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Parental Schadenfreude
When I was dating Danielle, during one of the trips to her house I asked to see old family photos. That was a big tradition in our house as I got the bug for documenting things with photography from my mother. Each of my brothers and I have about two dozen photo albums full of…
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The Chase
Some things are harder with twins – feeds, giving each one the amount of attention you’d like to give them, bed times, and more. But some things are pretty awesome – like the fact that they have a playmate that’s the same age. When we were little, I used to play with my brothers, but…
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Review: The Magicians
The Magicians by Lev Grossman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well, that was quite a ride. I’ve come to the conclusion that calling this book Harry Potter in College does a disservice to Lev Grossman’s creativity and sets the reader up for false expectations. This story is a trilogy, but it does not cover…
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Review: A Dance with Dragons
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, I’m done….I’m caught up. What a journey this has been. If one of the previous books was about the fallout from the War of Five Kings upon the smallfolk of Westeros, this book was about the fallout among the prominent…
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Review: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 by Alyse Knorr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even though I’m older than the author of this book, I have a different, though similar, relationship with this game. I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t have a lot of friends growing up or because my parents were (at the…
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A few words on Posing
A great photo doesn’t necessarily need good planned posing. Take a look at this shot of Tony, Alex, and Scarlett: I didn’t plan it, but I did have to wait for the right pose to present itself. It would be a tighter story without Scarlett, but I think it still conveys a coherent message: kids…
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A Trip to Washington with my Grandparents
They’d never been to DC before so we went to the usual tourist spots. Also there – my parents, daughter, and youngest brothers.
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Review: Kill Screen Magazine: Games are No Fun
Video Games Are No Fun by Kill Screen Magazine My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I usually do with an anthology-style product, I’m just moving over my status updates. “Big Buck- I’ve seriously misjudged this game all these years” “King of the Ogres – Although I never got into WOW, I’ve faced similar issues…
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Tomahawk – unify all your cloud and local audio
It’s been a long time since I last took a look at an innovative music player. Back in 2006 I explored Songbird ) and in 2008 I looked at some of the unique features over two posts: Taking Another Look at Songbird and Play the Web. The ability to grab MP3s off of sites, in particular…
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Review: A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book had a lot of great scenes – my favorite scenes from the TV show and more. (view spoiler)[I’m INCREDIBLY surprised that the TV show thus far has not incorporated resurrected Catlyn (hide spoiler)] This was where the two versions…
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Older Siblings vs Parents
(I don’t know why uploading this to WordPress has ended up with the video upside down) There’s a story about my childhood my mom is fond of telling. My dad asks Daniel (the brother born after me) to do something. To my father’s consternation, he refuses because it would make me mad. It’s funny to…
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Podcasts I’m Listening to in 2016
I’ve both added and dropped some podcasts since last time around. Ever since I started using Doggcatcher on my cellphone I’ve been able to listen to more podcasts because, even without the pitch distortion my sandisk had, it plays the content a lot faster. Where I’m listing the same podcast as last year I may…
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February Video Games Report
XCOM: Enemy Within (17 hours): By the time I was done with February I was nearly done with XCOM: Enemy Within. It was a fun revisit of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but I think I’m done for a while. That’s a good thing since I hear that XCOM 2 has some beefy PC and graphics card…
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December Video Game Report
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (15 hours): I wanted to finish XCOM: Enemy Unknown before 2015 was over and I succeeded. Despite being screwed over by scripting errors in the big “dungeons”, I had a lot of fun with the game. The ending was slightly anti-climactic, but then again, this game only had the barest of storylines.…
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Pacific Northwest Trip Part 4: The Wedding
Besides crazy bees that literally stole some of my beef, it was a pretty beautiful wedding. Here are my favorite shots: One thing’s certain, I still can’t believe my little brother is married. The youngest of the first trio – I still find it weird to say he has a wife.