BBQ
2. Cosa Costa
3. French Quarter Grille
4. Gus's Fried Chicken
5. Hopfield's
6. Lechuza Birria Tacos
7. Luna's Tacos
8. Peached Tortilla
9. Valentina's Tex-Mex
10. Waffle Love

Best of 2019 - Food

Last year I ate out about 275 times. This year it was a little closer to 280, so slightly up but not all the way up to how many times I ate out in 2017.

I'm not qualified to be a food critic, but I did eat a lot of food and I do have opinions. So here are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. My list of favorites is mostly down to how many times I went there, with a little fudging.

Favorites:
Tumble 22
New Fortune Chinese
Ziggy's Kielbasa House
Hopdoddy
Deckhand Oyster Bar
Texas Roadhouse
Michi Ramen
Jinya Ramen
Chuy's
Jack Allen's Kitchen
Kura Revolving Sushi
Vera Cruz
Kerbey Lane
Flyrite Chicken


I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch.

Lunch Favorites:
Raising Cane's
Torchy's Tacos
Popeye's
Mod Pizza
Wendy's
Smokey Mo's
Tarka
Culver's
McDonald's
Whataburger
Baguette House
Juarez Mexican Bakery
Firehouse Subs
Corner Bakery
P. Terry's
Fuddrucker's


Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object. About eight of these places (with the asterisks) were also on last year's list.

Rare Treats:
Antonelli's Cheese Shop
Batch*
Brewtorium
Charm Korean BBQ
Culinary Dropout
Din Ho Chinese BBQ
Estancia Churrascaria*
Franklin BBQ*
Gus's Fried Chicken*
Haymaker
Holy Roller*
Kemuri Tatsu-Ya*
Launderette
New Fortune Chinese
Pinthouse Pizza
Salt & Time
Snooze A.M.
Suerte
Terry Black's BBQ*
Texas Chili Parlor
Valentina's Tex-Mex*
Wiseguys

I haven't visited Colleen's Southern Kitchen, Loro, Peached Tortilla, Thai Kun, or Black Star Co-Op this year and I need to rectify that in 2020. Noble Sandwich and Hightower sadly closed, and Tyson's Tacos I won't visit because the owner is a giant Trump-loving douchebag on Twitter.

Here's a list of all the places I ate in New Orleans:
Cafe Du Monde (New Orleans)
Central Grocery (New Orleans)
Cochon (New Orleans)
Criollo (New Orleans)
Evangeline's (New Orleans)
Palace Cafe (New Orleans)
Pere Antoine (New Orleans)

Monthly Update - December 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (3+49=52)

1. Black Hammer Library Edition Vol 1 HC
2. Harrow County Library Edition Vol 1 HC
3. Babyteeth Vol 1 HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (2+73=75)

• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• Heroes of Terrinoth
• Lanterns
• Terraforming Mars (x2)
• Guardians
• Codenames
• Tokaido (x2)
• Tsuro
• Sagrada (x2)

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Immortal Hulk #10
2. Marvel Knights 20th #3
3. Miles Morales Spider-Man #1
4. Batman Annual #3
5. Klaus and the Crying Snowman
6. Hardcore #1
7. Superior Spider-Man #1
8. X-Force #1

Comics I Read This Month (491+43=534):

• American Carnage #2
• Batman Annual #3
• Black Hammer Cthu-Louise
• Champions #27
• Champions Annual #1
• Doctor Strange #9
• Domino #9
• Exorsisters #3
• Extermination #5
• Fantastic Four #5
• Fantastic Four Wedding Special #1
• Firefly #2
• Freedom Fighters #1
• Green Lantern #2
• Hardcore #1
• Hawkman #7
• Immortal Hulk #10
• Killmonger #1-2
• Klaus and the Crying Snowman
• Livewire #1
• Magic the Gathering Chandra #1
• Marvel Acton Avengers #1
• Marvel Knights 20th #3-4
• Miles Morales Spider-Man #1
• Outer Darkness #2
• Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #313
• Prodigy #1
• Punisher #5
• Rolled & Told #4
• Runaways #16
• Shazam! #1
• Skyward #9
• Spider-Geddon #5
• Spider-Girls #3
• Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #3
• Star Trek TNG Terra Incognita #5
• Superior Spider-Man #1
• The Quantum Age #5
• Winter Soldier #1
• X-Force #1
• X-Men Red #11

TV I Watched This Month:

• Black Mirror "Bandersnatch"
• Elseworlds 3-Parter
• Nightflyers "All That We Left Behind" "Torches and Pitchforks"
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Season 2"
• Stan Against Evil "Seasons 1-2"
• Star Trek Discovery "Calypso" "The Brightest Star"
• The Good Place "Janet(s)"
• Timeless "Hollywoodland" "The Salem Witch Hunt" "The Kennedy Curse" "The King of the Delta Blues" "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" "The Day Reagan Was Shot" "The General/Chinatown" "The Miracle of Christmas"
• Titans "Titans"
• Top Chef "The Fastest Two Minutes in Cooking" "Bourbon, Barrels, and Burgoo"
• Travelers "Season 3"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. The Good Place
2. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
3. Star Trek Discovery
4. Elseworlds
5. Timeless
6. Black Mirror
7. Titans
8. Top Chef
9. Travelers
10. Stan Against Evil

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Hateful Eight
• Ant-Man and Wasp
• Anna and the Apocalypse
• Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (x3)
• Elf
• Mission Impossible Fallout

Places I Ate This Month (16+254=270):

• Panera
• Kura Revolving Sushi
• Wendy's (x2)
• Jim's
• Tumble 22
• Slab
• Easy Tiger
• Hopdoddy's
• Smoky Mo's
• Popeye's
• Fareground
• McDonald's
• Brewtorium
• Ramen Tatsu-Ya
• Vigilante

Best of 2018 - Food

Last year I ate out about 300 times. This year it was a little closer to 275.

