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This past Thursday was the record release party for Brian Saunders’ debut album. I wonder it it should be referred to as his solo debut as he did record with a band, way back when, but I am not sure how much of it was commercially available. Whatever. This album is his project, and I couldn’t…
A few days ago I posted this picture of the kids working on their pumpkins. Here are the final results. August carved his own pumpkin – completely. I wound up carving out the others, as you would expect. Thankfully the kids helped with the scooping out and cleanup (and general direction of what they wanted…
It has been a while since I played Dungeons & Dragons with any regularity, and even longer since I led a campaign as a dungeon master (or DM). With the new 5th edition rules and my older son showing an interest, this was a perfect time to get back into the game. Because I was…
“Mummies are the original zombies. Just wrapped up in toilet paper.” – Ciárán This year was somewhat excruciating with regards to getting the kids costumed up for Halloween. August knew what he wanted, thankfully. He plans on being the 9th Doctor from “Doctor Who” which didn’t take much. We purchased an appropriate Sonic Screwdriver, August…
We all want to be the hero. In one way or another, each and every one of us would love to swoop in and save the day. It can even be as simple as pointing out to somebody they need to zip up the fly on their pants before going in to a big presentation…
August’s big birthday present was the monthly Geek Fuel subscription box. He was given a 6 month subscription and this was the last one. I’m going to start off with the video of August opening the box. I don’t know why I don’t have a picture of the shirt from the box this time. Odd….
“Dad, I”m cold.” You can guess where this is going. I walk over, extend my hand and he takes it. As I shake his hand I say “Hi, Cold. I’m Dad.” He smiles for a second then it quickly melts into a frown. I chuckle and Xavier gets further upset. “That wasn’t very nice.” “Oh,…
I wouldn’t say The Cure are one of my favorite bands, but I do like them quite a bit. Alright, so it’s less a band these days in many ways and more of Robert Smith and some (long running) friends, but still, as the primary songwriter for the band’s career one can be forgiven to…
This year August and Déla have decided to join band. August is taking the trombone with Déla picking up the flute. Since August is in 6th grade now there’s a lot more stuff to carry back and forth to school. Here is how August travels to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Aren’t these two cute? Last Friday…