As @TNickPerkins told me today on Twitter, “DUDE. Stuff happens to you don’t it?” It would seem. My wife calls me. Middle of the afternoon and I’m at work. “A man in a van just drove into our house and then smashed into our car.” No, no one got hurt. Not even the driver. Thank goodness. [...]
Yesterday, for the very first time in my life, I stared at the title “Star Wars” long enough to break it away from all childhood and cognitive associations to see it for what it really is: Utterly ridiculous. I broke it down for you in the title of this post. It’s a war–in the stars! [...]
Some weeks back, I wrote about how excited I was for the Star Wars Blu-rays. Even with all the new changes, I didn’t care. I was anxious to watch them with my kids and see new details like how Mark Hamill’s face went so wrong between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back (calm down, [...]
Last time, I explained how and why I decided to watch the new Star Wars Blu-rays with my 9-year-old daughter in a funky order: IV, V, I, II, III, VI. At the end of that blog, Elora and I had gotten halfway through the saga, having just finished Episode 1, The Phantom Menace. She dug [...]
I don’t often dress up for Halloween anymore. I’m the dad who’s trailing his little kids and making sure they’re staying safe. One year, I went as a full blown stormtrooper. I worked for six weeks with a friend putting the costume together and custom fitting it to my body. It looked amazing and was [...]
Last week, the day after the big finale to Chapter 12 dropped, Marc and I recorded a podcast with Tom Racine, Tall Tale Radio how and he of the great, honey-dripped voice. We talked the reaction to Chapter 12, what’s coming next for the Fogeys (beware: minor spoilers), Captain Spectacular’s woes, and, just for kicks, [...]
Hey, everybody! Guess what? I was just invited to be a regular contributor to the fantastic news and opinion site, Geek League of America. My first piece “The Jedi Are Pricks: How Star Wars VII-IX Can Make the Prequels Retroactively Better” just went up! Here’s a preview: The upcoming Star Wars sequels present a unique [...]
