Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game Review

Holy... Moly...

Another day in the life of Fatherhood

Today, instead of pulling out a pair of running socks from my gym bag I pulled out a pair of toddler underpants.

Guess I won't be running today, after all!

Pop Culture Collision

You can't beat conversations with a toddler.  From this morning:

Me: Hey buddy, who's that on your plate?
Mu: That's Woody.
Me: And who's that?
Mu: That's Woody's horse.
Me: And what's Woody's horse's name?
Mu: (emphatically) Luke Skywalker!

At least he didn't ask me to sing a "Han Solo" song again.  I have no idea how that tune goes.

Here's the thing: Mu hasn't seen either "Toy Story" or "Star Wars," yet.  He only knows of the characters because I tell him stories about those characters.  I think it'll blow his mind when he actually sees them on the screen.

When to have The Talk with your kids

I can't believe that the Mu is not even 3, and already beginning to ask questions. What a world we live in.

Man, yet ANOTHER reason why I want a Segway

I don't care how ridiculous they are.

My Disney Legacy & Fatherhood

That's ONLY Aladdin & Genie

I was raised on Disney.

Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was born one neighborhood over from the Magic Kingdom in Anaheim and had been to Disneyland more times in my first two years than my parents can even recount.

In fact my earliest memory, back in the cobwebby recesses of my mind, is of Sleeping Beauty's castle and a "closed for refurbishment" sign - I have no idea why.  Apparently, I was very interested in the "behind the scenes" even as a toddler.

Once my folks moved us back to their home state, Disney still played a pretty heavy influence in my life - we had virtually every animated film on VHS and watched them until the tapes warbled, I wore out my recording of Disneyland's 25th Anniversary (complete with a strutting David Hasslehoff, circa Knight Rider, singing in front of Tomorrowland), I would regularly ride my bike up to the local AAA office just to grab the Disney pamphlets and travel planners - though we only went to Walt Disney World twice.

I suppose it was no surprise to anyone when I decided to go work for Disney right out of college while figuring out whether I actually wanted to go to Law School or not.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, & Tatooine