Christmas

I can still remember my favorite Christmas as a child.  It also happened to be the same Christmas my brother choked me with the Nintendo controller wire when I refused to let him play The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. My brother and I had just received the Holy Grail of Christmas [...]

I am going to shamelessly plug the new Superman trailer:   Superman has been and continues to be my favorite superhero of all time.  As a child, I would put a Superman costume on underneath my church clothes (back when you had to dress up for church) in the event, say, I had to stop [...]

My 2 year old niece calls me “Uncle Suds”. When my niece, Raegan, was born I immediately protested the given name of “Uncle Ben” due to the fact I didn’t want to sound like a white rice pilaf or Spiderman’s uncle, so I had her start calling me “Uncle Sledge”.  Being that most 2 year [...]

Nothing screams “the holidays have started” like people getting pepper maced at WalMart on Black Friday, and during this holiday season there are a lot of things competing for your time and attention.  The air is electric and abuzz with holiday cheer.  Everything and everyone is telling you to SHOP SHOP SHOP.  For others this [...]