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Star Wars Rebels: Season Three (Blu-ray)

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Star Wars Rebels: Season Three (Blu-ray)

Are you a Star Wars fan? If so, you need to get caught up on “Star Wars Rebels” because this third season has a few moments that are probably the best from throughout the entire franchise, and I’m including those lines from Empire Strikes Back we have all been quoting the last 30+ years. One…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 8-25-17 (The End Of A Busy Summer – or – Why No Updates?)

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Phamily Foto Phriday 8-25-17 (The End Of A Busy Summer – or – Why No Updates?)

The “best laid plans” and all that. This summer has been so ridiculously busy, and you can tell partly because I haven’t updated much. If you follow me on Facebook you have *some* idea of what has been going on, but let’s head back a few months to when school got out. Yes, it’s been…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 8-25-17 (Catching Up Edition Part 2)

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Phamily Foto Phriday 8-25-17 (Catching Up Edition Part 2)

Alright, so it’s been three months and I’m finally getting the second part of this posted. It’s been a busy summer.   Back in May Ciaran’s Cub Scout den held a type of carnival for the rest of the pack. Here is Ciaran heading up the competitive bean bag tick-tack-toe. Then there was the trip…

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Batman And Harley Quinn (Blu-ray)

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Batman And Harley Quinn (Blu-ray)

It is fitting the (direct to video) movie starring Harley Quinn would not only have the visual style of the television series that introduced her. Not only that but Kevin Conroy returns to voice Batman and Loren Lester as Nightwing. Bruce Timm returns to co-write the story as well. What we have is a fantastic…

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Born In China (Blu-ray)

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Born In China (Blu-ray)

Do not be foolishly mistaken by the image on the cover as I was. I wasn’t paying full attention the last couple of years while this film was being made and released. Also, do not be  put off by the fact that this is not a documentary about pandas. Born In China provides a great…

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Focus On Fridays

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Focus On Fridays

Did you know Focus Features is celebrating 15 years? As part of the company’s celebration it will be streaming films on Facebook over the next three Friday nights. You can visit  https://www.facebook.com/FocusFeatures/ to watch the films starting at 6pm PDT. Friday, August 25th: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (“Al Otro Lado del…

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Zinzanni Returns

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Zinzanni Returns

A while ago it was announced Teatro Zinzanni lost their lease just north of the Seattle Center and would have to move. Now the company has announced it has not only found a new home (at least for now) but tickets are going on sale for their next show with performances kicking off October 19….

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Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed – Artist Of The Year Part 8)

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Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed – Artist Of The Year Part 8)

After giving the proverbial “middle finger” to critics, the record label, and to a certain extent, fans, Lour Reed went back to work making his next record. Coney Island Baby was released in the early part 1976 and is a sort of nostalgic look at a time and place, sort of like coming to terms…

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Politicizing The Scouts In A Speech Was Wrong

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Politicizing The Scouts In A Speech Was Wrong

There has been a lot of (virtual) ink spilled with reaction to the current President’s speech at the 2017 Boy Scout Jamboree. There are a few things I wanted to point out on this topic from my perspective as a current Cub Scout den leader and parent of three boys who are actively involved in…

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Music Monday: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Box (Part Two)

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Music Monday: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Box (Part Two)

I previously posted my initial reaction to the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Edition box set, and now having listened to the whole thing I have some further thoughts I would like to share. First, this box set is not for everybody. It’s perfect for me, mind you, and many other Beatles-nerds…

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