Meme Monday: Father's Day Memes for 2026

This coming Sunday is Father's Day in the US, so I figured that sharing a few memes for Gamer Dads would be a good idea. (Maybe.)

Well, I'd like to think so. From Pinterest.

True story: I was supposed to watch my oldest when
she was a few months old and napping in her car
seat. So I took the car seat upstairs and began a game
of Sid Meier's Colonization (the original one). 
I ended up with a stiff neck because I kept twisting
it around every few seconds to see if she'd woken up.
From Meta PCs on X.

Sheesh. It's not that bad. After all, we're all gamers here.
From Bored Panda.

/snicker. From Reddit and Breaking Bad.

Okay, I laughed. From Reddit.

Then, of course, there's World of Warcraft.
From Reddit.

Meme Monday: Vacation Memes

Well, I'm not about to go on vacation, because I can now state what I've (not) been up to the past couple of weeks: Jury Duty.

I was selected as an alternate juror for our local county's Grand Jury. For those not familiar with the US Judicial System, Grand Jury is a jury composed of people who review evidence on felony cases presented by the Prosecutor's Office to determine if there's enough evidence to charge a person with a crime. This is not the actual criminal trial, that's held separately and with a separate jury; this is just a review process designed to make sure that there's enough evidence to even get to the trial part. 

As an alternate, after the swearing in, judicial instructions, and training (yes, there's training involved so we understand the process) I only had to show up if someone from the two seated Grand Juries was unable to attend due to illness or whatnot. As the person representing the Prosecutor's Office indicated, I or the other two alternates weren't likely to be called, but we were there in reserve. It could be worse, as I was already prepared to spend two weeks away from work and doing this instead, but that never materialized.

So, not a vacation, but because I had to set aside that time as a "just in case", that does affect my ability to take a vacation for the next month. (I love corporate policies. Yay me.)

What I can do, however, is post about some vacation memes.

"Hail to the night!" my ass. Actually, that does
bring up a question: if Night Elves prefer the night,
wouldn't they be more susceptible to sunburn on
the beach? For example, my son and I are really
pale and prone to sunburn, while my wife and the girls
aren't (relatively speaking). From X and Nicarao Gaming.

And what people do on vacation, because even your toons need a break from time to time.

Like fishing. From Muse Sings.

Again, lying around at the "beach".
From swordscomic.com.

Or maybe go camping. 
From Peanuts or Pretzels.

Then again, some people love to go visit the casino
and gamble their vacation away. From Gamblingnews.

But for a gamer, ganking is the real vacation.
From Ranker.

Well, okay. I'll grant you THIS is the
real gamer vacation. MMO players know this
one pretty well, judging by enough comments
and posts on forums and other social media.
From Gamerant's Instagram via mematic.

Meme Monday: Uplifting Memes

No, I haven't found religion, and no, I'm not going to start putting up oddly uncomfortable stuff around my house.

You know, this stuff. From Etsy, but 
probably from other places too.

Just stuff that sometimes makes you feel good about gaming or our geeky hobbies.

From Facebook's DnD Memes.

Sometimes it's nice to be reminded that people
are good. From Reddit.

I can get behind that. From Reddit.

Yeah, this too. From Reddit.

Oh well. Given that my (now) wife asked
me out first, I guess I haven't gotten that
courage up. From Boredpanda.

And seeing the late Burt Reynolds just made
me smile. From Facebook's Radio memes
and makeameme.org.

Meme Monday: Sickness Memes

You know that low grade cold I got from being at the Dayton Hamvention?

It's still with me, and it's really annoying me right now.

(No, I don't have Covid. Yes, I tested.)

So, in the dubious honor of having an early Summer cold, here's some memes...

I haven't had a cold of any sort since my little
hospital adventure in 2021. Alas, that has come
to an end. From Readers Digest of all places.

Yeah, I felt like that midweek.
From Pinterest.

Yeah, I feel this. From Memebase.

If replace "Web MD" with "Chat GPT" the
results would be the same. From Memebase.

