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Legoland California opened a mere seven years ago - the same year my son Radio was born. This is an interesting factoid for me. As far as I knew, Legoland has been around forever, or at least since 1968, which as far as I’m concerned is forever. I remember my childhood best […]

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Here’s an easy one.

And now for a bit of a challenge. Have fun!

Update:Yes, I did edit this. The problem was the previous image was too big for the content area of my blog. Some browsers at some resolutions could handle it, but not all. I’m hoping this latest update will fix […]

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled HNT to bring you the following public service announcement (HNT below):
I hesitate to post this, as I think it might give out too much information about my son, but today is Radio’s birthday. It’s very hard for me to believe that it’s been a full seven years since his […]

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My daughter is too smart for her own good. She’s two now, but it won’t be long until she’s sixteen and twisting my pinky for the keys to the car so she can go driving with her friends. I have no doubt in my mind that when this happens, I’ll need one of those portable […]

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So we started on our journey on March 17, 2006. The plan was to leave town by 5:00 AM, so naturally we didn’t head out until 7:30 that morning. After a brief stop off at the gas station, McDonald’s, and back home because I forgot my sunglasses, we were off. For a large portion of […]

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Whoa! HNT snuck up on me! Man, I was hoping to have a Legoland themed photo to show you, today, but because my week was considerably shortened, I’m going to have to cheat a bit. Today, I present to you Radio in all his bedhead glory. This was taken the day […]

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Back in December of 2005, my family and I went to visit Legoland (corporate slogan - “Even Our Food Is Made of Legos!”). During our stay there, we managed to con them out of an extra day pass by casually walking up to the customer service booth and saying, “Hey, can we have an […]

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I have returned, along with my two sons, from our trip to Legoland. A full, three-part report is planned for your amusement, but for now, you’ll have to settle for this.

Be forwarned; clicking the image will bring up a much larger version which is 929,735 bytes in size. This can take some time […]

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Tell me, does this look like someone who just fractured her skull?

Bear is on the right (in case you couldn’t figure it out). Look at that face! The resilience of babies is enviable. Imagine how much more realistic our action movies would be if adults could bounce back from major injuries so […]

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My 8-month-old daughter (Bear) is in Pediatric ICU in Tucson, AZ. She was accidentally pushed off of a Little Tykes slide in our backyard (by my two-year-old) and fell head-first onto a concrete slab. She’s got a fracture in her skull and is currently being observed by smart medical people.
But since she apparently didn’t get […]

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