Today is my 38th birthday.

I'm already tired of people noting to me that I'm almost 40.

I'm older than Mero?!

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While brainstorming what to post on my 38th birthday, I realized that I forgot to celebrate Adam Riff™[dot com]'s 20th anniversary last month.

This website is the same age as Tyler Herro.

10 Sep 2000

From GeoCities via NetZero Dial-up to a VPS and S3 via Spectrum Internet Gig.

Adam Riff™'s archive is littered with <b> and <i> tags, dead and/or unidentifiable YouTube embeds, and missing Flash videos that I need to fix.

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For Adam Riff™'s 10th anniversary, I distilled a decade of Adam Riff™ into 22 links.

For Adam Riff™'s 15th anniversary, I added 11 more links to the 10th anniversary list.

For Adam Riff™'s 20th anniversary, I didn't think I could curate 11 good links from the past five years, but lo…

10 Sep 2000
Translating Southern United States English

09 Apr 2001
"I am pleased to announce the inception of Jonathan Yu's Wrestlepalooza, the granddaddy of imaginary sports entertainment events on the internet."

07 Nov 2001
"The following are the incomplete production notes for my take on a summer movie."

05 Apr 2002
"I gave The Rock a thumbs up."

17 May 2002
"I WATCHED STAR WARS WITH TWO HOBBITS, THE GUY WHO DISCOVERED THE FLAMING LIPS, AND NEIL FUCKING SCHWEIBER!!!!!1"

03 Aug 2002
"I went and bought a pre-packed quart of chocolate chip ice cream, ate some of it, inseminated the container and put it in the freezer."

10 Feb 2003
"Yeah, I assaulted a bum."

20 May 2003
"'Hey, um, I waited in line for Star Wars right next to you last year and I think it's pretty weird that it's mid-May again and we're both in Hollywood waiting in line for the same screening…again.'"

27 Jul 2003
"—Let's go to Montreal, said Jord."

05 Apr 2004
"Yes, I have a child."

01 Jun 2004
"On May 10, our class of 16 interviewed Al Pacino."

17 Dec 2004
Snowing Is Half the Battle

10 Mar 2005
"I noticed an increasing number of links to the Kidz Bop track."

08 Apr 2005
George Lucas' Sith City

18 May 2005
Senator Palpatine's Lonely Darth Command

19 Jul 2005
"Yes, my mother asked a professional fortune teller to assess my future."

15 Mar 2006
"Tyler Hansbrough and Beaker — separated at birth."

20 May 2006
Unemployman

05 Jul 2007
"On the ride home, the euphoria of the preceding days crashed spectacularly."

09 Feb 2009
The Dark Chef

28 Jun 2009
Memorable quotes for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on IMDb

30 Apr 2010
Size of Your Life

18 Jul 2011
"I believe that the best way to experience a city is to eat it."

25 Jul 2011
Thranksgiving

01 Aug 2011
Fantasy MLB Commissioner

10 Nov 2011
"Compton is Williamsburg."

19 Jul 2012
Breakfasting Bad

04 Sep 2012
"The centerpiece of the issue was gonna be a longread on my snoring, which I have decided to revive and serialize on Adam Riff™."
[I shared parts 2 through 4 in an unreleased episode of Backwash. #ReleaseTheSleepPod?]

19 Mar 2013
Couchella

29 May 2013
Let's cast an NHL coaches movie!

08 Oct 2014
"And Renton is Compton."

24 Dec 2014
Fight Scenes of the Year

26 May 2015
The Best Pictures: 2000-2014

25 May 2016
Knock-off Kanye West shirts

25 Jan 2017
"I've been brainstorming food items for the pub that Chris Castle and I plan to open in Seattle."

03 Aug 2017
Re-scored opening credits

12 Sep 2017
Sleep Well Beast

22 Mar 2018
Uber Eats some Applebee's

11 Jul 2018
Fish, Don't Kill My Vibe

21 Mar 2019
Discount Chemist

26 Jun 2019
"You know, I once slept with Jord."

18 Dec 2019
The 2019 Draft

31 Oct 2019
Eater's Digest: Toronto

22 May 2020
"Idea: A tongue-in-cheek awards show necrology for collateral damage of COVID-19."