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My one issue with the school my kids go to is the preschool schedule. There is morning preschool and then a “pre-K” program in the afternoon. Essentially it’s a two year program, which is fine, but separating them out and not having all-day preschool gets to be rather inconvenient. But that’s a different topic from…
This is why I love home video. Shout Factory does a great job of curating this stuff making them one of the best publishers. With October just around the corner naturally people look for some scary movies to help celebrate the Halloween season. Enter The Vincent Price Collection II, a follow-up to last year’s offering….
I have seen Elvis Costello live twice, both times at Bumbershoot. The first time was in 1996 when he played the final show of his tour after reuniting with The Attractions and it was even a separate ticket (but it included access to the Bumbershoot festival that day). They played for two hours and, well, I’ll probably…
This is not the newer television series of “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” but the original 1986 series. Originally a toy line that began in 1982 or 1983 it served as a the inspiration for a television special a couple of years later that would serve as a pilot for a whole series. Now…
Cub Scouts started back up again, and this year is the first year Ciaran is able to participate. Only things is, he is unsure about actually participating. At the Pack meeting he was given his first neckerchief as well as a Tiger Cub sticker. Thrilled? Not so much. August, on the other hand, was indeed…
I don’t think I was even aware of Neighbors being in theaters. Apparently it made a lot of money. Is it believable? Well, there’s a bit of a premise suspension of disbelief, but getting past that there’s a pretty good comedy there. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star as Mac and Kelly, a couple in…
I stopped watching Falling Skies. I got about halfway through the current season and it just felt like it was getting silly without any real purpose and forward movement. The whole sub-plot with the daughter reminded me of the original V series. It was too much and there are so many other shows I’d rather…
I got a phone call from Kyle Friday afternoon. He was out looking at places to rent, trying to move out from our house. It’s been just about a year and a half since he moved back in with us, and it took him almost a full year to start steady employment. The good news…
Part of me doesn’t know where to begin. In a way I’m still processing the event. The Replacements got back together and performed live. I was excited when they recorded a couple of new songs a few years ago, but to see them live? Well, I thought it would never happen. Yet there I was,…
Monday morning I emailed my doctor. Something was going on that worried me and I wanted to set up an appointment. Thing is, because I’m the stay at home parent child care is an issue and if there were tests to be done I wanted to make sure arrangements were made. I wasn’t prepared for…