I'm not qualified to be a food critic, but I did eat a lot of food and I do have opinions. So here are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year. My list of favorites is mostly down to how many times I went there, with a little fudging.

Favorites:

1. Snooze A.M.
2. Easy Tiger
3. Home Slice
4. Hopdoddy
5. Chuy's
6. Velvet Taco
7. Rolling Rooster
8. Kerbey Lane
9. New Fortune Chinese
10. Hoover's
11. Deckhand Oyster Bar
12. Jack Allen's Kitchen
13. Tumble 22
14. Kura Revolving Sushi
15. Fareground
16. H-Mart
17. Michi Ramen
18. Ng Cafe
19. Texas Roadhouse
20. Jim's

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch.

Lunch Favorites:

1. Torchy's Tacos
2. Culver's
3. McDonald's
4. Wendy's
5. Vera Cruz
6. Pei Wei
7. Taco Bell
8. Popeye's
9. Slab BBQ
10. Smokey Mo's
11. P. Terry's
12. Whataburger

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object.

Rare Treats:

1. Colleen's Southern Kitchen
2. Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
3. Loro
4. Peached Tortilla
5. Holy Roller
6. Hightower
7. Franklin BBQ
8. Estancia Churrascaria
9. Terry Black's BBQ
10. Babe's Chicken Dinner (Dallas)
11. Batch
12. Black Star Co-Op
13. Gus's Fried Chicken
14. Noble Sandwich
15. Thai Kun
16. Tyson's Tacos
17. Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ

Monthly Update - November 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (5+44=49)

1. Super Chill: A Year Of Living Anxiously
2. Banana Sundays
3. Detective Comics Vol 3 HC
4. Doctor Strange Vol 2 HC
5. Rat Queens Vol 2 HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (33+40=73)

• Dice Chase
• Catch the Moon
• Impact: Battle of the Elements
• Shadows Amsterdam
• The Big Score
• Unearth
• Pikoko
• Pioneer Days
• Holding On... The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr
• Welcome To...
• War Chest
• Nyctophobia
• The Faceless
• The Table is Lava
• Mesozoic
• Pandemic Fall of Rome
• Western Legends
• Detective - A Modern Crime Board Game
• Neon Gods
• Guardians
• Fortune
• Fake Artist Goes to New York
• Blackout Hong Kong
• Dice Settlers
• Gizmos
• Ganymede
• Bohnanza
• Monster Crunch
• Jungle Smarts
• Plums
• Memoarrr!
• Dungeon Mayhem
• Hoyuk
• Rattus
• Eminent Domain

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Green Lantern #1
2. Marvel Knights 20th #1
3. Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man #312
4. The Quantum Age #4
5. Immortal Hulk #9
6. American Carnage #1
7. Marvel Two-in-One #12
8. Daredevil #612

Comics I Read This Month (440+51=491):

• American Carnage #1
• Bitter Root #1
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #7
• Bloodshot Rising #1
• Champions #26
• Daredevil #611-612
• Dead Rabbit #2
• Doctor Strange #7-8
• Domino #8
• Dr. Horrible One-Shot
• Exorsisters #2
• Fantastic Four #3-4
• Farmhand #5
• Firefly #1
• Green Lantern #1
• Hawkman #6
• Immortal Hulk #8-9
• Jook Joint #2
• Marvel Action Spider-Man #1
• Marvel Knights 20th #1-2
• Marvel Two-in-One #12
• Ms. Marvel #36
• Murder Falcon #2
• Outer Darkness #1
• Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #312
• Punisher #4
• Return of Wolverine #3
• Rolled and Told #3
• Runaways #15
• Skyward #8
• Spider-Force #2
• Spider-Geddon #3-4
• Spider-Girls #2
• Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #2
• Star Trek vs. Transformers #2
• Star Wars Han Solo Imperial Cadet #1
• The Quantum Age #4
• The Terrible Elisabeth Dunn Against the Devils in Suits
• The Unstoppable Wasp #2
• Tony Stark Iron Man #6
• Uncanny X-Men #1
• Vault of Spiders #2
• William Gibson's Alien 3 #1
• Wonder Woman #58
• X-Men Red #10

TV I Watched This Month:

• Bodyguard "Season 1"
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "I'm On My Own Path" "I'm Making Up For Lost Time" "I See You"
• Homecoming "Season 1"
• Insecure "High-Like" "Ready-Like" "Obsessed-Like" "Ghost-Like"
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Does A Clip Show" "Charlie's Home Alone" "The Gang Wins the Big Game"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "November 4, 2018" "November 11, 2018" "November 18, 2018"
• Little Drummer Girl
• Parks & Rec "Seasons 5-7"
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj "Affirmative Action" "Saudi Arabia" "Amazon" "Oil"
• Stan Against Evil "Season 1"
• Tell Me A Story "Hope"
• The Deuce "The Feminism Part" "Nobody Has To Get Hurt" "Inside the Pretend"
• The Good Place "The Worst Possible Use of Free Will" "Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. The Good Place
2. Insecure
3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
4. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
6. Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
7. Little Drummer Girl
8. Homecoming
9. The Deuce
10. Bodyguard

Movies I Watched This Month:

• The Martian
• True Romance
• Fletch
• Fletch Lives
• Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
• Goodfellas
• Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Christmas Chronicles
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Scrooged
• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Game Night

Places I Ate This Month (16+238=254):

