Jeff’s Books to Open Your Mind: Captain Underpants

I love these books.

I’m not sure how I discovered them before becoming a father, but I did, and read them to my wife as we both laughed hysterically. 

The Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants alone almost asphyxiated me due to trying to continue reading through uncontrollable giggles. 

I made sure to buy box sets for everyone I knew who had kids.

Now sharing them with my daughter, and anticipating and celebrating each new entry in the series and its spin offs has become a ritual with us.

They are a key link in the chain of books I recommend to kids as they pass through certain ages.

I could not in good conscience, however, include them in my series on “Mind Opening” books, as they are primarily collections of bad puns and poop jokes.

Disney World 2010: Day 5

Operation “International Alcoholics”

Who? - Bond.

The folks over at the Doctor Who message board were talking about how to line up James Bond actor with actors who played the Doctor, and  it seemed like a fun idea.

Also, I spent so much time Revisiting the Doctors last week, I had no time for anything more coherent.

They are in Bond order, as there’s less of them.

I’m  not necessarily looking at chronology, but more at themes in common, which gives connections ranging from giant weird leaps of logic to the bleedin’ obvious:

Disney World 2010: Day 4

Operation “Showtime Doubletime”

Personally Revisiting the Doctors

In the unbelievably ancient mists of our childhoods, seven regenerations ago, Jesse introduced me to Doctor Who for which I am eternally grateful.  Here in the future, both our families have become huge fans of the revived show.  He’s been watching the classic series from the beginning again with them as well. 

He recently told me about this fiftieth anniversary The Doctors Revisited thing coming up where BBC America will air one story for each Doctor.  He (and his family) guessed which episodes the network would select, and also what their personal choices would be.  When and if he posts his list, the link will be here.

He told me his list and we talked about it a bit.  Afterwards I and my own Whovian Family came up with our list…and here it is!

Like I’d Buy Any Other Calendar This Year?

Disney World 2010: Day 3

Operation “Early Kingdom”

Dancing Seeing Stars: The Rise

Click here to find out how I got myself into this to begin with.

Week 10

I wore my dress shoes and there was significant improvement.  Shortly into the class, during the still confusing but non painful Merengue, he reminded us to stay on the balls of our feet and I improved further.

Then Tony turned on a Fox Trot tune, and my feet got as excited over hearing white people music as Navin Johnson did at the start of The Jerk.  Rosa had lost her genetic advantage!

We were doing pretty well, I was actually leading the whole time, and I even was able to explain some steps to my wife.

Sadly, it was short lived as we switched back to Cha Cha Cha and I fell down.