Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Birthday to me! Thanks for the e-cards and messages everyone!

A friend sent this around - significance of the number 33.

One of the important facts:

A chicken in the background of the cartoon show "The Simpsons" has the number 33 as its wing.

And:

Canada's population is 33 million.

T

Seven weeks to new Brandner

Only seven weeks left now, how exciting!



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Transformer and Halo, together in one place

This is neat. A Halo mod for Transformers from eBay on GeekDad
Perhaps I should say "Halo, Star Wars and Transformers together in one place"!
It's based on one of the Star Wars Transformers (I have many, but not that one) referred to as Clone Commander Cody.

Transformers Animated series started in US

The new Transformers Animated series started yesterday in the US. Haven't watched it here in Canada yet, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Great blog post by Kneon Transitt. He gives it a thumbs up. Note: Spoiler warning.

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Geekdad blog and podcast

Calling all geeky dads... just stumbled across the Geekdad Blog on Wired. It's a great site. I've been listening to their podcasts, including the one with guest Wil Wheaton.

It's neat listening to a bunch of dads sitting around talking about how to deal with raising kids in a geek-friendly house. They talk about kids stealing their classic D&D dice, watching anime and Star Trek with little kids, and setting up classic 80s-style arcades in their houses.

One of the things they discussed in a recent podcast was this dad's photography, really neat: Dreams of Flying. Kids pose on the ground with household items, and the picture is taken from a ladder. It's really amazing and so simple.

Their discussion of You Let Our Kids Watch What? is great too... I can sympathize, since I can't help but let the kids watch some shows they really shouldn't (some would say).

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Scenes from 2010 with Mascots

Only Magazine published a photo of the 2010 mascots involved in a tasing accident.

Awesome.