• Babe's Fried Chicken (Dallas)
• Bush's Chicken
• Corner Bakery (x2)
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• Doc's Motorworks 38th
• H-Mart
• HomeSlice
• Hopdoddy's
• Jim's
• McDonald's
• Outback Steakhouse
• PizzaRev
• Snooze A.M.
• Texican Cafe
• Velvet Taco

Monthly Update - October 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (7+37=44)

1. Wonder Woman Earth One Vol 1 HC
2. Wonder Woman Earth One Vol 2 HC
3. Me the People HC
4. My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies HC
5. 52 Omnibus HC
6. Junji Ito's Frankenstein HC
7. Absolute Kingdom Come HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (2+38=40)

• Scythe
• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• The Captain is Dead
• Azul
• Loonacy
• Forbidden Desert
• Betrayal at Baldur's Gate
• Ravine

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Champions #25
2. Dead Rabbit #1
3. Domino #7
4. Spider-Geddon #1
5. Unstoppable Wasp #1
6. Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #311
7. Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1
8. X-Men Red #9
9. Daredevil #610
10. Tony Stark Iron Man #5

Comics I Read This Month (46+394=440):

• Amazing Spider-Man #7
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #6
• Champions #25
• Crowded #3
• Daredevil #609-610
• Dead Rabbit #1
• Doctor Strange #6
• Domino #7
• Extermination #4
• Faith Dreamside #2
• Farmhand #4
• Flavor #6
• Green Lantern Huckleberry Hound #1
• Hawkman #5
• Immortal Hulk #7
• Jook Joint #1
• Mars Attacks! #1
• Marvel Two-in-One #11
• Ms. Marvel #35
• Murder Falcon #1
• Outpost Zero #4
• Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #311
• Punisher #3
• Rat Queens #12
• Rolled and Told #2
• Runaways #14
• Shatterstar #1
• Skyward #7
• Spider-Force #1
• Spider-Geddon #1-2
• Spider-Girls #1
• Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1
• Star Trek TNG Terra Incognita #4
• Star Wars Adventures Tales from Vader's Castle #1
• Superior Octopus #1
• The Quantum Age #3
• The Weather Man #5
• Tony Stark Iron Man #4-5
• Unstoppable Wasp #1
• Vault of Spiders #1
• What If? Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man #1
• X-Men Black Mystique #1
• X-Men Red #9

TV I Watched This Month:

• All-American "Pilot"
• Better Call Saul "Wiedersehen" "Winner"
• Castle Rock "The Queen"
• Charmed "Pilot"
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina "Season 1"
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "I Want to Be Here"
• Doctor Who "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" "The Ghost Monument"
• Flash "Nora"
• Forever "Season 1"
• I Feel Bad "Pilot"
• Into the Dark "The Body"
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "Time's Up For the Gang" "The Gang Gets New Wheels" "The Gang Solves the Bathroom Problem"
• The Gifted "X-Roads" "eMergence"
• Haunting of Hill House "Season 1"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "September 30, 2018" "October 14, 2018"
• Light as a Feather, Stiff As A Board "...Stiff As A Board" "...Pretty As A Picture" "...Dead As a Doornail"
• Manifest "Pilot" "Re-Entry"
• Mr. In-Between "The Pee Pee Guy"
• Parks & Rec "Season 4"
• Rel "Pilot"
• Single Parents "Pilot"
• Star Trek Discovery "Runaway"
• Star Wars Resistance "The Recruit" "Triple Dark" "Fuel for the Fire"
• The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell "Season One"
• The Deuce "What Big Ideas" "All You'll Be Eating is Cannibals"
• The Good Place "The Snowplow" "Jeremy Bearimy" "The Ballad of Donkey Doug"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. The Good Place
2. Better Call Saul
3. The Haunting of Hill House
4. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
5. Star Trek Discovery
6. Doctor Who
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
9. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
10. The Deuce

Movies I Watched This Month:

• The Conjuring
• The Conjuring 2
• The Witch
• A Quiet Place
• Train to Busan
• The Void
• Creep
• The Night Comes For Us

Places I Ate This Month (20+218=238):

• Black Star Co-Op
• Bon Chan
• Easy Tiger (x2)
• Freebird's
• Kura Revolving Sushi
• McDonald's (x2)
• Michi Ramen
• Ng Cafe
• Peached Tortilla
• Popeye's
• Red Lobster
• Rudy's BBQ
• Slab BBQ
• Smokey Mo's
• Texas Roadhouse
• Vera Cruz
• Wendy's
• Wise Guys

Monthly Update - September 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (4+33=37)

1. Star Trek TNG Through the Mirror TP
2. Amazing Spider-Man Red Goblin HC
3. Open Earth 
4. Moon Knight by Lemire HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (4+34=38)

• Splendor
• Sagrada (x2)
• The Captain is Dead
• Star Realms
• Terraforming Mars
• Fog of Love
• Untold Adventures Await
• Who Goes There?

