Zen Studios launches new Star Wars Video Pin Ball Game

 I lost a lot of laundry money in college throwing quarters into the Star Wars pinball machine on campus but it was well worth occassionally wearing some dirty clothes an extra week for the blast I had playing that game.  Zen Studios is launching a brand new video game this week that will give you unlimited play of a cool Star Wars themed pin ball table for under $3. Wow! I used to spend that much in...

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A look at Team USA for the World Baseball Classic

UPDATE (3/8/2013):  Eric Hosmer from the Kansas City Royals has replaced Mark Teixeira as the team's first baseman after Texeira was injured in a New York Yankees spring training game.The other day I posted about how the World Baseball Classic has peeked my interest this year (World Baseball Classic is a break from monotony of Spring Training ).  The World Baseball Classic is an international tournament being played in March 2013 with...

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World Baseball Classic is a break from monotony of Spring Training

I'm a big Detroit Tigers fan and pay a lot of attention to baseball during the Major League (MLB) season, but I have to admit that I normally tune out spring training and don't start following the action until after the first pitch of Opening Day.  This year though the upcoming World Baseball Classic has caught my attention and I'm looking forward to watching some ball games and checking out stats & scores this March in a tournament that...

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A Dad's View: Sesame Street Live

We bought tickets and took our kids to see Sesame Street Live for the second year in a row last weekend.  From a parent's perspective I have to give the producers of this show kudos for an excellent production.  Sesame Street Live entertains the kids with age appropriate educational content that is family friendly.  In family friendly, I also mean that it throws in some inside jokes and content aimed at keeping the dads and moms in...

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Little Passports opens up the world of travel to little ones

We received our first package in the mail from LITTLE PASSPORTS (www.littlepassports.com) and everyone was excited to rip open the package and see what we got! Little Passports is a subscription service that sends your kids a package in the mail each month to help promote an interest in geography, history, culture, and travel.  The premise behind the concept is that two children, Sophia & Sam, are traveling the world.  They want...

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Super Sunday 2013

It's SUPER SUNDAY and my family is prepped and ready to spend this evening couchgating as we enjoy lots of junk food, watching the big game, and of course all the commercials that air during it.  One of my favorite all-time Super Bowl commercials was the one a few years ago where the shark thinks a swimmer is a hostess cupcake.  Out of nowhere that commercial will pop into my head to give me a chuckle and a smile!This year's commercials air time is priced at $3.8 million for a :30 second ad so you'd hope they would all be as...

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