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sparklet’s oscars

February 11, 2013

in honor of the academy awards, sparklet has pulled together her lifetime nods for the three most important categories:

Best Animated Feature

tangled
winnie the pooh
alice in wonderland
anastasia
rio
the jungle book

Best Musical

annie
chitty, chitty, bang, bang
mary poppins
the muppets
the muppet movie

Best Original Song

“bare necessities” from the jungle book
“chitty, chitty, bang, bang” from chitty, chitty, bang, bang
“life’s a happy song” from the muppets
“i’ve got a dream” from tangled
“i wan’na be like you” from the jungle book

i won’t bother to announce the winners, because we’d be redistributing trophies, back and forth just about every day for the rest of our lives.

video: Air Hockey

February 9, 2013

httpv://youtu.be/yUH4HFvlS28

f-14 sky striker

February 9, 2013

my favorite toy as a kid was g.i. joe F-14 “sky striker” — a plane that i, literally, loved to pieces.

just on a whim, i ebay’ed “sky striker” about two weeks ago, and found out not only are they for sale, but hasbro has re-released the sky striker on it’s 30th anniversary. it’s on sale at amazon for $34.

so, now, The Mighty Quinn is the proud owner of a sky striker, though he’s going to have to fight with daddy for the right to take it down off the ceiling and play with it.