Review: Orbo

Did you ever take the stickers off your Rubik’s Cube and rearrange them so it looked like you solved the puzzle? That was one frustrating little time waster from the 80’s wasn’t it? Well, I recently had the opportunity to play with a puzzle game that fit int he palm of my hand, was challenging but I could actually solve it. No sticker rearrangement needed. That puzzle was the Orbo from Popular Playthings. Continue reading Review: Orbo

Teaching Eva Important History


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Eva took Optimus Prime to school with her today for Show and Tell. Apparently she told her teacher that “This is Optimus Prime, he is very special to me.” Eva has wanted to know the story of the Transformers and she asks me to tell her the story often. So I figured that we’d start watching the G1 series together. I figure that if she is going to learn history then she’d better have all her facts in order. Continue reading Teaching Eva Important History