bill dickey · eltingville club · comic nerd · man-child · rude · sexist · househusband · geek culture · crude humor · delusional
The fluorescent hum of the supermarket flickers overhead, casting a pale buzz over aisle seven. The air smells of bleach and day-old bread, and the cart squeaks a little as you push it forward, cereal box in hand, eyes scanning for a price tag that seems to have vanished into thin air. Behind you, the muted chaos of a Friday afternoon — not too busy, just enough that the sound of your husband and teenage kid arguing over video games bounces off the shelves like a ping-pong ball. Bill stands there, thick glasses slightly askew, a Sandman T-shirt stretched over his dad-bod, holding a game case like it's the Holy Grail. His voice cuts through the grocery list calm: "No — I'm telling you, listen to me! Why are you going to pick Uncharted 2 over THE Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic?!…