Mega Star Wars Black Friday Deal: Legendary Yoda only $29.99

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The Force is apparently strong with Black Friday! Yep, I snagged me a killer deal without even having to leave my house today. I just can’t resist a good Star Wars sale and if you act fast, you can snag a Star Wars Legendary Jedi Master Yoda yourself for only $29.99! That’s right! This highly interactive toy normally sells for $99.99, but during its Black Friday Sale, Toys R Us currently has it marked down …

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Forget Holiday Shopping, I’m Watching Moana in a Dolby Cinema at AMC

Thanksgiving’s just around the corner and I most definitely have a lot to be thankful for. There’s my incredible wife. Awesome kids. Great job. Good health. And the fact that as a blogger, I get all kinds of crazy cool opportunities, like catching Disney’s latest film Moana in a Dolby Cinema at AMC theater this weekend! Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of catching Disney’s Zootopia in a Dolby Cinema at AMC over at …

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When Did Water Bottle Flipping Become a Thing?

When I was a kid we had plenty of inventive ways to kill time at school or family functions. There was the old three-coins hockey game on the table or the paper football flick game. Not to mention those wacky paper fortune tellers, which always looked like Muppet faces to me. Kids today, however, have no concept of any of those games. Uh uh. Instead, it’s all about water. Specifically, about water bottle flipping. When …

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Nintendo Scores Big with the NES Classic Edition

When I first heard about Nintendo’s plans to release an NES Classic Edition plug-and-play console, I nearly imploded. This was one of my first consoles after the greatest-of-all-time Atari 2600. It was simple and simply amazing. I must’ve spent soooo many days, weeks, months, years playing all kinds of games from Super Mario Bros. to Metroid. I’ll never forget the insane jealousy that poured  through my body the first time I visited my cousins in …

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There Are No Sick Days When a Concert’s On the Line

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Music’s always been an important part of my life. From rocking out to hair bands in the ’80s to teaching myself guitar and piano, I’ve always loved playing and listening to music. My kids are nicely following in my footsteps too. Sure they may not be big Twisted Sister fans (well, not yet!), but they are playing instruments in school. While I was in high school band playing the saxophone, both my boys took to …

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