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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Paper Mario: Color Splash is Not Thin on Fun

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Reviewer: Jason, Age 13 Game: Paper Mario: Color Splash The newest installment of the Paper Mario series is finally out and it is great.   The story starts off with Mario, Peach and Toad receiving a letter from a place called Prism Island.  When they open the letter they figure out that it is actually a color drained Toad!  Then they head off to Prism Island to figure out what happened.  When they arrive they …

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Netflix Brings on the Scares for Halloween

Netflix #StreamTeam Halloween

Tomorrow is Halloween and if you haven’t finished putting your kids’ costumes together yet, you better get a move on! Besides having a great day going dressing up and going door to door to snag sweet treats from your neighbors, Halloween is just a killer time to have so much spooky fun all around. And Netflix of all people, is here to help! First off, there’s nothing more frustrating than pausing your Luke Cage binge marathon …

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I Ate Me Some Ice Cream Bread

Ice Cream Bread

I remember when I was a teenager and I’d do some really crazy, out-of-control things. No, not drinking. Not smoking. Not drugs. Nope, none of any of that. I was way too goody goody for that. But when I got together regularly with my friend Andrew (yeah, the only Andrew I ever knew growing up, so of course we had to be friends), we’d step things up to 11 and spend some time… baking cookies. …

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Nintendo Sent Us a Big ol’ Bucket Full o’ Color

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As a blogger, I’m always getting all sorts of neat mystery packages sent to my house. Sure I get loads of boxes packed with movies, games or gadgets that I need for blog post reviews. But there are plenty of days I get boxes that I have no clue what’s inside. Yeah, the UPS guy must love me. Take the other day for example. A box showed up and I didn’t have any upcoming reviews …

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