Somewhere between the late-90s meta-explosions and modern psychological nightmares, the playbook went up in smoke.

Summer is officially winding down, and school is back in session! Even if you haven't stepped foot inside a classroom in years or don't have kids, that early September nostalgia is hard to shake. There is a distinct shift in the air: students prep for a fresh start, parents ready for a quiet house, and some of us get inexplicably hyped wandering down stationery aisles for 10-cent notebooks and cheap pen packs. Even if your daily routine only shifts by having to leave ten minu