I couldn’t resist getting one more addition to Harry Potter Lego collection when the Hogwarts Express was available for about 100 dollars cheaper one day. I think it was all down to there being some Amazon stickers on the box…
LEGO Simpsons 71016 the Kwik-E-Mart
Chris built the Kwik-E-Mart from the Simpsons a few months ago. It lent itself beautifully to Lego with its bright colors. It was chock full of references with the decades the Simpsons has been with us: Here’s the video:
Minor Differences: Crisps vs. Chips
A minor difference between the UK and the US is crisps and chips. Most people are familiar with the difference in terminology in that chips in the UK refers to hot fried potatoes, whereas the crispy room temperature potato product…
Roadrunners, 3-D Printing & iPhones
As some of you may have noticed from previous videos, we had some visitors fairly recently. Both my parents and Chris’s parents came in the same week in May. My parents helped us get Arizona plates. All of us went…
Doctor Who: The Doctor Falls
What a phenomenal (near) ending! This was a fantastic series and a fantastic episode. It was very dense, but I thought it worked. The fate of the Masters felt fitting. Plus, we know the Master never really dies even when he…
Wells Fargo History Museum in Phoenix
When both my parents and Chris’s parents were here in May, we took them all to the Wells Fargo History Museum. We did this for a few reasons. Chris works for them. It also sounded like about the right size…
Doctor Who: World Enough and Time
I wish this particular episode could have been truly spoiler free. This was the one I knew the most about going in as the BBC made extremely sure that a few facts about it were widely known. Chris and I generally…
Heat Special Part 2
So last year, we did a blog post on the heat, as it’s what Arizona is known for. The hottest day of the year so far happened to coincide with the first day of summer in Arizona, which for time…
Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light
The Eaters of Light is unique among Doctor Who episodes in that the writer, Rona Munro, is the only person to write for both the classic series and the new one. She also penned the very last one of the…
1000 Days of Duolingo
Exactly 100 days ago, I made a post about the beauty of the streak. I know this because it was on the event of my 900 day streak on my primary language learning site, Duolingo. I have now reached 1000.…