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I Review Vintage Computers on YouTube

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 Jack MaverikTechnology and Gadgets

So before I started this blog, I would do sociological reviews of vintage computers on YouTube and I’ve had a lot of fun making them. The last few months however, Bachelor Uncle has been getting[…]

Samsung Is Weird, And That’s Good – Bachelor Uncle Brands

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Jack MaverikInterior Design

In olden times, TVs were extravagant purchases. People wanted them to look nice. So even when they were off, they looked like nice pieces of furniture. They had heavy metal knobs, beautiful cabinetry, and nice[…]

Bachelor Uncle Brands – Bang & Olufsen

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Jack MaverikInterior Design

Bang & Olufsen has to be run exclusively by Bachelor Uncles. Their designs are elegant and modern, but they are out there. Their obsession with glass, steel and wood fits in great with contemporary and[…]

Lester Gaba – Bachelor Uncle of the Week

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Jack MaverikLifestyle

Lester Gaba is nuts. But he’s my kind of nuts. Lester was a weird man. A profoundly strange man. But like a lot of strange men, he had very particular tastes and the gumption to[…]

Monoculture – The Crushing Death of Everything, Part 1

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Jack MaverikColor Theory

There is a lot of romanticism of the past. I wonder if it was just as hard to find unique and colorful pieces back then, but archival evidence says it’s not. In Sears catalogs and[…]

Fuck You. The Cybertruck Is Amazing. Fight me.

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Jack MaverikLifestyle

Look, not all of us grew up on a farm or fucking our sisters. Pickup trucks are incredibly useful vehicles but they come with huge connotations that I don’t subscribe to. I don’t like steak,[…]

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum – WTF Wednesday

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Jack MaverikTechnology and Gadgets

Arcades are a very Bachelor Uncle kind of place. The arcades of old were dark, dangerous little dens of inequity where 20 something scumbags ruled the roost. In my hometown we had an arcade in[…]

A Day of Nothing: A Bachelor Uncle Micro-Story

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Jack MaverikLifestyle

Todd’s Astro Van always needed a few minutes to warm up after a long shift at the video arcade. The engine roared to life like a tiger, but loped along like a narcoleptic three legged[…]

Larry Laffer – Bachelor Uncle of the Week

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Jack MaverikLifestyle

Larry Laffer is a scuzzball. No doubt about it. But he’s got what it takes to be a Bachelor Uncle. He’s definitely on his second act, trying to get his life back together. Is he[…]

Paul Alexander – Bachelor Uncle of the Week

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Jack MaverikLifestyle

Disney owns everything now. They own Marvel. They own Star Wars. They own the Muppets. Disney has everything and it kind of sucks. Science fiction used to be a fantastical place, full of wonder and[…]

Logan 5 – Bachelor Uncle of the Week

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 Jack MaverikColor Theory

Logan’s run is one of the most R-rated PG movies ever made. Nudity? CheckViolence? CheckDrugs? CheckCoked out Farrah Fawcett? Cheeeeeeeeck. Now, I know what you’re going to say “But Jack, Logan 5 is a Cop!”[…]

Computers.

August 26, 2019September 10, 2019 Jack MaverikTechnology and Gadgets

If I lived in Yugoslavia in the 1980’s you better believe I’d be subscribed to this magazine. This is everything I could ever hope for. I wish there was something similar in this day and[…]