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A heck of a week. It started with Catholic Schools Week which is essentially an “open house” for the school on Sunday. I had planned on getting pictures of all the kids in their various classrooms but an active Tevye prevented that. I was able to get one of them all together at the preschool….
Well, that was unexpected. Laura is pregnant again. Yes, this really was unexpected. More than a surprise, really. Something more akin to…. well, maybe not shock, but definitely close enough to it. The baby is due in the middle of August, which, because all of the other kids have come out late, means this baby…
I first saw Kim post this on Facebook, then Dawn went and made a blog post about it, so I decided I would take this up as well. These are some interesting questions and answers. I clearly have some work to do. My questions in bold answered by: Xavier – age 5 Ciaran – age 8…
I picked up the three Pink Floyd “Immersion” boxes recently and after having dove into them, I’m ready to come up with my verdict on them. A missed opportunity that falls short. Oh, don’t get me wrong, they are good sets, but for the price, even at the discount I got them for, it just…
An interesting week. It started with a call from the school. Rushing over there I was first greeted with Déla who was on the playground for lunch recess. There was a reason I was called to the school was Ciárán. He wound up getting into an argument with a post during his lunch recess. Fortunately he…
I am the stay at home dad. That means all the domestic duties pretty much fall onto my shoulders, which is fine. I am, however, not a very “handy” kind of guy. I have a few tools, but fixing things is usually beyond me. A few years ago we had an issue with our washer…
August received the latest Geek Fuel box and it might be one of the best ever. Here is a closer look at the individual items in the box. Here is the mug, a great DC Comics referenced item. The tin is Mario, pixelated. Alternately in certain Geek Fuel boxes there was a pixelated Link box…
While it has been a couple of weeks, there hasn’t been much in the way of opportunity or occasion for picture taking. I do have a few to offer though. Let’s start off with a cute picture of Tevye. Last Wednesday Ciaran got to help out with the flag ceremony for the pack meeting. You…
Alright, so the title may be a bit misleading, and I’m sure somebody has already written or can write about this topic more eloquently and with better research than myself, but hear me out. This has been bothering me for a while. Diversity within the super hero cinematic universe has been pretty scant. For purposes…
As I looked at the next chapter for the Lost Mine Of Phandelver from the Starter Set, I noticed it mentioned players should be at level 4 by this point in the adventure. The problem is, most of the players are smack in the middle of level 3. What to do? A recent announcement from Wizards…