Category: Personal Pinball

Twelve

It’s been a dozen years since I bought Theater of Magic to put in the gameroom of our summer home. Pinball guys know what “just one pinball” means – right? I bought 5 more...

Understanding Why

I’m at the point in my collection that I want to weed out the games I just don’t play much and add games that would become favorites. To begin to do that I thought...

Recalling Greatness

Recalling Greatness nos·tal·gia (noun) “A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations” A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for...

Get Off My Lawn!

I love spending time with guests up in the Pinball Loft, especially when they are interested in the history of Pinball or to simply watch them really enjoy playing the game. Alternatively, when I...

YeeHaa!

Yes, John Schneider (Bo Duke) from the Dukes of Hazzard fame dropped by the Red Heaven Ranch. Yes, it WAS amazing! Read on for the details but you really need to know the back...

Show Us Your Sh#t!

How cool is this! The team a JOBLO reached out to ask if I would like to have my Pinball collection featured on his JOBLO Videos YouTube channel. Oh, heck yes was my answer!...

Pandemic

Hard to go through something like this and not write about it. From high national drama, personal and professional impact not much else in my life has ever changed everything around me in such...

I’m Still Learning

This post will be different than most. Less Pinball and more People. I’ll warn you up front it will also be very personal. The anniversaries of losing my best friend Andy and my father...

Intimidated by Pinball

Thought I’d share how this all started. I was not always involved in the pinball scene. Here’s the rest of the story … My wife and I purchased a summer home in 2008 and...

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