Taking The Boys Roller Skating For The First Time

Jan 30, 11 Taking The Boys Roller Skating For The First Time

Posted by Michael in Being A Dad

Back in the day, I used to go roller skating every weekend.  There was a place in Valpo called The Loop, and when that closed, we went to R-Way Skate Center in Portage.  I had a lot of memories at R-Way, but it had been about twenty years since I had stepped foot in there.  Apparently, my cousin Dave takes his family skating...

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Celebrating The Fourth Of July With The Burning Of The Neighbor’s House

Jul 05, 10 Celebrating The Fourth Of July With The Burning Of The Neighbor’s House

Posted by Michael in Other Things, Special Events

Sometimes there’s just too much to do on Independence Day.  Different friends having barbecues, different towns having fireworks displays,  and then there are the family gatherings.  Sometimes we miss things, but we always do something every year.  This year, the holiday was on a Sunday, so some towns were having their...

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The Order of the Phoenix

Aug 13, 07 The Order of the Phoenix

Posted by Michael in Movies and Video

Chrissy and I finally got out to Portage to see the fifth Harry Potter movie. We saw it on the IMAX screen, so the last twenty minutes were in 3D. I had been looking forward to seeing it since long before it was released. Chrissy had not read the fifth book, but I had listened to the books-on-tape version from the library when it...

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300 Rocked

Mar 18, 07 300 Rocked

Posted by Michael in Movies and Video

Swavek and I went to see Frank Miller’s 300 today. We saw it at the IMAX in Portage, and I was blown away by the sound system. We got there early, so the previews and commercials were cycling through on the upper half of the screen with the audio on a regular sound system. We saw the Spiderman 3 trailer and the Harry Porter...

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