Grace has been using her “Story Cubes” to practice her storytelling skills. Basically they’re dice with images on the sides: you roll them and try to make a story out…
Well another year’s gone by and as usual this site’s been largely neglected. I always start out with every intention of posting regularly, then the next thing I know it’s…
The first time I ever read a comic book was almost certainly before 1974, but in that year — my ninth year here on Earth-Prime — no trip to the…
It was a pink and purple and “My Little Pony” day yesterday as Grace turned six. As planned, Twilight Sparkle arrived to take up residence with sister Pinkie Pie. On…
Well, this blog thing is working out great, huh? No updates from April to September. Anyhoo… We had a lot of excitement over the Labor Day weekend as Jason finished…
Well, today the counter clicks over to 11, meaning Jason is officially one year into his second decade, incredible as that seems. After a weekend party with extended family, he…
We try to keep down the TV time in our house, but it occurs to me even if my kids are watching a lot less than I did at their…
What seems like a gazillion years ago, I started a fan page dedicated to Superman. Originally it was just a few static pages devoted to my favorite artists and stories,…
The kids continue to be obsessed with chess, and they’re getting better all the time. This past Monday, they participated in a simultaneous chess demonstration with Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg at…
At some point in the last few months, I noticed everything happened in 1974. Well, okay so maybe not everything, and certainly not everything good. In the headlines that year,…
