First of all, have you seen the new Spider-Man movie? It is fantastic. Best one yet. Tom Holland take all of the magical awkwardness of Tobey’s Peter Parker and all of the smooth quippiness of Andrew’s Spidey, and combines them into the best fully developed characterization we’ve had yet on the big screen for my […]
Category Archives: Marvel
The Triumph of Neurosis Over Principle
You’re going to need a little nerd backstory on this one, so please bear with me. I’m going to tell you why I stopped collecting comic books. It wasn’t only because they became far too expensive a habit for me to sustain. It wasn’t only because my children were born and I suddenly had new priorities. These things may […]
The Big Make-a-Wish Reveal!
It’s official. We have a Wish Kid in the family! This is the first time I’ve posted here about it, because I didn’t want to jump the gun, but now it’s really real! Back in the fall, the hellish, hellish fall, we were recommended to the Make-a-Wish foundation by our pediatrician. This was very nice, […]
The Future Just Ain’t What it Used to Be
Be Careful What You Blog About… I typed into Facebook on Saturday as I sat in the urgent care clinic waiting for my son to have his head stapled back together. The last post I had written espoused a theory that you should not tell your children about the fun things you had planned ahead […]
To Avoid Disappointment, Don’t Tell Your Children Anything
Oh man, we are going to have such a fun weekend! And the kids have no idea! Because I did not tell them! Ha ha! Why would I ever tell them about anything in advance? No thank you. I have lit that match before, and I have been burned. You see, I have no idea […]
The Only Important Difference Between Wonder Woman and Captain America
Well, we are out of the hospital now and, while we are not settled and out of the woods just yet, at least we are home. But while Edward was stuck there last week he got a visit from a couple of superheroes. I was out teaching a voice lesson, but local friend and lesser-known superhero […]
Lego Dimensions vs. Disney Infinity
Lego Dimensions. Disney Infinity 3.0. Since neither of these games are out yet and I have not played either of them, this seems like a good time for me to talk about them, don’t you think? Because I have a problem. I don’t know which one to get!!! Let’s look at this objectively. I have […]
The Dream, and Where it Came From
I was living in a very large, very old, quirky sort of a country house out in the middle of nowhere. I am currently reading “The Indian in the Cupboard” series to my daughter, and we just started book 4 last night, in which they move out to the country, and the house I imagined […]
The Difference Between a Storyteller and a Character: on Joss Whedon, Age of Ultron, and the Problem with Twitter
Joss Whedon quit Twitter a few days ago. He hasn’t said exactly why, but I think we can all use some educated guessing and rampant speculation to assume that it is because everyone on Twitter was shouting at him. You see, there are some people very angry about his new movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron. They […]
5 Things Not To Do Before Bed
There is really only one thing I have to do before bed, and that is take the dog out. My wife takes Anna out in the morning, and I take her out at night. Daytime outings are done by whomever is home, so usually Ruby if we can get her to do it. But at night, […]