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The Geek Dad's Guide to Weekend Fun by Ken Denmead

May 25, 2011 By 4 Comments

It came in the mail: “The Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun”

A huge thanks to Nicole Wakelin from the Total Fan Girl site for sending me this great book, The Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun. I can’t wait to build the LEGO trebuchet with the kids. Thanks, Nicole!

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May 24, 2011 By 7 Comments

Pop Culture Diary – May 24, 2011

[Warning; There be spoilers ahead!] Some brief observations on what I’ve watched lately… The Fifth Element This is the one where John McClane goes into the future and blows up Nakatomi Plaza, right? Bruce Willis basically rehashes his Die Hard character in this movie that can’t decide if it wants to be an action flick […]

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vintage fisher price little people collection

May 23, 2011 By 14 Comments

How I turned $20.01 into $213.59 on eBay

Sorry for the cheesy quick buck scheme of a headline, but it’s true, I did in fact make a 1,067% profit in a week…and you can too!!! (Here’s where you have to imagine a shiny glint of a starburst on my recently bleached teeth.) The reason for this post is to show that with a […]

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real steel movie poster

May 23, 2011 By 4 Comments

Really Hollywood? Real Steel Poster is a real load of scrap

So, there’s this new movie coming out that has Wolverine training giant robots to fight each other in the ring. Sounds exciting right? Well then why the heck is the poster so incredibly lame? A giant goofy-looking three-fingered hand grabbing a steel rope. Come on! This movie is probably going to be really bad, so […]

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collection of Starcom toys

May 23, 2011 By 3 Comments

This week’s pop culture haul

The Rapture’s impending doom was upon us and we only had a few scant hours left on this earth, so how did I spend that precious time? At the yard sales of course! This weekend’s sales were few and far between so I had to work for the goods this time. Plus, we brought the […]

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