Mark's Everything Blog of Goodness: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - October 31st, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - October 31st, 2010: "More quick reviews. Not super quick like the last one, but let me know which format you prefer. If you kind of like me switching it up her..."

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: SUPER Quick Comic Reviews - October 28th, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: SUPER Quick Comic Reviews - October 28th, 2010: "This is a super quick rundown to catch up from last week: Hits: Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #3 - Written by Jim Shooter and Penciled by ..."

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 24th, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 24th, 2010: "Brightest Day #12 - Written by Geoff Johns & Peter J. Tomasi and Art by Patrick Gleason, Scott Clark, Ivan Reis & Joe Prado. Hi, this is D..."

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Wolves: Kids, They're What's for Dinner

I told my 3 year old son about the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". He had been lying to us about everything recently, so I thought that I could turn this into a story that fit the best. When telling this story, always make sure the kid actually knows that the wolf is a dangerous creature. That's the first part.

This is what happened to the Deer who cried "oh crap, wolves, gotta run into a car!"

A little bit later I caught my son in a lie again. When I asked him what he learned from the story I told him earlier, he simply stated "that the wolf ate the boy." Well, yeah, sure did. I tried to make this story seem semi-horrific. Nobody wants to be eaten by a wolf. So I asked him why he got eaten by the wolf and it became apparent that it just didn't click in that the boy was lying and nobody believed him when he actually needed help.

I think Disney is to blame for some of this. Now days, creatures like wolves are portrayed as cute, cuddly, and most of all, talkative. But in reality, they can be vicious predators and roam in packs. Oh my gosh, I just described my kids. No wonder they weren't scared by this analogy. Um... nevermind.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 20th, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 20th, 2010: "The Siouxland Voice site has been acting up. So yes, I've been updating my blog. Unfortunately my feed isn't loading there like it shou..."

Monday, October 18, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 18th, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 18th, 2010: "Still trying to catch up after the peed on laptop incident. We're still taking donations or check out some ads and help the recovery fund. ..."

My Son the Poopsmith

As the boys were about to settle in tonight, my three year old made the announcement that he had to poop. So I see him going to work in the bathroom. Getting his seat added to the toilet and then his eyes dart back and forth. At that time, I hear him utter the word, "dang." Off he goes to grab his step-stool from his 1 month old brother's room.

So as he got situated finally on the potty, he issues a question to me and my wife from the bathroom. "Hey guys, do you want to know the best part of going to the bathroom that I love the best?" At first, I had no idea what he was saying, nor did my wife. So we asked him to please repeat that. Sure enough, he said just what I had finally put together. Of course, my wife and I oblige the youngster with a obligatory "what?" His response, "pooping!"

In case you were wondering, the original Poopsmith

This was about as sincere and as heart felt as he gets. He just loves pooping. My boy would then go on to give his own running commentary of what was occurring in the most solemn of places. Why, he even gave a nice "splash!" sound effect for good measure at the moment of triumph.

Oh, but the proud moments do not stop there. Not only that, but when it was time for me to help wipe him, he quickly darts back to the toilet to view his masterpiece. "One chunk!" he echoed to me. Now, he quickly darted to the toilet because sometimes I wipe him and then drop the tissue into the toilet, directly over his Picasso. Usually, that elicits an angry exchange from him. But tonight he could go to sleep proud. He knew that his favorite part of the day had not been sullied by an unforgivable fatherly mistake. Kudos to my young poopsmith, kudos.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 14th, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 14th, 2010: "With my peed on computer out of commission, I haven't redone the stuff I was working on. I just don't have the time to go back and fix it a..."

Monday, October 11, 2010

Stuff my Kids Ruined

Ok, for the title of the post I was politically correct. After all, this cross-posts to mySiouxlandvoice.com, so I figured they wouldn't want my title to be called "Shit my Kids Ruined". But the wife told me about a great site called Shit My Kids Ruined. You really have to check it out if you want a good laugh today!

After looking around on that site, I find out things could be worse. My kids have destroyed fairly small things until my laptop fiasco. Although, the way my kids went about destroying my laptop was somewhat unique. At least they didn't drop a deuce on the keyboard. Nobody ever told them I said that either, because I don't want them getting any ideas!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

One Peed on Laptop Later...

Ahhh... kids. They are wonderful little people aren't they? Well, not as much when they pee on your laptop computer. Yes, that's right. My laptop computer was peed on. Fantastic, eh? So now, I'm using my slightly functioning old Ubuntu system. Not the bells and whistles I had with Windows 7, but still decent.

So I've lost the posts for my comic blog that were coming out, so I'm just going to start anew next week with a fresh start on that. Meanwhile, I simply must adjust to the Blog Editor I'm now using. It isn't as slick as Windows Live Writer 2010, so that's a disadvantage as well.

Now why did the kids pee on my laptop? I know you would have that question and we're still not sure. The 2 year old for certain was a peeing culprit. He came into our bedroom with his diaper off claiming his victory. However, the 3 year old had shown up a minute beforehand and there's a conspiracy theory that he set-up the 2 year old for the fall. At one time, the 3 year old claimed he peed on it first and he told the 2 year old to pee on it. However, that could have just been him trying to garner attention. We can't be sure.

What is for sure? Well, after attempting to dry it out in rice, there is no power, nothing to it. We suspect the motherboard is shot and probably just needs replaced. The approximate cost is around $100 + whatever repair expenses it may incur. We aren't exactly rolling in money right now, so if you like the blogs (or just me... or even my wonderfully cute kids) then feel free to donate. There's a donation button on each of my blogs to help save the laptop. Donate whatever you would like, throw change at me, whatever you want. I'm shameless at this point.

The comic stuff should be returning next week. Thank you for your patience!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews–October 3rd, 2010

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews–October 3rd, 2010: "The new releases this week were not on the impressive side. In all actuality, I was pretty much not excited to do many reviews this week be..."