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It’s been a couple of weeks – I just realized this post was sitting in my drafts. Better late than never, right? For Déla’s 10th birthday, her last one where she will have a large party, she decided on two things. First was a visit to a newly opened painting studio. Then she wanted a couple…
Following up on my previous post, here is the remainder of my time at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. Saturday I went by myself. I got some time with games and saw friends I hadn’t seen in a long time. I have no pictures from this day, which is a shame. Briefly, though, I want…
As I mentioned in a previous post, this year’s Penny Arcade Expo was highly enjoyable. Taking the kids as much as I did allowed me to see things in a way that I normally wouldn’t, and allowed them to see just how big and varied video games can be. August has more of an idea…
I have a lot of pictures, but only a few that fit into this category. There will be other posts with other pictures, and these are the few that don’t fit into those posts. First here are Ciárán and Tevye “reading” in the hallway after bath time one evening. Tevye loves climbing onto the couch….
I kept hearing news items about the Catholic Church’s “new stance” on abortion, something the Pope said indicating a new direction. The problem is I always caught the tail end of the news reports, so I went and searched out exactly what he wrote and found it on the Vatican’s website. It took me a…
You knew this was coming. Three of the kids had their first day on Monday, but I decided to hold off on the post until today because it was Xavier’s first day of preschool today. Here is Déla getting ready to head out the door to 5th grade. August has been eager to take…
If you aren’t familiar with Batman Unlimited, don’t worry, you are not alone. This movie is part of a multi-pronged alternative branding for the franchise that includes toys, a web-series, and direct to video movies. I didn’t realize this was happening since I was trying to pay more attention to the canonical happening in the…
This year’s Penny Arcade Expo was different for me, as I wasn’t on the media list. I purchased tickets when they went on sale and was able to spend more time going to the show with my kids rather than working and trying to see everything for coverage. That said, there are some things I…
This post is directly inspired by Dawn’s post on her blog. I graduated high school in 1985 and went into the Army which housed me during my four year stint. Only once did I flirt with the idea of getting an apartment with a couple of friends to live off base, but it never got…
Last month Ciárán had his Cub Scout Day Camp, but it wasn’t an overnight affair. Last week it was August’s turn. Only this time it would be drastically different as he had moved on from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. This wasn’t a 5 day camp from 9 to 3, but would go from Sunday to…