Read an interesting post over at mattatoulle about green tea hot chocolate today. Seemed interesting, so I tried it with a little Citron Green. Not bad!
It’ll be interesting to see how other green teas mix with the cocoa.
No. This post isn’t about the new movie that just came out.
This post is about Transformers in general. Recently we got our kids the Transformers Animated “Movie” (the first few episodes of the series) and they’ve absolutely loved it. This has led my wife and I to start researching some toys for Aiden, since his birthday is coming up in a few months.
Oh my…
To say that the Voyager class Transformers Animated toys are some of the best Transformers toys I’ve ever seen would be an understatement. Don’t get me wrong. I grew up on G1 and will always have a soft spot in my heart for it, but these toys are pretty fantastic.
You can tell a lot of work went into designing them. The toys look great in both robot mode and vehicle mode, and aren’t that hard to transform (I’m looking at YOU, movie Transformers).
So what’s the point of this post?
My kids love Transformers, and through them I’ve come to love them again also. The Animated series, which I thought would be a mess, is pretty damn great, and I love being able to get excited about something my kids are excited about.
Autism Speaks ran another local event at a duck pin alley in Newington, CT yesterday. From 9 – 11 the bowling alley was only open to families with an autistic member. Pizza and snacks were provided, and you could bowl as many games as you fit into the 2 hour period. There was also laser tag, but our kids where a bit too young for that. Also, the mascots for the New Biritain Rock Cats showed up to pictures, autographs, and to bowl with the children.
The kids both bowled, though being so young they had trouble getting the ball up to a good speed. They also played some skee-ball and other arcade games (daddy even got to play some pinball). Overall it was fun time. A big thanks to Autism Speaks for providing another worry-free outing.
It had been centuries since Harn had known pain. Throughout all his long life he had always been indestructible, been the one who was always there. Never hurt. Never beaten. Constant.
He lay on the ground broken and battered, both physically and emotionally. Who was this boy who came and utterly destroyed everything Harn had known to be true? All the constants. Everything that had always been the same shattered in an instant. His anger rose. He tried to rise and strike out, but the young man subdued him easily once again.
Daren stood over Harn , calm expression on his face, hand held with palm outstretched. “Get up,” he said “This is over.”
Harn took his hand and slowly rose to his feet, unable to look Daren in the eye.
Somewhere in the distance, Grey looked on amazed. He couldn’t believe what had just happened. Daren had taken down Harn, the most powerful being in the entire world. Where his plans going to fail after all? He couldn’t understand how Daren could be so powerful, yet not want to use his power. Why would this man want to be normal?
Grey shook the thought out of this head. Let us play out this ruse a little longer, he thought, and see where it takes us.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
Today I’ll be relaxing with the family, and nothing more. Maybe play a little Wii while the kids nap.
Hope you’re all doing what you’d like to be!
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Once again life gets in the way.
I’ve actually got a good amount of posts planned, but some personal issues came up that where just more important than anything else.
Hopefully I’ll get back to writing soon. I’ve got some more book reviews and Courier slabs to post.