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Border Town #1
2. The Dead Hand #6
3. Hawkman #4
4. Crowded #2
5. Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
6. Captain America Annual #1
7. Spider-Geddon #0
8. Rolled & Told #1

Comics I Read This Month (60+334=394):

• Amazing Spider-Man #5-6
• Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
• Asgardians of the Galaxy #1
• Beasts of Burden #2
• Black Badge #2
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #5
• Border Town #1
• Captain America Annual #1
• Cemetery Beach #1
• Champions #24
• Charlie's Angels #4
• Cold Spots #2
• Crowded #2
• Daredevil #608
• Dick Tracy #1
• Doctor Strange #5
• Domino #6
• Domino Annual #1
• Edge of Spider-Geddon #3-4
• Extermination #3
• Faith Dreamside #1
• Fantastic Four #2
• Farmhand #3
• Flavor #5
• Harbinger Wars 2 Aftermath
• Hawkman #4
• Immortal Hulk #5-6
• Infinity Warps Iron Hammer #1
• Infinity Warps Soldier Supreme #1
• Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe #3
• Journey Into Mystery The Birth of Krakoa #1
• Low Road West #1
• Man-Eaters #1
• Marvel Two in One #10
• Moth & Whisper #1
• Ms. Marvel #34
• Outpost Zero #3
• Punisher #2
• Rat Queens #11
• Return of Wolverine #1
• Rolled & Told #1
• Runaways #13
• Skyward #6
• Spider-Geddon #0
• Star Trek The Next Generation Terra Incognita #3
• Star Trek vs. Transformers #1
• Stranger Things #1
• The Dead Hand #6
• The Weather Man #4
• Venom First Host #2-5
• X-23 #4
• X-Men #35
• X-Men Gold #36
• X-Men Red #8

TV I Watched This Month:

• American Vandal "Season 2"
• Atypical "Season 2"
• Better Call Saul "Quite A Ride" "Pinata" "Something Stupid" "Coushatta"
• Bojack Horseman "Season 5"
• Hilda "Season 1"
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again" "The Gang Escapes" "The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot"
• Jack Ryan "Season 1"
• Kidding "Green Means Go" "Pusillanimous" "Every Pain Needs A Name" "Bye, Mom"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "September 9, 2018"
• Maniac "Season 1"
• Marvel's Iron Fist "The Fury of Iron Fist"
• Ozark "Reparations" "The Precious Blood of Jesus" "Once A Langmore..." "Stag" "Game Day"
• Parks & Rec "Season 4"
• The Deuce "Our Raison d'Etre" "There's An Art to This" "Seven-Fifty"
• The Dragon Prince "Book One: Moon"
• The First "Separation" "What's Needed" "Cycles" "Where Life Is"
• The Good Place "Everything is Bonzer!" "The Brainy Bunch"
• Trial & Error "A Family Affair" "Bad Instincts" "A Big Break" "Barcelona"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. The Good Place
2. Better Call Saul
3. Atypical
4. Maniac
5. Trial & Error
6. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
7. Jack Ryan
8. Bojack Horseman
9. The Deuce
10. Kidding

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Solo A Star Wars Story

Places I Ate This Month (25+193=218):

• Black Star Co-Op
• Chi'lantro
• Chuy's
• Culver's (x2)
• Easy Tiger
• Freebird's
• Holy Roller
• HomeSlice Pizza
• McDonald's
• Mod Pizza
• Ng Cafe (x2)
• Pei Wei
• Popeye's
• Shake Shack
• Slab BBQ
• Snooze A.M.
• Taco Bell
• Torchy's (x2)
• Valentina's
• Vera Cruz
• Wendy's (x2)

Monthly Update - August 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (3+30=33)

1. Astro City Lost Melody HC
2. Lil Donnie HC
3. Sugar Vol 1 TP

Play 15 New Boardgames (2+32=34)

• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• Dice Forge
• Unearth
• Sagrada
• Warhammer Fantasy Quest
• Star Trek Catan

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Black Hammer The Quantum Age #1
2. Immortal Hulk #4
3. Charlie's Angels #3
4. Domino #5
5. Edge of Spider-Geddon #1
6. Extermination #1
7. Beasts of Burden Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1
8. Black Hammer Age of Doom #4
9. Hunt for Wolverine Dead Ends #1
10. Extermination #2

Comics I Read This Month (49+285=334):

• Amazing Spider-Man #3-4
• Astonishing X-Men Annual #1
• Beasts of Burden Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1
• Black Badge #1
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #4
• Black Hammer The Quantum Age #1
• Champions #23
• Charlie's Angels #3
• Cold Spots #1
• Crowded #1
• D&D Evil at Baldur's Gate #4-5
• Daredevil #606-607
• Die! Die! Die! #2
• Doctor Strange #4
• Domino #5
• Edge of Spider-Geddon #1
• Extermination #1-2
• Fantastic Four #1
• Farmhand #2
• Flavor #4
• Harbinger Wars 2 #4
• Hawkman #3
• Hunt for Wolverine Dead Ends #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Weapon Lost #4
• Immortal Hulk #4
• Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe #2
• Lex Luthor/Porky Pig #1
• Magic Order #3
• Marvel Two in One #9
• Ninja-K #10
• Outpost Zero #2
• Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1
• Star Trek TNG Terra Incognita #2
• Star Wars Beckett #1
• The Dead Hand #5
• The Terminator Sector War #1
• The Weather Man #3
• Tony Stark Iron Man #3
• Venom First Host #1
• Web of Venom: Ve'nam #1
• X-23 #3
• X-Men Gold #33-34
• X-Men Gold Annual #2
• X-Men Red #7

TV I Watched This Month:

• Ballers "Rough Ride"
• Better Call Saul "Smoke" "Something Beautiful" "Talk"
• Castle Rock "The Box" "Filter"
• Casual "Season Four"
• Disenchanted "Season One"
• Insecure "Better-Like" "Familiar-Like" "Backwards-Like" "Fresh-Like"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "August 12, 2018" "August 19, 2018"
• Lodge 49 "As Above, So Below"
• Making It "Meet Your Makers"
• Parks & Rec "Seasons 2-3"
• Sharp Objects "Season 1"
• Trial & Error "A Change in the Team" "New Case, Old Murder"
• Venture Brothers "Season 2"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Better Call Saul
2. Castle Rock
3. Insecure
4. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
5. Casual
6. Trial & Error
7. Sharp Objects
8. Lodge 49
9. Making It
10. Ballers

