Step parenting and the great divide.

So I’ve had the unfortunate opportunity to have the “I don’t want you as a step-dad”, talk with my step daughter and just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse the “reason” is revealed.

Board Game Review: NFL: Game Day

So I just picked this new board game up from “Fanzz” retail store for $30.00 and Its published by Fremont Die and is an officially licensed product of the National Football League.
The age range states 9+, but I think a well versed 7-8 year old could play given their knowledge on the sport and how its played. 2-4 players can play, you might wonder how 3-4 can play, given its a one team vs. one team sport, but you would have one person play offensive for your team and the other plays defense for it. Same applies for the other team. It doesn’t state these rules in the directions, but its the only way right off I figured four can play with respectively the same amount of turns, responsibilities & fairness. 3 players would just be one person controlling their whole team where as the other two would divide their team up as mentioned above. I also feel a solitary game could be run, however “luck of the draw/dice” does determine more of the results than when working against another player. You can however choose to allow yourself to choose the cards you play from your hand of your team and allow the random draw from top of the opposing deck to be drawn without looking, that way you never know what your up against. I played a solo game just to test out the rules and mechanics of the game and actually enjoyed the play through. So solo again can be done with a little ingenuity on your part but no rules again are provided in the instructions for it.

Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Review

*No-Spoilers*
This is a review for the PS3 version.

The life of Pi…”Faith”

So I just embarked on the journey of watching the movie “Life of Pi”, and it inspired me to write something’s I took from it. The film its self is a tale of how life tests our strength of our “faith” and how firm we believe in it.

The never-ending story of giving “family” a chance

I come from a broken family, on many more levels than one. I lived through a childhood of physical, verbal, psychological abuse and neglect, by the hands of my own “mother & father”. Yet, it is often said..”Blood is thicker than water”, “nothing else matters but family”, and “But that’s your mom/dad/siblings, you’ve got to forgive them”.

The great decline of our future!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lLA7dQ-uxR0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlLA7dQ-uxR0

So I just stumbled on this video and was floored at the attitude this young girl had. Not a care in the world or seemingly any intelligence. What ever happened to respecting your elders? Especially when that elder happens to be your judge!

Discrimination prevails in Boy Scouts of America…again!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/us/boy-scouts-policy/index.html?c=homepage-t

Sentimental attachment, if that’s what you call it.

This bonus blog for the day was just sparked by an article I just read about Canada giving up use of the “penny”, and how the good ol’ U.S.A. won’t, because people don’t want to give up the coin due to “sentimental attachment”. For the sake of a read, here’s the link to the article:

America’s Super Bowl XLVII has ended…now what?

Boyscouts of America : Doing their duty for “Your” God.

So, being that I myself was a boy scout back in my wonder years of young, and my son is active in scouts and I had hoped at one point my youngest might be motivated to join when age appropriate. I wanted to become active with-in my sons troop to help or be a mentor to kids enrolled in the program.