The New ‘Man of Steel’ Trailer May Actually Turn Me Into a Superman Fan

I’ve never liked Superman. I’ve collected comic books since the 3rd Grade, and from the thousands of issues I’ve read (not to mention cartoons I watched over and over), I still found Superman just, well… Super Dull. He’s crazy powerful. Way too goody goody. And his secret identity is a total goof. Seriously, what kind of challenges can you put in his path? The Toy Man? That’s one of his big villains? It just seemed …

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I Found a Time Machine and I’m Giving it to My Kids

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

A few months ago, I was in my basement and came upon a box of glorious awesomeness. I knew it was down there but had forgotten about it for awhile. Inside this seemingly ordinary cardboard box was my old Atari 2600 video game system. And yes, it still works. I brought it upstairs, hooked it up in the living room and proceeded to pull out the 100+ cartridges I still had for it. I was …

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