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Avengers Infinity War
• Crazy Rich Asians
• Black KKKlansman
• Ocean's 8

Places I Ate This Month (17+176=193):

• Culver's
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• East Side King
• Easy Tiger (x2)
• Hopdoddy's
• Kemuri Tatsu-Ya
• Kerbey Lane
• McDonald's (x2)
• Mod Pizza
• Shake Shack
• Shanghai Chinese
• Taco Bell
• Velvet Taco
• Vera Cruz
• Wendy's

Monthly Update - July 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (6+24=30)

1. Usagi Yojimbo Vol 32
2. Nailbiter Vol 2 HC
3. Eight Million Ways to Die HC
4. Herc TP
5. Thunderbolts by Warren Ellis & Mike Deodato
6. Divinity Complete Trilogy HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (1+31=32)

• Alien Frontiers
• Space Base
• Batman Fluxx
• Sagrada (x2)
• Stop Thief!
• Die in Space
• DC DBG New Gods

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Immortal Hulk #2
2. Black Hammer: The Quantum Age #1
3. She Could Fly #1
4. X-23 #1
5. Tony Stark Iron Man #2
6. Rat Queens: Neon Static Special
7. Charlie's Angels #2
8. Amazing Spider-Man #2

Comics I Read This Month (47+238=285):

• Amazing Spider-Man #1-2
• Analog #4
• Black Hammer: The Quantum Age #1
• Champions #22
• Charlie's Angels #2
• D&D Evil at Baldur's Gate #2-3
• Daredevil #605
• Die! Die! Die! #1
• Doctor Strange #3
• Domino #4
• Farmhand #1
• Flavor #3
• Gregory Graves: Interview with a Supervillain #1
• Harbinger Wars 2 #3
• Hawkman #2
• Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer #3
• Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #3
• Immortal Hulk #2-3
• Incredibles 2 #1
• Infinity Countdown Champions #2
• Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe #1
• Marvel Two-in-One #8
• Mr. & Mrs. X #1
• Ms. Marvel #32
• Ninja-K #9
• Outpost Zero #1
• Punisher #227-228
• Rat Queens #10
• Rat Queens: Neon Static Special
• Runaways #11
• She Could Fly #1
• Skyward #4
• Star Trek Next Generation Terra Incognita #1
• Starcraft Scavengers #1
• The Magic Order #2
• The Weather Man #2
• Tony Stark Iron Man #2
• Voltron Legendary Defender Vol 3 #1
• X-23 #1-2
• X-Men Gold #31-32
• X-Men Red #6

TV I Watched This Month:

• 30 Rock "Seasons 4-7"
• Castle Rock "Severance" "Habeas Corpus" "Local Color"
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee "Season Five"
• G.L.O.W. "Season 2"
• Killing Eve "Season One"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "July 1, 2018" "July 29, 2018"
• Orange is the New Black "Season 6"
• Parks & Rec "Season 1"
• Trial & Error "The Suitcase" "The Timeline" "The Murder Clock" "A Hole in the Case"
• Venture Brothers "Seasons 1-2"
• Who Is America "Episode 1"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Castle Rock
2. G.L.O.W.
3. Trial & Error
4. Killing Eve
5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Movies I Watched This Month:

• It
• Sorry to Bother You
• Ant-Man and Wasp
• The First Purge
• True Romance
• Ready Player One
• Mission Impossible Fallout

Places I Ate This Month (25+151=176):

• Black's
• Chuy's
• Culver's (x2)
• Easy Tiger
• El Chilito
• Home Slice
• Hoodie's Subs
• Jack Allen's Kitchen
• Lucy's Fried Chicken
• McDonald's
• New Fortune Chinese
• Opal Divine's
• Pei Wei
• Popeye's
• Potbelly Sandwiches
• Rolling Rooster
• Rudy's BBQ
• Short Stop
• Texas Roadhouse
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tumble 22
• Vera Cruz (x2)
• Wendy's

Monthly Update - June 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (4+20=24)

1. Incredibles 2: Heroes At Home
2. Demon Vol 1: Hell's Hitman
3. Ms. Marvel Vol 4 HC
4. Silence

Play 15 New Boardgames (9+31=31)

• Pandemic Legacy Season 2

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Dazzler: X-Song #1
2. Captain America #703
3. The Magic Order #1
4. The Weatherman #1
5. X-Men Gold #30
6. Tony Stark Iron Man #1
7. Ms. Marvel #31
8. Charlie's Angels #1

Comics I Read This Month (49+189=238):

• A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
• Amazing Spider-Man #801
• Analog #2
• Ant-Man and the Wasp #1
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #3
• Captain America #703-704
• Champions #21
• Charlie's Angels #1
• Daredevil #604
• Dazzler: X-Song #1
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #4
• Doctor Strange #1-2
• Domino #3
• Flavor #2
• Harbinger Wars II #2
• Hawkman #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Adamantium Agenda #2
• Hunt for Wolverine Claws of a Killer #2
• Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #2
• Infinity Countdown Black Widow #1
• Infinity Countdown Champions #1
• Infinity Countdown Darkhawk #2-3
• Kill or Be Killed #20
• Mage The Hero Denied #9
• Marvel Rising: Alpha #1
• Marvel Two in One #7
• Marvel Two in One Annual #1
• Ms. Marvel #31
• Multiple Man #1
• Ninja-K #8
• Plastic Man #1
• Punisher #226
• Shanghai Red #1
• Skyward #3
• Teen Titans Special #1
• The Dead Hand #3
• The Immortal Hulk #1
• The Magic Order #1
• The Weatherman #1
• Titans Special #1
• Tony Stark Iron Man #1
• Venom #2-3
• X-Men Gold #29-30
• X-Men Red #5

