Day 1 of Dad 2.0 Summit 2016

On the Train to Washington DC
Photo-A-Day #3965

Today I took the train from Providence down to Washington, D.C. for the Dad 2.0 Summit. I was actually pretty productive on the ride down, too. So I am happy with that. The ride was a rather long one but it went by quickly. It was an 8 hour trip and the only time I had been in a train that long before was a trip to New York when the electricity on the lines was out. I was stressing out on that trip. None of that today despite an hour or so delay. But with wi-fi that was fairly decent the whole way down I kept up on what everyone else was doing and was able to do some work.

This is an interesting thing for me because I had not really done much in the way of meeting up with other dads in the dad blogging space since 2010. It has taken me 5 years to get to one of these events and I am going to try and get the most out of it. I did turn in fairly early to do today’s vlog and also because the welcome party was getting pretty loud. No need for me to lose my voice on the first day.

When I got back to my room I was greeted with a great bag of fun things from the conference sponsors. You can hear and see all of it on today’s vlog.

Oh Yeeeah! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Begins Shooting!

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2A few years ago I had the distinct pleasure and a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to California to see Guardians of the Galaxy and meet and interview the cast. It was such an amazing experience and to this day is the best ever press trip I was on. Meeting Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, James Gunn, Zoe Saldana, and Vin Diesel was simply amazing. We missed Kevin Feige on this trip but I did get to see him on another trip that I went on for Avengers: Age of Ultron. So, suffice it to say I am bursting with excitement to see this movie. I follow James Gunn on Facebook and he is excellent with his posts. He did an amazing thing with Guardians of the Galaxy and Vol. 2. promises to be even better.

There are some great things happening in this new movie including the addition of Kurt Russell as Star-Lord’s father. I think he is the most perfect casting for this role. I’ve loved him since The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes that I watched on The Wonderful World of Disney. And then his roles as Snake Plissken in Escape from New York and then Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China, plus Gabriel Cash in Tango and Cash he was awesome! So he’s gonna crush it as Star-Lord’s dad.I just cannot wait. Below is the press release for the movie. Continue reading Oh Yeeeah! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Begins Shooting!