Although our trip to the Chicago Comic Con was not terribly great, there was one really neat thing that happened to us. We got to meet Peter Mayhew, the 7’3″ actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, while he was there signing autographs. I know that he does the convention circuit now, selling his books and...
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Last year, I took Aiden to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place. C2E2 was in its first year, but it was the first comic convention that Aiden had ever been to. We went specifically to see super heroes (and take their picture), and we met about a dozen. Aiden had a good time and we vowed to return. This...
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Aiden starts pre-school again this week. He’ll be going back for three days a week this year, up from two last year. However, he’ll only be going to private school this time, since he doesn’t need speech therapy from the public school anymore. He really likes school, but I don’t think that he missed it...
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Aiden had such a good time at C2E2 in April that I had planned to take him to Wizard World Chicago later. Wizard is a declining force in the comics industry (they were huge back in the 90′s), so they changed the name of the event back to “Chicago Comic Con” this year. This con was arguably bigger than C2E2, but...
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Aiden and I went to the Lake Station library for their annual Star Wars Day. Members of the 501st Legion, Bloodfin Garrison, and the 501st Rebel Legion, Mos Espa Base, were scheduled to make an appearance. The new library was packed with Star Wars fans. This was a charity event, and donations were accepted in the form of...
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Dark Horse Comics posted a message on Twitter that they were having a contest. Anyone who forwarded that message on Twitter would be eligible for a giveaway. I was a huge fan of Dark Horse back in the day, and they still hold the comic rights to my two favorite franchises, Aliens and Predator (and Aliens VS Predator, for that...
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Imagination Movers is Aiden’s favorite show. He always wants to watch it, and we’ll use it as a reward if he’s good. So I see a lot of Imagination Movers, and I’ve noticed some things. There are the many references to Stripes (1981), the amazing creativeness of the set designers, and Mover...
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I love Halloween, but this year was especially awesome because I got to go Trick-or-Treating with Aiden for the first time. I’ve taken him to a couple of houses before (sometimes just carried him there) on Halloween, but he was too little to really get the full experience. This year, dressed up in his Jedi Knight...
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