TV I Watched This Month:

• 30 Rock "Season 3"
• Cloak & Dagger "First Light" "Suicide Sprints" "Stained Glass" "Call and Response"
• Evil Genius "Season One"
• Impulse "Season One"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "June 3, 2018" "June 10, 2018" "June 17, 2018" "June 24, 2018"
• Legion "Season Two"
• Luke Cage "Season Two"
• Sense 8 "Amor Vincit Omnia"
• Succession "Celebration"
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Season Four"
• Westworld "Les Ecorches" "Kiksuya" "Vanishing Point" "The Passenger"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Westworld
2. Sense 8
3. Legion
4. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
6. Evil Genius
7. Cloak & Dagger
8. Luke Cage
9. Impulse

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Charlie's Angels
• Coherence
• Incredibles 2
• Island of Dogs
• Mamma Mia!
• Ocean's 8
• Pacific Rim Uprising
• Upgrade
• War for the Planet of the Apes

Places I Ate This Month (24+127=151):

• Batch
• Chuy's
• Culver's
• Easy Tiger
• Fareground (Dai Due)
• Fareground (Easy Tiger)
• Fareground (Henbit)
• Gus's Fried Chicken (x2)
• HomeSlice
• Hoover's
• Hopdoddys (x2)
• Kerbey Lane
• McDonald's
• Michi Ramen
• Panda Express
• Snooze A.M.
• Tam Deli
• Terry Black's BBQ
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tumble 22
• Vera Cruz
• Whataburger

Monthly Update - May 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (2+18=20)

1. Detective Comics Vol 2 HC
2. Wahoo Morris Vols 1-2 

Play 15 New Boardgames (20+11=31)

• Space Base
• Rick and Morty Close Encounters of the Rick-Kind
• Stroop
• Outpost Siberia
• Istanbul Dice Game
• Flow of History
• The Expanse Boardgame
• Saturn
• Thanos Rising
• Sentient
• Unlock! Tonipal's Treasure
• Captain Wackelpudding
• Tamamool (Wolf and Hound)
• Skyward
• Shaky Manor
• Stop Thief!
• Fear
• Master Thief
• Fae
• Terrifying Girl Disorder
• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• Azul
• Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
• Splendor
• Sagrada
• Fuse
• Codenames Duet

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Hunt for Wolverine Weapon Lost #1
2. Star Trek TNG Through the Mirror #1
3. Venom #1
4. Domino #2
5. Flavor #1
6. All New Wolverine #35
7. Black Hammer Age of Doom #2
8. Champions #20
9. Star Wars Lando Double or Nothing #1
10. Amazing Spider-Man #800

Comics I Read This Month (47+142=189):

• All New Wolverine #35
• Amazing Spider-Man #800
• Analog #2
• Aquaman/Jabberjaw #1
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #2
• Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey #1
• Black Panther #1
• Captain America #701-702
• Champions #20
• Daredevil #602-603
• Dead Hand #2
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #3
• Domino #2
• Flavor #1
• Harbinger Wars 2 #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Adamantium Agenda #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Claws of Killer #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Mystery in Madripoor #1
• Hunt for Wolverine Weapon Lost #1
• Infinity Countdown Captain Marvel #1
• Infinity Countdown Darkhawk #1
• Kill or Be Killed #19
• Man of Steel #1
• Marvel Two in One #6
• Ms. Marvel #30
• Ninja-k #7
• Punisher #224-225
• Rat Queens #9
• Runaways #9
• Skyward #2
• Star Trek TNG Through the Mirror #1-5
• Star Wars Lando Double or Nothing #1
• Super Sons/Dynomutt #1
• The Last Siege #1
• Venom #1
• X-Men Gold #27-28
• X-Men Red Annual #1
• X-men Red #4
• X-men Wedding Special #1

TV I Watched This Month:

• 30 Rock "Seasons 1-2"
• A.P. Bio "Walleye" "Drenching Dallas"
• Atlanta "Teddy Perkins" "Champagne Papi" "Woods" "North of the Border" "FUBU" "Crabs in a Barrel"
• Barry "Listen With Your Ears, React With Your Eyes" "Loud, Fast, and Keep Going"
• The Break with Michelle Wolf "Strong Female Lead"
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Bachelor/ette Party" "Show Me Going" "White Whale" "Jake & Amy"
• Cobra Kai "Season One"
• Dear White People "Season Two"
• The Handmaid's Tale "June" "Unwomen" "Baggage"
• Hard Sun "Episodes 3-6"
• iZombie "My Fair Zombie Lady" "Don't Hate the Player, Hate The Brain" "Chivalry is Dead" "Mac-Liv-More" "Yipee Ki Brain, Motherscratcher" "Insane in the Germ Brain" "You've Got to Hide Your Liv Away"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "May 6, 2018" "May 13, 2018" "May 20, 2018"
• Silicon Valley "Artificial Emotional Intelligence" "Initial Coin Offering" "Fifty-One Percent"
• Trust "The House of Getty" "Lone Star"
• Westworld "Virtu e Fortuna" "The Riddle of the Sphinx" "Akane No Mai" "Phase Space"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Westworld
2. Atlanta
3. The Handmaid's Tale
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Cobra Kai
6. Dear White People
7. Barry
8. Silicon Valley
9. iZombie
10. A.P. Bio

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Avengers Infinity War
• Black Panther
• Deadpool 2
• Solo: A Star Wars Story

Places I Ate This Month (19+98=127):

