Yep, I Rode On a Double-Decker Train

I recently got myself a full-time job down in Manhattan. This despite my life-long declaration to never, ever, ever, ever work in NYC. It’s not that I hate the city (it is loud and crowded), I just hate the commute. Where I live there’s no quick, easy commute in. You either take a super crowded, annoying bus in or you hop a train down to Hoboken or Secaucus, NJ and then transfer to another train …

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Two Marvel-ous Sequels: Captain America 2 and Thor 2 are Under Way!

After last year’s Avengers movie, it’s tough not to be crazy pumped for any and all Marvel movies coming out in the next few years! Iron Man 3 is just a few weeks away, but Marvel Studios has released some initial pics and information about two sequels I cannot wait to see. First up is my man, Captain America. Set for an April 4, 2014 release, Captain America: The Winter Soldier picks up where the …

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I Epic-ly Failed My Kids and They Caught It On Video

This past weekend, the weather was gorgeous, so I tossed the kids outside, locked the doors and curled up with a beer and a Yankees game. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I didn’t have any cold beer. But the kids did play outside for awhile and I even joined them. They were playing on our playground, which, is actually a feat unto itself. The only time they seem to play on it is when their friends or …

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How to Leave a Secret Message on Your iPhone – #WordlessWednesday

It’s Wednesday! Time for another exciting edition of Wordless Wednesday! Now fortified with 50% less words… Jason loves grabbing Allie’s phone and doing God knows what to it. We’re always finding the alarm going off at odd times. Or discovering apps we never knew existed. Recently he grabbed her phone, ran to the living room and started chuckling. He later told Allie that he had left her a secret message and can she find it. …

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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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