I envy my son and other kids his age, particularly if they have a bent toward the more, shall we say, fantastical areas of fiction. And Nathaniel does, given that he inherited half his genes from me and the other half from his mother, who enjoys it almost as much as her nerd husband. Starting now, for instance, with the release of the latest Hobbit film he can watch the entire Tolkien series from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings without missing a beat. Unlike our generation, he can watch all … [Read more...]
Christmas is not for me!
It’s finally Christmas Day and, for the first time in weeks, I don’t have anything pressing to do. The sad thing is, I’m all alone… well, if you don’t count the coughing, feverish, fluid-spewing three-year old I just put down for a nap after praying a silent prayer that she would actually fall asleep instead of calling me for something every five minutes (“Daddy, I need ice in my water. Daddy, I need my pink bear, not my white bear, but the PINK one. Daddy, I need the princess music, not the … [Read more...]