I love Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) on How I Met Your Mother. I love Nathan Fillion from Firefly. When I found out about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, I had to watch it. By the way, why am I always late to finding good stuff? First Firefly/Serenity, now this… Anyway, this is a manly musical. Why? [...]
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How Did I Miss Out on Firefly?
My wife and I started watching Firefly last week on Netflix. We decided to watch Firefly because we love Adam Baldwin on Chuck. We have watched 6 episodes; here’s my official one word review: amazing. Great stories, original concept, decent special effects (for TV). It’s a shame it didn’t last more than 11 episodes. (11 shows were aired, 14 [...]
Words With Friends
Two of my friends finally convinced me to try out the Scrabble knock-off Words With Friends (Free). I’m hooked, and I’ve only played a few games. Last weekend the game was provided me plenty of entertainment while we were visiting my in-laws. What I really like about this game is that it gives me one [...]
Toy Story 3 Video Game Review
My son will hopefully get hours (spread out over several years) of excitement out of this game. The Toy Box mode alone should keep him occupied for a long time.
Manly Dad’s Toy Story 3 Review
The Manly Dad took his family to see Toy Story 3 on opening day, first showing, at 10 a.m. I even used one of my precious vacation days from work to see the movie. Our two boys live for Buzz Lightyear and Woody. They wear Toy Story pajamas every night. Our four year old only [...]
Cutting Our Monthly Expenses
We finally did it – we ended our monthly dish/cable expense. With primetime television now showing reruns or crappy reality shows, we just don’t watch that much TV. It was time to drop Dish Network. Total savings: $65 a month. Don’t worry, Manly Dad still has plenty of entertainment choices thanks to Netflix. The online [...]
Comic Book Bedtime Story
We finally received the first three Toy Story comics (issues #0 through #2) in the mail. We ordered those three issues after we bought issue #3 at the comic book store a few weeks ago. My son was excited to read them; I had to capitalize on this opportunity. We struck a deal: if he [...]
My Son’s First Free Comic Book Day
Saturday was my son’s first experience with Free Comic Book Day. I have to admit, it was my first Free Comic Book Day, too. In fact, it was probably the first time I’ve set foot in a true comic book store. I’ve been in mom & pop book stores, baseball card shops, sports memorabilia stores, [...]
Retro Gaming: Tecmo Super Bowl
Ever since the 80′s the only sports related video games I’ve been interested in are baseball games. I’ve played most of the baseball games on all the major gaming consoles since the Coleco (pre-NES days). There were four exceptions to that rule: NBA Jams (SNES), NHL Hockey 96 (Sega), PGA Tour III (Sega), and Tecmo [...]
Fantasy Baseball Junkie
My love affair with fantasy baseball began 10 years ago in 2001. My friend introduced me to it and I quickly learned the ropes. It was a hobby my nerdy brain could finally support and be very competitive in. Soon I rose the rank of league commissioner. After a few years, I joined another league…then [...]