I Want to Sink My Teeth Into a Bottle of Iron Maiden’s New Trooper Ale

I’ve been an Iron Maiden fan ever since high school. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son had just come out and the album cover totally caught my eye. I picked it up and was sucked right in. I quickly went out and bought up the previous few albums: Somewhere in Time, Piece of Mind and Number of the Beast for starters. I can’t tell you how many lawns I mowed in the ’80s, while listening …

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Please Subscribe to Ryan’s YouTube Account or I Will Have to Eat a Bug

I don’t really know why I used that headline. That really would encourage people to NOT subscribe, right? Maybe I will eat a bug if he hits 100 subscribers. That might be better. Anyways, My 7-year-old son has recently taken to kidnapping my iPad for the day and maxing out the hard drive on it. He loves, loves, LOVES making movies on it using the iMovie app. I did show off the fake infommercial Poop …

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11 months + 4,800 Post-It Notes = The Absolute Coolest Ms. Pac-Man & Mario Video Ever

Some people have way too much time on their hands. As in waaaaaay too much time. Then again, if it weren’t for spectacular artists like Michael Birken, we’d all be bored out of our minds watching the same old video of keyboard cat over and over and over again. Michael’s two favoritest video games ever are Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. So how did this guy show his appreciation for these pixelated classics? Oh, he …

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Win Rise of the Guardians on DVD (Ends 4/17)

I remember seeing the movie trailer for DreamWorks’ animated Rise of the Guardians months ago. I liked the premise and the animation looked real solid. But my family never got around to seeing it. Maybe because my kids were ambivalent towards it. Maybe because it starred Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, two characters from holidays we just don’t celebrate. (Although they make for way more exciting cartoons than Passover and Hanukkah, let me tell ya!) Recently, Rise …

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My Kids are Pushing Poop Pills

Ryan has become obsessed with the iPad app called iMovie. He uses it to make movie trailers and 15-minute videos of himself playing Minecraft as he explains what’s happening. Yeah, in his own words, Ryan’s become a “YouTuber.” Jason loves joining in at times too, and when the kids’ cousins are over for a visit, forget about it. You’re guaranteed to hear laughter, screams and lots of running, as they film horror movies, magic tricks …

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