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Technically, yes, I am a veteran. I served in the United States Army from July of 1985 to July of 1989. But I always feel weird counting myself as a veteran. While so many others have seen combat, I wound up having an easy stint. There were no conflicts while I served. For me, the…
Many a series has debuted only to find an audience lacking. With low ratings far too often a series would get canceled before being allowed time to develop and find an audience. Other times a series would just be too expensive to continue being produced. This is the case with the original “Battlestar Galactica” (which…
Walking home from… whatever errand we were doing, I looked at a house for sale a block away from our house. Well, looked at it as much as I could while walking past it pushing a stroller. Xavier said “I like that house. When I grow up I am going to buy that house and…
Oh man, that’s Dale Arden!! Alright, so that’s probably not the first reaction Shout Factory wants viewers to have when watching their DVD offering of “Manimal” but I was surprised to see Melody Anderson from the 1980 Flash Gordon film and remake that connection after all these years. Here she stars as Detective McKenzie, a…
Back in the early 90s when I had more time than responsibility, and a bit of spending money, I would hang out at an independent used record store a couple of blocks from where I lived after work. Yes, I was one of those guys. One day a woman walks in pushing a stroller, and…
You may remember last September when I was admitted to the hospital. (Ha, that auto-corrected to “admired” – bloggers, remember to read and edit your posts before publishing). I was sort of waiting on some event of formal diagnosis to post another follow-up. But there hasn’t been one. Just before Christmas of last year I had…
The biggest challenge I think for me during this year’s NaBloPoMo will be the week I have no internet service. Sure, I could go to the library or coffee shop, but what am I going to do with the kids, particularly the toddler? Starting yesterday and until next Friday my house is without internet service….
I know it has been a while. If you scroll back through some past posts you’ll see I have not only been busy, but that I’ve posted pictures of the kids. Sometimes. It can be difficult to tell, but that is August, Dela, Ciaran and Xavier during swim lesson. Here is Xavier learning to dive…
Pixar has a fabulous track record and this is just another great entry in a long run of hits. What does that mean? It means you can expect a few tears, plenty of character development, solid animation, and a great story. Inside Out is simply a great film, regardless of the style, in this case…
The following contains some spoilers for the Lost Mine Of Phandelver adventure included in the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set. Not too many, but enough that as a player you might not want to read this. Interestingly, the players did not learn their lesson with regards to splitting up their party. Well, it…