The coughing stage took a long time to get here;
I should have been past that by now!
From The Mighty.

And if you start to feel any sort of better
to the point of playing video games...
From Chronius Care (but likely Someecards).

Meme Monday: Exhaustion Memes

This Meme Monday is what you get when you're wiped out after spending long hours on something. For me, it was Hamvention. And then work before that. 

But you get the idea.

I saw my eyes on Saturday morning, and they
looked like that. From Memebase.

Yeah, I feel ya. From Pinterest.

Yeah, right. From Cheezburger.

I notice that you don't see your MMO toons sleeping...
from Imgflip.

Yah, of COURSE you do, Jack.
From Boarding Group (and Imgflip).

Me too, Mr. Coffey. From Cheezburger.

Meme Monday: Mother's Day Memes for 2026

Sure, it's a day late, but Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Can't have an MMO-related blog without
the appearance of Alexstrasza, the Dragon Queen.
From Blizz's X page.

This is definitely NOT a Mother's Day meme,
but I found it amusing. From
Facebook's WoW page.

Obviously, somebody took the Battle for Azeroth
trailer and "Mother-ified" it...

...and this is where my fear of wire hangers
comes from. Thanks, Mommie Dearest...
From Mommie Dearest and No-Guilt Life.

Um, yeah. About that... From Pinterest.

Meme Monday: May the Fourth Memes

You knew this was coming, didn't you? Meme Monday falling on May 4th is just serving up an easy score...

Catholics would have as well until the early
2010s, when they changed it for something like
"and your spirit" or something like that.
From Lutheran Memes on Facebook.

And yes, I chose this one specifically because it
calls back to that old GEICO insurance commercial.
"Mike Mike Mike Mike... Guess what DAY it IS??"
Hope you enjoy the earworm. From No Guilt Disney.

Yes, yes it does. 
Alas, the original on Facebook Star Wars Memes is gone.

Only thing missing is Harry Potter. Or maybe
Red Dwarf. From Bertmanderson.

I guess "Cinnabons" was trademarked.
From Bertmanderson again.

As long as that chocolate milk isn't the full sugar
variety, thanks. From LinkedIn (of all places).

Meme Monday: Spring Cleaning Memes

Yes, I've been doing some Spring Cleaning. Well, among other things, but I'm sure you understand. And I do mean around the house, not cleaning out my pile of memes.

Yep. Sad to agree.
From Someecards via Pinterest.

I sometimes wonder if the squirrels in our
yard do spring cleaning too. From makeameme.

Yes indeed. All those brooms around Silvermoon,
just working their asses off. From Reddit.

The curse of being a reader. From bookbub.

Indeed. From Imgflip.

Just hedging my bets, that's all.
From Imgflip.

Meme Monday: Writer/Blogger Memes

After some work I've been doing for some upcoming posts, I figured I'd circle back to one of my favorite exercises in self-flagellation: writing.

Writing is kind of in my blood, because right now I'm actually doing that. I've been doing that on this blog since 2009, and I don't see me giving this up any time soon. I've been writing fiction off and on since high school --I was serious enough about it that I photocopied the submission info for Science Fiction and Fantasy magazines out of Writers' Market back in the 80s and 90s-- and the bug still has a hold of me. Today (Sunday), while I put this post together I went back to a story I'd been working on and tinkered with it a bit and tried to figure out the direction I wanted to take it, a rut that I need to simply just tell my inner critic to shut up and just write myself out of.

Anyway, here's a few writerly (and blogging) related memes...

Guilty! From Someecards.

Sorry about that; couldn't resist.
From bhargavkesavan.wordpress.com.

Yeah, been there. This past week, in fact.
From Bang To Write.

I keep thinking that my plot twists are so obvious
that a truck could drive through them. From Autocrit.

This is also me. From Instagram.

Well, that's not gonna happen. If my mom found
this blog, I'm pretty sure she'd think I was about
to be damned to the fiery pit of hell or something.
From SEOptimer.