The other day Matthew asked Beth if she could buy Daddy a lightsaber if she went to the store. (so that we both can play Star Wars - He already has his own lightsaber.)
Now you must excuse me, I have a lightsaber battle to fight.
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The Lego Minifig Turns 30 via Geekdad from Wired.com
On August 25, 1978, the Lego minifigure was born. This was a hugely important transition for Lego. For many years they sold sets allowing builders to create cars or buildings, but something was missing — a human element. The minifig gave them that humanity, and very quickly it became an iconic symbol of the company second only to the brick itself.
Happy Birthday LEGO Dude!
The Magic Tree House via Kidtropolis
This is really cool. What kid wouldn’t love something like this in their house. I wonder if anyone would buy our house after I crammed a fake tree house in the basement?
How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?
This short survey will tell you approximately how many five year old children you could fight at once. Results are based on physical prowess, training, swarm-combatting experience, and the flexibility of your moral compass.
I could take on 18 five year old kids in a fight - This could prove to be very useful information if my son and his friends were ever to rebel.
I installed Google Chrome yesterday. It’s still too early for me to offer my two cents, but Google has produced some amazing web applications over the last few years, and after reading through their comic, I am excited about giving their web browser a try. They might actually win me away from Firefox.
By the way, I found interesting that that Google brought in comic creator Scott McCloud to create a comic explaining and demystifying what the Google engineers did when they put Chrome together.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
Costco - $74.99 after $10 OFF Emergency Food Kit
Basic preparation will impact the probability of your family’s survival in an emergency. Delicious and Easy to Prepare. Each bucket contains 275 servings of Pre-mixed and Pre-seasoned 100 % Vegetarian and Vitamin Fortified food for you and your family. With a 20 year long shelf life, this kit is perfect for the preparation of natural disasters such as hurricane, tornado, earthquakes or even a camping/hunting trip.
I think I’ll pick one of these up and bring it to work to eat for lunch for the next year. I’ve always wanted a bucket-o-food.
OK, here it is the 1st of September and it’s been about a month since I’ve posted anything of substance. I’m sure the few readers I used to have probably no longer even check to see if I’ve blogged lately. So, I offer my most humble apologies and lots excuses as to why I have neglected my blog for so long. As a way of making it up to all my readers, all two and a half of you, I will run down the list of all the stuff you missed out on while I was either too busy, exhausted, or just plain lazy to post.
- Matthew’s First Day Of Kindergarten - I was happy to see my son looking forward to attending his first day of kindergarten. He’s really excited about going to school, or at the very least he’s very excited about walking to school with his friend from across the street. Click HERE to view and/or download more photos at Flickr.
- My sister, Katie, transfering to U of I, plus a visit to Uof I to see how she was setteling in.
- Matthew and my brother, Andy, marching in the Shorewood Crossroads Festival Parade. Click HERE to view and/or download more photos at Flickr.
- Matthew racing Jammer on pirate night.
- TrazzIer featured my photograph of the Grand Beach Inn on their website. Even though, I’m not making any money, it does add to my resumee of being a “published” photographer.
And of course, there were also a couple visits to the zoo, some time spent at Joliet’s Kidzfest, and several trips made to the ol’ ball park. I’m sure I’m probably neglecticing to mention other stuff, but this is all I can think of off the top of my mind. In any case, that was August in a nutshell.
The Olympics are slowly killing both Beth and I by pushing us past our normal bedtimes. We’ve been trying to keep up with all the excitement, and two nights ago I finally had to call it quits. I don’t know why I find myself strangely fixated with the Olympics this year as compared to past Olympics. Maybe it has something to do with Michael Phelps smashing world records. Speaking of world records… A world record is supposed to be a rare achievement that you can truly appreciate because chances are, it’s not going to happen again for a very long time. Not in these Olympics. During the swimming events, I swear someone was setting a new world record about every 10 minutes or so.
Anyways, other than the typical interest in the swimming and track and field events, I’m actually looking forward to watching Taekwondo. I’m sure Matthew’s interest in Taekwondo has heavily influenced my interest, but unfortunately it’s going to be hard to find the opportunity to watch it. I would love to sit down and watch it with him because he’s been really into the Olympic games, but it’s not being televised and can only be watch online – at times not really conducive to a five year-old’s bedtime. Oh, at least we’ll still be able to “rewind” and replay the internet coverage.