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A child’s dinner and dad eating Denny’s Fit Fare

We’re a Denny’s Ambassador and were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. October is a manic month in our house populated with four family birthdays, countless fall festivals and our own personal need to relax. Jake just turned 6 and he loves Denny’s. He calls the one in our area the ‘castle Denny’s’ because it looks like a log cabin inside. For his birthday meal he called the shots and he said he wanted to go to the castle Denny’s.

This place has memories for us. It’s one of the first public places that his younger brother, Charlie, used the toilet. That was a big step for him and we celebrated that day by getting a big fudge brownie with ice cream; although it’s entirely possible I would’ve ordered that anyway.

When we got there for the special birthday trip the kids were excited, sat down and asked which animal cups were available. It’s their thing-cups with animals in the bottom of it. When they outgrow this phase a little part of me will be very sad. They then looked for the kid’s menu, started coloring, doing the crafts and imagining what they’d eat.

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Lassie Come-Home, the 75th Anniversary takes a classic, victory lap

Lassie Come-Home celebrates its 75^th year in print. In 1940 the now-classic story of everyone’s favorite Collie was just coming out. Three years later it was made into a movie where MGM executives were so moved by the story that they kept ordering new scenes to be filmed. The book, Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight, has a special forward by Ann M. Martin of the Baby-sitters Club series and a brand new, separate picture book for younger children.

As a child I never read Lassie. I never saw any movie or television version of the dog, but I was certainly aware of her legacy. For the record, Lassie is a girl in the book, but a boy dog was the on screen in 1943 because the girl kept shedding. Recap: she is a legend in the business.

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New all age comic books for Wednesday, November 4, 2015

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And suddenly, it’s November. The new all age comic books might have fewer ghosts this week, but there are still lots of new titles to keep readers of all ages interested. One of the books that we’re looking forward to this week is actually, a book. Alien Next Door is a humor book that shows Alien on Earth adapting to life, cleaning house, taking care of Jonesy and other mundane things. There’s nothing graphic about this book, but its humor might be too dry for kids to fully understand.

Back to the Future #2 (of 4), Bat Mite #6 (of 6), Hero Cats #8, Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy #2, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume 3, Regular Show #29, a couple Walt Disney Characters, Grandpa Simpson and much more come out this week.

If you picked up any of the comic books for Halloween Comicfest you have until Tuesday, November 10^th at 11:59PM ET to enter. You can win cash to spend at your local comic book store. This is great because you probably would’ve spent the cash there anyway.

The links will take you to TFAW, where you’ll save up to 20% on your orders through that link. The music on the podcast is provided by Gorowski, it’s some groovy chill-out, techno that I found at Free Music Archive.

Cyber bullying & Facebook: How To Protect Your Child

If the internet is good at one thing, it’s allowing people to fake their identities. After all, with just a few clicks of the button, bullies can create an entire fake profile and completely hide who they are while attacking a victim…

…or can they?

In the last few years, Facebook has introduced a number of new features, and it’s easier than ever before to shut down anonymous bullies and force them to come into the open.

Taking Control of the Privacy Settings

Like many social networks, Facebook prefers to have users spread their content as widely and publicly as possible – but while things often start public, they don’t have to remain that way.

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10 things I’m thankful for on Netflix

We’re part of the #StreamTeam and were compensated. Having said that, there are all things that I watch and love. This is a great time of year to be thankful. As we stream all of our entertainment I find myself discovering new things and going back to the old classics. Granted, old classics is relative and people like different things. These are my personal classics that I’m thankful for Netflix having. Two of them aren’t available for streaming, but Netflix has the DVD and it’s worth the wait. The rest of them are fabulous for adult audiences, once the kids are in bed.

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I’m dreaming of an LG Studio Kitchen at Best Buy, come see why

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. It’s probably a coincidence, but we’re new kitchen shopping. Our house was built in the mid 80’s and the appliances were new to it in the mid 90’s. If I touch our dishwasher for long enough I can channel Faith by George Michael. Then I start wondering about Andrew Ridgeley, I’ll text my wife about the funny scene from Music and Lyrics (the whole movie basically) and bam, dinner is over cooked and the dishwasher needs to be cycled. It’s a scene from the island of lost kitchens, which is right next to the island of lost toys, and is quite relevant this time of year. We got to experience a new LG kitchen from Best Buy and I think our current kitchen was trying to tell me something because my dishwasher just told me that WHAM! broke up.

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Editing easy with the new Adobe PhotoShop Elements + Premiere Elements 14

We were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own and we do love a good photograph. I hear Adobe and I think beautiful photography editing. It’s the impossibly lush pictures that I could never produce because of its complexity and I haven’t got the time to learn another new program. It is that thinking that led to Adobe PhotoShop Elements + Premiere Elements 14. It is designed for casual picture takes that get great images, but also need to have element edited out, camera shake or any number of filters and other things added to the pictures.

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Here is the scoop on Halloween Comicfest, free comic books and the costume contest

Halloween Comicfest is Saturday, October 31, 2105 and it’s a chance to get oodles of free comics and enter a costume contest where you (or your child…) can win a $100 or $500 shopping spree to your local comic book store. There are over $10,000 in prizes in five different categories so there’s certain to be something that you (or your child….) can have fun with. First off, find the closest participating comic book store and then let’s dig into what comics you’ll find on Halloween Comicfest.

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