Princes of the Universe Podcast: Episode 0

Me update

 So lately I've started a few podcast on YouTube. If you haven't heard of them I'll tell you a little about them today.

Prince of the Universe, is a podcast I do with my friend Bruce Huber. We talk about Sci-fi/Fanatsy things. It's also where I give more takes and insights into Star Wars and the Expanded Universe.

Saturday Morning Samoflange is the 2nd podcast I do that focuses on Movies, TV and Games. I've enjoyed doing both but editing the both of them every week is taxing on my time. Like having a part time job without getting paid.

Anyway, if you're interested, go ahead and subscribe to know when a new episode pops up.

Have a great weekend folks!

Febuary Movie Review

I forgot to do a January review this month and since it's too late now, I thought I'd go ahead and do one for February.

 SpongeBob

No.

 50 Shades of Grey

No. No.

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Why?!

This isn't a good month for movies but when is it ever?!

Steak N Shake

For the first time ever, I ordered a Dark Chocolate shake and RECIEVED it on the first try!

Never happened to me before. Usually they give me something that's the exact opposite of that. Wherever I go this tends to be the case. But on this fateful night in Orlando, it happened.

A miracle to be sure!

So how was Universal Studios at Xmas and is it worth going?

Yeah. Especially if you like Suess. If not, then it's ok. The Grinch saved it for me but outside of that, there's a lame parade and not much else around the season. So I guess it boils down to that.

Ok, that does it for our trip last month! More fun to come tomorrow!

Fun times!

 Megan and I took some time to play with ET dolls

 Our friend Gabby (who was with us) is scared of ET

 Wouldn't even walk near his ride in the park!

 So we took these to show her later.

 But Megan thought it was too mean and didn't let me send them to her. : (

 Back to the Future car

Megan awarded her the title of "World's Best Aunt"

Grinchmas Show (2)

Fun pics coming up next!

Grinchmas Show (1)

To end our trip we went to see the Grinchmas Show. A slightly different take on the story/movie that was enjoyable to watch.

More coming later today...

more Universal Studios pics

 Here's some more pics from that day!

 Megan and I on the Suess Trolly

 At Jurassic Park

 Check the T-Rex out

 Here I am reacting to it and Meg's smiling....ha!

Beautiful scenery! More coming tomorrow!

Fire!!

The AMAZING fire breathing dragon in Diagon Alley. I got it just in time! Also more video footage of the area.

Universal clip

Just a clip of the lame Macy's Day Parade and the front of their park. (which did look nice)

Jurassic Park

Short video showing some of Jurassic Park. More miscellaneous  videos and pictures happening today.

10 Year Anniversary

Has it already been a decade since my very first post?

In 2005 blogs were fading away to Myspace accounts and I was determined to keep mine going.

Well 10 years later here I am. Posting every week (5 times or more) for the last 10 years.

I started this blog as an outlet for my comic strips. But after I retired from them in 2013 the blogs been my personal haven for news, thoughts, ramblings, rants and an inside look at my life. Kind of like an open journal.

I like how it differs from my ever growing YouTube channel. More private and inviting. I don't know if that many people still read it anymore. I know Megan stopped over a year ago.

But I don't mind it. In fact, I love it. This blog will also be special to me. I love looking back at the things I've posted and look forward to seeing 10 more years of posts to come.

Now about getting a Facebook page...

Dueling Dragons ride

So my deal that day was if they could talk Gabby into getting on a ride at Universal, then I would ride it too.

Surprisingly they did, on the Dueling Dragons ride....and this was the aftermath video.

Have a good weekend folks!

Suess World

During Grinchmas, all of Suessville is decorated. We also got to ride the Suess train around the "world" it was fun!

Harry Potter Train

Just a few videos today. Here's an example of how Megan walks right in the middle of the area so nobody can walk next to her. She does this ALL the time!

Secondly is another look at the train station.

More vids coming later today!

Misc Universal pics

 They had a "Macy's Day" parade on the streets that day. We went to it, but it sucked.

 All they had were generic balloons and so-so bands. I don't understand why because they had plenty of notable balloon characters being showcased all across the park. We left after 10 minutes.

 Us on the Jurassic Park Ride

Gabby and I riding Storm Force, while Meg and Beaux rode the "I'm gonna die" ride; The Hulk!

More fun coming tomorrow!

Men in Black ride

Pics coming up next!

Bumble Bee

An unbelievable costume! I wanted to take a picture with him but we were rushed for time trying to get on all the rides we wanted that day.

Streets of Universal

Here's a looks at the streets of Universal Studios. I'll be posting a few pics and vids today about some of the rides we rode.

Harry Potter World (6)

 Again, the detail in the new park is amazing!

Looks just like the movie!

With a dragon on top!

Supposedly, even the side streets went to different places you could visit

Beetle the Bard stage, with performances every hour.

Fire breathes out of the dragon every 10 minutes or so.

We had a Butter Beer while we looked around

More coming tomorrow!

Harry Potter World (5)

Inside Gringotts. The ride wasn't as good as Forbidden Journey but it was still fun.

Pics coming next!

Harry Potter World (4)

Our first look at the new Diagon Alley

Harry Potter World (3)

 The train coming in

The station itself, looked great.

 As always, the detail was amazing

 Who would have thought so many people would get excited to see a train!?

 Megan (of course) took lots of pictures

 The castle looked good

 And the town looked authenic

More coming tomorrow!

Harry Potter World (2)

One of the new things you can do in Harry Potter world is ride the train from England to Hogsmeade and back!

It's 2 different "rides" back and forth as well. Fun stuff!

Harry Potter World (1)

Our first stop was in Harry Potter world, to beat the crowds. We rode the Forbidden Journey Ride, which is still the best Harry Potter themed ride in the parks!

More videos and pics to come shortly...

Breakfast with the Grinch pics

 Megan and Cat and the Hat

 Sam I Am

 Megan tries to run off with Cat

 My favorite picture. (not Megan's though!)

 The breakfast was well worth it

 The Grinch was GREAT

And Sam I Am was fun too!

 Unfortunately I forgot to get video footage of the Grinch while I was talking with him.

 We ate who-cakes and green eggs and ham that morning. POWER BREAKFAST!

This is how I should start off every morning. Megan thinks being the Grinch should be my future job.

 

More fun tomorrow!

Breakfast with the Grinch

One of the things I'd insisted on us doing that week, was go to the Grinchmas Breakfast on our last day.

It was SO worth it too! I'll show some pics later today!!

Sneak peek to next week!

That's right! For the first time ever we ended our week at Universal Studios instead and it was well worth it!

When we started planning it, we knew this was the best time to do it and we turned out being right. It wasn't as crowded that day as it would have been at Disney so I'm glad we did it.

I'll be posting pics and videos from the trip for next week. So until then, have a good weekend folks!

Magic Kingdom Memory Maker (3)

Our Mine Train video

See you tomorrow folks!

Magic Kingdom Memory Maker (2)

 Scrooge McDuck only comes out during Xmas time at Disney. I'm glad we got a chance to meet him.

 Afterwards, Daisy and I tried to sneak off for some quiet time....

 ...but got busted by Donald. AWKWARD!!

 In the end though, everything worked out alright.

 As you can tell by her face, Megan had a great time.

 Us on Space Mountain

 Bub on Space Mountain with out friends from Shreveport. Gabby and Beaux

 Splash Mountain

 Bub talks to Santa

 Me looking buff!!

 Santa telling Megan I'm on the naughty list.

I'm glad Beaux and Gabby got to join us. I loved having another couple there with us that day. Next time we go I hope it's with a crowd of friends!

One video yet to come!