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Music Monday: Tin Machine

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Music Monday: Tin Machine

After the lackluster reception to 1987’s Never Let Me Down, David Bowie considered giving up music for a while. The album didn’t sell as well as expected, and the tour suffered from technical problems and lackluster sales, partly because he was simply “going through the motions” after the blockbuster success of Let’s Dance and to…

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Heroes For Lunch

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Heroes For Lunch

Xavier has begun to start playing video games. You can question my parenting decisions all you want, I do, but until you try parenting a large group of kids that aren’t the same age at least hold of on the harsher of judgements. He only plays LEGO Marvel and The LEGO Movie, and only for…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-9-15

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-9-15

It’s a new year. I still have some old pictures. It’s not all older stuff this week though. Here are the shots from Christmas that turned out.   Yes, that is a shot of Kyle. He came over on Christmas Eve and spent the night. Ciaran was “Santa’s helper” this year, assisting in the distribution of…

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Just Say No To Creepy Valentine Gifts

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Just Say No To Creepy Valentine Gifts

I got an advertisement in the mail the other day for a personalized item of jewelry to give to my special valentine. Now I’m sure whoever was in charge used some sort of automated search algorithm to match my name with a female’s. Unfortunately this was more along the lines of “Red Dwarf” in regards…

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The Depths Of Tolagal (PC)

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The Depths Of Tolagal (PC)

This is not an easy game. The Depths Of Tolagal is an old school punishing action (RPG-lite) game that isn’t so much punishing as it is unforgiving. Make the wrong decision and save in the wrong spot and you can be stuck  and have to restart the game. There are not multiple save slots here….

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Shirt Follow-Up

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Shirt Follow-Up

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I talked about how a shirt we ordered had not arrived in time for Christmas? Well, it finally arrived, but that’s not the end of it.

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My LIttle Pony: The Movie (DVD)

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My LIttle Pony: The Movie (DVD)

The success of the previous television specials bolstered Hasbro’s confidence in the My Little Pony property to venture into a theatrical release. It didn’t succeed as well as Hasbro had hoped, and while this might be one of the better offerings, it was clear the movie was meant to be part of the marketing push…

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Eight Months

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Eight Months

Tevye is 8 months old today. Four teeth, and of course solid food. Along with the solid food the bowel movements to match. I am getting tired of his naps getting interrupted by those bowel movements. Generally he is a happy baby and he sleeps (mostly). This has all been so helpful in maintaining some semblance of…

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The Boys From Brazil (Blu-ray)

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The Boys From Brazil (Blu-ray)

Yes, that is Steve Guttenberg you see in the beginning of the film. The Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele is in Paraguay. This was a bit of speculation when the film came out in 1978, but the film was a bit prophetic in this respect. What The Boys From Brazil offers up is a story…

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Reading And Reading And Reading

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Ciárán has turned into a reading machine. First grade has been very good to him. He has steadily improved his ability and actively enjoys reading – something you simply can not teach. Over the last couple of weeks he blasted through the last few of the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books. Then in two…

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