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Cool Tool Tuesdays: Harmy’s STAR WARS “Despecialized Editions”

Welcome to today’s installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today’s cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! As with most Star Wars fans, I hate the various modifications that has been made to the original trilogy and I openly voice my opinion on the matter. And unless you own the trilogy, in its unedited and...

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Hibachi FAIL

Yesterday, J suggested that we take both girls and — with the help of his parents — go have lunch at a Hibachi Steakhouse. Before I go on, I should state that I do not particularly like taking my kids to "adult" places. If the locale is specifically marketed as a family-friendly establishment? Sure, let's go for it! But otherwise, I am a firm believer that most patrons of restaurants, theaters, and such pay the markup for the experience, and have the right to get annoyed when children are ill-behaved, or when babies won't stop crying. (And although I am a mother myself, I personally would pay more for a child-free cabin if I were flying without my kids.) But this time around,...

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