There’s been a lot of new information coming out about Disney’s new Galaxy’s Edge Star Wars area coming to Disneyland and Disney World. Part of me wants to be a grumpy old man. See how Disney is exploiting Star Wars and over saturating it. The park is going to be Read more…
This past weekend I went camping for the first time in 25ish years. The last time I was around 6th or 7th grade in Boy Scouts. And this time, its because my son joined Cub Scouts. We tried to make another campout last fall, a very basic one night thing Read more…
At dinner time we have a tradition of pulling a card from the Family Dinner Box of Questions. These are questions designed to prompt discussion during dinner time beyond “how was your day”. Some of them are amusing, some are quite bland. But my son really enjoys doing them. One Read more…
Happy holidays everyone! I’m taking a two week break here and on Many Worlds Fiction. Seraph’s Gambit will return with episode 17 on January 7, 2019. Enjoy your end of year celebrations!
For some reason, around here builders like to put water heaters in the attic. When we bought the house, this water heater wasn’t cooperating. They previous owner had a plumber come in. And he did nothing because he couldn’t get to it. Because you have to wiggle through the air Read more…
You ever heard someone say boys don’t like girl stuff? That boys don’t like girl toys or won’t read a book or watch a movie that’s about a girl? I’ve always found this idea ridiculous but have seen plenty of examples of people believing it. Toy manufacturers are the worst. Read more…
I was reading to my son from an old set of DIsney books. These were from a Fun-to-Learn set of books that all taught something different using the main Disney characters (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc). One of the books, volume 13, is about the seasons and holidays and something struck Read more…
The ceiling fan in our bedroom failed the other day. It had been making a ticking sound for awhile and my mild efforts to correct this, tightening any available screws, somehow killed it. The same day, I made pancakes and finally got fed up with the stickiness of our frying Read more…
I’ve given myself a few days to ruminate on the results of last weeks election. Things did not go quite as I hoped. Of the major races, I had a personal interest in, no one I supported won. Texas Senator, US House Representative, Texas House Representative, Texas Attorney General, Texas Read more…
It’s election day here in the US of A. Every election there are some people who say this election is the most important election. They call it a turning point in history. To some extent, they’re right. Every decision, much less every election, is a turning point. Some matter more Read more…