• Babe's Chicken Dinner (Dallas)
• Brooklyn Pie Company
• Buca di Beppo
• Culver's
• Hoover's
• JT Youngblood's
• Jim's Restaurant
• Kura Revolving Sushi
• Loro
• Noble Sandwich
• P. Terry's
• Taco Bell
• Texas Roadhouse
• Thai Kun
• The Spot (Galveston)
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tyson's Tacos
• Vera Cruz
• Wendy's

Monthly Update - April 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (2+16=18)

1. Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Vol 1 TP
2. The Complete Luther Strode HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (0+11=11)

• Fuse
• Photosythesis
• Dice Throne
• Unearth
• Codenames Duet

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Analog #1
2. All-New Wolverine #33
3. Domino #1
4. The Dead Hand #1
5. X-Men Gold #26
6. Black Hammer Age of Doom #1
7. Hunt for Wolverine #1
8. All-New Wolverine #34

Comics I Read This Month (30+112=142):

• All-New Wolverine #33-34
• Amazing Spider-Man #798-799
• Analog #1
• Black Hammer Age of Doom #1
• Captain America #700
• Champions #19
• D&D Evil at Baldur's Gate #1
• Daredevil #601
• Doctor Star & Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #2
• Doctor Strange #388-389
• Doctor Strange Damnation #4
• Domino #1
• Hunt for Wolverine #1
• Kill or Be Killed #18
• Marvel Two in One #5
• Ninja-K #6
• Punisher #223
• Quantum & Woody #5
• Runaways #8
• Shadowman #2
• Skyward #1
• Star Wars Thrawn #3
• Tales of Suspense #104
• The Dead Hand #1
• X-Men Gold #25-26
• X-Men Red #3

TV I Watched This Month:

• Alex, Inc. "The Unfair Advantage" "The Wax Museum"
• A.P. Bio "We Don't Party" "Rosemary's Boyfriend" "Durbin Crashes" "Eight Pigs and a Rat"
• Atlanta "Helen" "Barbershop"
• Barry "Use It" "Make the Unsafe Choice" "Commit... to YOU" "Do Your Job"
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Box" "The Puzzle Master" "Nutriboom" "DFW" "Gray Star Mutual"
• Counterpart "No Man's Land, Parts 1 & 2"
• The Crossing "Pilot" "A Shadow Out of Time"
• Good Girls "Atom Bomb"
• Hard Sun "Episodes 1-2"
• iZombie "Goonstruck"
• Killing Eve "Pilot"
• Krypton "Pilot"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "April 1, 2018" "April 8, 2018" "April 15, 2018" "April 22, 2018"
• Legion "Chapter 9"
• The Looming Tower "Y2K" "Boys at War" "The General" "A Very Special Relationship" "Tuesday" "9/11"
• Lost in Space "Season One"
• The Mick "The Graduate"
• A Series of Unfortunate Events "Season 2"
• Silicon Valley "Reorientation" "Chief Operating Officer" "Tech Evangelist" "Facial Recognition"
• Splitting Up Together "Pilot" "Devil May Care"
• Westworld "Journey into Night" "Reunion"
• Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas "Episodes 1-2"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Westworld
2. Atlanta
3. Legion
4. iZombie
5. Silicon Valley
6. Barry
7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8. The Mick
9. The Looming Tower
10. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Baby Driver
• Pacific Rim Uprising
• Kingsman The Golden Circle
• A Quiet Place
• Get Out
• Avengers Infinity War (x2)

Places I Ate This Month (23+75=98):

• Culver's
• Frank
• Franklin BBQ
• Happy Chick
• Homeslice
• Hoover's
• Jack Allen's Kitchen
• JT Youngblood's
• New Fortune Chinese
• P. Terry's
• Panda Express
• Snooze A.M. (x2)
• Taco Bell
• Tarka
• Texican Cafe
• Thai Kun
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tyson's Tacos
• Tumble 22
• Wendy's
• Whataburger
• Wienerschnitzel

Monthly Update - March 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (4+12=16)

1. Batman and the Outsiders Vol 2 HC
2. Harbinger Wars HC
3. Motor Girl HC
4. Ninjak Vol 2 HC

Play 15 New Boardgames (2+9=11)

• Azul
• Photosynthesis
• Fuse
• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• Codenames Duet
• Dice Throne
• What Do You Meme?
• Zombie Dice

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. X-Men Red #1
2. Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Tomorrow #1
3. Doctor Strange #387
4. All-New Wolverine #31-32
5. Ms. Marvel #27-28
6. Runaways #7
7. Champions #18
8. Shadowman #1

Comics I Read This Month (37+75=112):

• All-New Wolverine #31-32
• Amazing Spider-Man #797
• Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #16
• Captain America #699
• Champions #17-18
• Damnation: Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider #1
• Daredevil #600
• Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Tomorrow #1
• Doctor Strange #386-387
• Doctor Strange Damnation #2-3
• Doomsday Clock #4
• Gideon Falls #1
• Infinity Countdown #1
• Kill or Be Killed #17
• Mage The Hero Denied #7
• Marvel Two-in-One #4
• Ms. Marvel #27-28
• Ninja-K #5
• Old Man Hawkeye #3
• Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones #1
• Qaantum & Woody #4
• Rat Queens #8
• Runaways #7
• Shadowman #1
• Star Wars Thrawn #2
• Tales of Suspense #103
• The Highest House #1
• Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #1
• Wild Storm #12
• X-Men Gold #23-24
• X-Men Red #2

TV I Watched This Month:

