One of the unexpected pleasures of being a dad has been watching my kids’ brains slowly turn on bit by bit and develop in unexpected directions. Jason’s mental skills are a bit on the “flashy” side; the kind of stuff…
What could be scarier than Michael Jackson, you ask? How about the Indian Michael Jackson, captured here in the bone-chilling Bollywood adaptation of “Thriller” which YouTube poster Buffalax has dubbed, “Girly Man.” Be afraid, be very afraid.
I’m still trying to learn how to work the new Wacom tablet, so I moved on to a slightly more complicated project than last time. Lately I’ve been obsessed with the Six Million Dollar Man (mostly because the new Bionic…
From the days when boys were allowed to be boys, here’s a wild TV commercial for the Dick Tracy “Tommy Burst” machine gun and detective set. “You Can Tell It’s Mattel: It’s Swell!” Was that Otis Campbell, Mayberry’s own town…
Last Halloween, Jason had trouble deciding on a costume, so we grabbed a Superman outfit on sale and figured we were good to go. Then he decided he wanted to be a pumpkin. A few days ago we pulled out the Superman suit again and this…
Jason and Scott had a lot of fun over the Labor Day weekend, tearing around the back yard, throwing their frisbees and balls, digging in the sandbox and chasing frogs. At one point, they got a frisbee caught in a…
Earlier this month, comic book artist Mike Wieringo passed away suddenly at the too-young age of 44. Although I only met him once, and briefly, I always felt an odd kinship to Mike. Like him, I grew up on a…
These aren’t great days for NASA. Having made the headlines a few months ago with a love triangle turned attempted murder, now comes the revelation that one NASA worker deliberately sabotaged a computer scheduled for use in space while an…
Cool story of a dog who played hero today. When a rattlesnake tried to put the bite on a one-year-old kid, Grandma’s Chihuahua “Zoey” pulled the old Secret Service manuever, jumping into the snake’s path and taking the bites herself…
Superman is never so busy saving the Earth that he can’t stop to tutor you on the alphabet.
