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Enjoying life in a small town in Michigan. I am a dad who works from home to raise my kids and I love every minute of it.
I have numerous interests which is why my lenses cover such a wide variety of topics.
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Hardy Boys
- I first began reading The Hardy Boys series when I stumbled on my dad's collection of Hardy Boy books from his childhood. He had about the first 20 in...
- Updated 623 days ago | Hardy Boys › book summaries hardy boys
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Classic Halloween Cartoons
- Why feature Classic Halloween Cartoons? I love the old black and white cartoons. They just set that proper mood with the shadowy darkness inherent to black...
- Updated 585 days ago | Classic Halloween Cartoons › betty boop halloween cartoon
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Classic Christmas Cartoons
- Remember when you had to actually wait until the last two or three weeks before Christmas to see a Christmas cartoon on television? Shoot, now they start playing...
- Updated 575 days ago | Christmas Cartoons › christmas cartoons
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Bob Ross
- Although I never tried to paint, I always loved watching Bob Ross painting his "happy little trees" and creating beautiful landscape paintings. ...
- Updated 1605 days ago | bob ross › artist bob ross
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Really Bad Photography
- I was digging through a box of stuff from my childhood while cleaning the basement and came across this batch of photos. I can't remember how old I was when...
- Updated 1509 days ago | Really bad photography › bad photographs
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Veggie Tales
- VeggieTales are great videos that deliver a message that both kids and adults should hear. VeggieTales started out in 1993 by taking a Bible verse and building...
- Updated 623 days ago | Veggie Tales › bob the tomato
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A Soldier's Silent Night
- Originally titled "Merry Christmas, My Friend" and written by Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1987. The audio recording was done by Father...
- Updated 623 days ago | A Soldier's Silent Night › a soldier's silent night
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Three Cups of Tea
- "Failure is not falling down, it is staying down." I read that on the sign of a church a while back and it truly applies to Greg Mortenson. ...
- Updated 1793 days ago | Three Cups of Tea › butter tea pakistan
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A Christmas Story
- I watch A Christmas Story at least once a year around Christmas. The cult classic has gained status as one of the most loved and watched Christmas movies...
- Updated 623 days ago | A Christmas Story › a christmas story house
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Simply Awful Halloween Costumes
- For all the wrong reasons. It was pretty easy to find a collection of photos of really bad Halloween Costumes. The difficult part was knowing when...
- Updated 624 days ago | Simply Awful Halloween Costumes › adult halloween costumes
- Recycle Ink Cartridges
- That is nearly One Million Ink Cartridges per Day! That figure is unacceptable! In order to reduce the number of ink cartridges that end up in the trash we...
- Updated 1300 days ago | Recycling ink cartridges › brother ink cartridges recycle
- Classic Christmas Commercials
- It may sound funny, but a classic Christmas commercial will transport me back in time to my childhood just as quickly as a Christmas Song, Christmas Movie, or...
- Updated 199 days ago | Classic Christmas Commercials › christmas commercials
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Moon boot wearing, Liger drawing, funky dancing Napoleon Dynamite seems to live in a world all his own. Explore his small Idaho town with the Quirky Quixote-esque...
- Updated 619 days ago | Napoleon Dynamite › kip napoleon dynamite
- Crafts for Kids
- Arts and crafts with kids is a great way to spend time with your kids. Your kids don't even realize that they might even be learning something while they...
- Updated 1317 days ago | crafts › art and craft for kids
- Pirate Fun
- What is it about pirates that bring out the kid in all of us? From games to movies to costumes it seems like playing at being a pirate is always a good...
- Updated 623 days ago | Pirate Fun › he's a pirate
- Maypo
- The famous catchphrase from the old black and white commercials is remembered by numerous adults who were kids in the 1950s when Maypo came into existence....
- Updated 563 days ago | Maypo › maypo
- Yes Virginia, there is a Christmas
- One morning back in 2005 I had had it with all of the Happy Holidays and holiday programs and holiday trees. Fortified with a cup of coffee I wrote the...
- Updated 623 days ago | Yes Virginia, there is a Christmas › christmas
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Nightmare Before Christmas was nominated for an Acadamy Award for Visual Effects and was also the first stop-motion feature film to be produced on such a...
- Updated 623 days ago | The Nightmare Before Christmas › a nightmare before christmas
- Chernobyl
- Homes, toys, money, possessions, and for some - family members were all left behind after April 26, 1986 when the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl melted down and...
- Updated 1586 days ago | Chernobyl › chernobyl
- My Favorite Christmas Songs
- There is nothing like a favorite old Christmas song to take you back down Nostalgia Avenue. When you hear the first few notes of an old favorite song you...
- Updated 571 days ago | Christmas Songs › christmas song
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Classic Halloween Cartoons
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Why feature Classic Halloween Cartoons? I love the old black and white cartoons. They just set that proper mood with the shadowy darkness inherent to black...
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Veggie Tales
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VeggieTales are great videos that deliver a message that both kids and adults should hear. VeggieTales started out in 1993 by taking a Bible verse and building...
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Nintendo Wii Deals
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Nintendo Wii is so popular that right now the most difficult thing about it is finding a Wii Console. I'll try and help you find a Nintendo Wii at a good...
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Halloween Music
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I scanned the internet and the foggy files in my head for at least 10 decent Halloween songs. It was harder than I thought. Only a couple of songs...
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Horror Movies
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I really only watch horror movies around Halloween. It is the only time of the year where I feel like I need a good scare. So, I tried to make a list of...