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*WHACK* “Xavier is crying.” That may not be what she said but that’s what I heard. As I woke up (after being hit) I realized our youngest child was in our room and not doing so great. It was a little before 1am. Turns out he was scared. Of what I don’t even think he…
You may not realize it, but King Kong vs. Godzilla is an important film. A landmark film. One that could even be considered as changing the course of cinematic history. And I say this all without a hint of irony. Godzilla first came out in 1954 and did moderately well enough to warrant a sequel,…
Way too much narration, exposition and backstory at the beginning of 47 Ronin filled me with dread. It takes a few minutes and then we get Keaneu Reeves’ character, an orphaned servant, along with a batch of samurai going up against a mythical monster. Disgrace and dishonor take place. Then things drag out longer than…
Saturday was my daughter’s first competition in Irish Step Dance – a competition known as a Feis (pronounced ‘fesh’). Here she is a little before her first event getting the feel for the stage with one of her classmates. . Her first event was a reel. Then it was on to a jig (and I’ll…
I don’t have time to do the write-up of the Music Monday post I had planned. Actually I’m sort of swamped with a lot of “real life” things that are preventing me from spending as much time in front of the computer as I would like. One thing that hasn’t changed is my love of…
A week ago I mentioned the kids had a long weekend the week previous and Friday we went to the Aquarium. I alluded to other events that would take place the Monday of the long weekend and here are those pictures. Here is August before: and here is August after: Yes, he got his braces…
So I’m watching The Pirate Fairy (for review) and working on some other stuff when my oldest (21 years old) comes up from his hidey-hole in the basement. He asks what I’m watching and I tell him it’s the latest Tinker Bell movie and he scoffs. His reaction was “So you’re stuck pretty much reviewing…
The Pirate Fairy is the 5th direct to video film in the Tinker Bell spin-off franchise of Peter Pan. While direct to video and spin-off media are usually terms that don’t inspire much confidence with regards to quality the Tinker Bell franchise under the Disney Fairies brand actually works. Part of this is due to…
Happy Opening Day! Baseball season is here and fans everywhere are celebrating. Over the last couple of years there has been more and more of a push to have Opening Day set aside as a national holiday. Unfortunately I am in disagreement with my fellow fans of the sport in this regard. Let me explain….
My kids had last Friday off from school. Instead of a “mid-winter” break they had a 4 day weekend. The following Monday was off, but booked up with an orthodontist appointment (another post coming about that) but what was I going to do about Friday? We went to the Seattle Aquarium. This used to be…