• A.P. Bio "Overachieving Virgins" "Dating Toledoans" "Freakin' Enamoured" "Selling Out"
• Atlanta "Alligator Man" "Sportin' Waves" "Money Bag Shawty"
• Barry "Make Your Mark"
• Black Lightning "Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder" "Equinox: The Book of Fate" "Revelations"
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Safe House" "The Negotiation"
• Counterpart "The Lost Art of Diplomacy" "Both Sides Now" "Shaking the Tree" "Act Like You've Been Here Before" "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" "Love the Lie"
• Crashing "Roast Battle"
• Good Girls "Pilot" "Mo Money Mo Problems" "Borderline"
• iZombie "Blue Bloody" "Brainless in Seattle, Part 1" "Brainless in Seattle, Part 2"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "March 4, 2018" "March 11, 2018"
• The Looming Tower "Mistakes Were Made" "Mercury"
• Love "Season Three"
• The Mick "The Church" "The Juice" "The Accident" "The Night Off" "The Car" "The Dance"
• Queer Eye "You Can't Fix Ugly" "Saving Sasquatch"
• Rise "Pilot"
• Santa Clarita Diet "Season 2"
• Silicon Valley "Grow Fast or Die Slow"
• Timeless "The War to End All Wars" "Darlington 500"
• Top Chef "Episode Thirteen"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. Atlanta
2. iZombie
3. Santa Clarita Diet
4. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
5. Love
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
7. Silicon Valley
8. Barry
9. Counterpart
10. Good Girls

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Annihilation
• Avengers
• Baby Driver
• Isle of Dogs
• Mute
• Pitch Perfect 3
• Star Wars The Last Jedi
• The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Places I Ate This Month (25+50=75):

• Batch
• Colleen's Southern Kitchen
• Culver's (x2)
• El Chilito
• Hoody's Subs
• Hopdoddy
• Kerbey Lane (x2)
• Kura Revolving Sushi
• Mimi's Cafe
• New Fortune Chinese
• P. Terry's
• Pei Wei (x2)
• Popeye's
• Rolling Rooster
• Smashburger
• Smoky Mo's BBQ
• Snooze A.M.
• Torchy's Tacos (x2)
• Velvet Taco
• Wendy's
• Wingstop

Monthly Update - February 2018

Read 60 Graphic Novels (5+7=12)

1. Thors TP
2. Voltron Vol 2 TP
3. Doctor Strange Vol 1 HC
4. Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol 3 HC
5. Star Trek TNG Mirror Broken TP

Play 15 New Boardgames (6+3=9)

• What Do You Meme?
• Unlock! House on the Hill, The Nautilus, The Formula
• When I Dream
• Topiary
• Dice Throne
• Who Do We Eat?
• Cards Against Humanity
• Pandemic Legacy Season 2
• Hero Realms (Dragon Boss Deck)
• Jaipur
• Star Realms
• Pandemic
• Scythe

My Picks of the Week For This Month:

1. Armstrong and the Vault of Spirits
2. X-Men Red #1
3. Ninja-K #4
4. Star Wars Thrawn #1
5. Doctor Strange Damnation #1
6. Quantum & Woody #3

Comics I Read This Month (31+44=75):

• Amazing Spider-Man #795-796
• Armstrong and the Vault of Spirits #1
• Avengers #679
• Captain America #698
• Daredevil #598-599
• Doctor Strange #385
• Doctor Strange Damnation #1
• Hawkeye #15
• Infinity Countdown Prime #1
• James Bond 007 M One-Shot
• Kill or Be Killed #16
• Luke Cage #170
• Maestros #5
• Mage The Hero Denied #6
• Marvel Two-in-One #3
• Mother Panic/Batman #1
• New Super Man #20
• Ninja-K #4
• Old Man Hawkeye #2
• Pacific Rim Aftermath #2
• Punisher #221
• Quantum & Woody #3
• Rogue & Gambit #2
• Runaways #6
• Star Wars Thrawn #1
• Tales of Suspense #102
• X-Men Gold #21-22
• X-Men Red #1

TV I Watched This Month:

• 2 Dope Queens "New York"
• The Alienist "Pilot"
• Altered Carbon "Season One"
• A.P. Bio "Pilot" "Teacher Jail" "Burning Miles"
• Black Lightning "LaWanda: The Book of Hope" "LaWanda: The Book of Resurrection" "Black Jesus" "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light"
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Bad Beat" "The Venue" "Two Turkeys" "Return to Skyfire" "99" "Game Night" "The Favor"
• Crashing "Porter Got HBO" "Too Good" "Artie" "NACA"
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "Oh Nathaniel, It's On!" "Nathaniel and I Are Just Friends" "Trent?!" "Nathaniel is Irrelevant"
• Everything Sucks "Season One"
• Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
• The Gifted "EXtraction"
• The Good Place "Somewhere Else"
• Here and Now "Eleven Eleven"
• iZombie "Are You Ready For Some Zombies?"
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "February 18, 2018" "February 25, 2018"
• The Looming Tower "Now It Begins..." "Losing My Religion"
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction "George Clooney"
• Star Trek Discovery "War Without, War Within" "Will You Take My Heart?"
• Top Chef "Episode Eight" "Episode Nine" "Episode Ten" "Episode Eleven"

Top Ten Shows This Month:

1. The Good Place
2. Star Trek Discovery
3. Altered Carbon
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
6. The Looming Tower
7. Crashing
8. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
10. Black Lightning

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Purge Election Year
• Black Panther (x3)
• Coco
• Thor Ragnarok
• The Box

Places I Ate This Month (23+27=50):

• Chuy's
• Crawfish Shack
• Culver's
• Firehouse Subs
• Freebird's
• Hopdoddy's
• Jim's
• New Fortune Chinese
• Noble Sandwich
• Pei Wei
• PizzaRev
• Red's Porch
• Rolling Rooster
• Snooze A.M. (x3)
• Sunday Bird (x2)
• Tam Deli
• Tarka
• Torchy's Tacos (x2)
• Velvet Taco
• Whataburger