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I hate the “Bubble Guppies” theme. Not because it’s bad, but because it’s so simple and infectious if I hear it once, it get stuck in my head all day. Now with Bubble Guppies: On The Job I am afraid I may have it stuck in my head all week. This DVD features 6 episodes…
We’re getting short changed with the latest “Dora The Explorer” DVD release. I don’t care how good the episodes are, but we are only getting 3 episodes. In the past when Nickelodeon and Paramount put out a 3 episode DVD, one of them would be a double-length episode. Not this time. Just over 60 minutes…
I am so frustrated with Amazon’s Instant Video service. It’s a great resource, in theory, but in practice, it’s an exercise in frustration. Particularly if you’re a member of Amazon Prime – a service I pay for. You expect, when you pay for something, to get a certain level of service. Granted, this is an…
The 1953 film Titanic stars a great deal of fantastic actors on a sinking ship. That’s a fantastic analogy for the film itself. Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Thelma Ritter, Richard Basehart and several other recognizable names and faces show up in this melodrama. At just over an hour and a half, the film…
Hit & Run takes a bit to get started. It promises to be a comedic road trip type of film, and part of it is. At its heart it’s a sort of romantic comedy with Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell in the leads. Supporting players include Tom Arnold, Kristen Chenoweth, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rosenbaum, and…
August, my 9 year old, is home sick from school today. It is nothing serious, but definitely worth keeping him home under quarantine and observation. Since he is older, he is able to watch certain things that I (and most parents) feel is inappropriate for the younger kids. Unfortunately, with one television in the house,…
You would think the prospect of going to get a doughnut and a trip to the zoo would be an exciting proposition for a youngster. Not so for my Ciárán. There is no pre-school for Ciárán Thursday or Friday of this week. Pre-school conferences are taking place (essentially assessments for Kindergarten readyness). So my…
I recently came across two things that baffled me. Where are we as a society that we need these in our lives? Really? Isn’t this supposed to be half milk and half cream? Isn’t cream supposed to be the fat from the milk? I don’t even want to know how this is possible. And…
DISCLAIMER This post is about Cub Scouts. I am well aware of the official policy with regards to The Boy Scouts Of America and homosexuals, which I disagree with. I will not allow this to deter our family’s participation. There are American government policies which I do not agree with, yet I am still an…
So I put Trouble With The Curve in my Blu-ray player, trying to satiate my baseball appetite until Spring Training. I was supposed to review it a while ago, but so many different things got in the way. It seems much more appropriate now, however, with the winter meetings over, trades and other backroom deals…