Chris is now licensed to drive in the state of Arizona. This was a bit of nerve wracking process for him. He is an excellent driver, but the list of nations that have agreements that allow their citizens to just come to…
Doctor Who: Oxygen
This was a particularly intense episode of Doctor Who. I do need to watch it again as I was admittedly a little bit distracted as we have both my parents and Chris’s parents all here at the same time, so…
LEGO Harry Potter Hagrid’s Hut 4738
Lego have released several sets from one of my favorite series of all time, Harry Potter. Unfortunately, the last of those sets was released about 7 years ago, so many of them are now expensive and rare. As a result,…
Doctor Who: Knock Knock
This week’s episode was written by a first timer to Doctor Who, Mike Bartlett. It wasn’t a bad first try, but I was less impressed by this one than the first three episodes this year. The big reveal that the old…
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
Series 10 is still coming along beautifully. I did slightly prefer last week’s Smile to this week’s Thin Ice, but it was still highly enjoyable. I am not normally as big a fan of the back in time in the fairly…
LEGO Disney Princess Jasmine’s Exotic Palace 41061
LEGO Disney Princess Jasmine’s Exotic Palace is the most recent set I’ve tried my hand at. Like the Little Mermaid set, it was a variety of pieces that were just asking to be puts on a MILS board. There were fewer…
Doctor Who: Smile
Week two of series 10 was very satisfying. Frank Cottrell Boyce did a much better job this time than he did on his previous attempt at Doctor Who, In the Forest of the Night. Fortunately, this story hung together much, much…
Secura SCG-903B Automatic Electric Burr Coffee Grinder Mill
We purchased a coffee grinder mill about a month ago. We aren’t especially picky about coffee compared to connoisseurs. We wouldn’t buy instant coffee, but we aren’t the sort of people who need it to be roasted this week to enjoy…
Minor Differences and Major Similarities: Becoming Christophe with Cox Communications
So we are generally very happy with our internet provider, Cox. We have heard plenty of horror stories from the eastern half of the country where Comcast is more common. From what our neighbors have told us, the other option…
LEGO Disney Princess Ariel’s Magical Kiss 41052
I bought and built a recently discontinued set from the Little Mermaid the other week. Like many smaller sets, it was a bit incomplete. It had some very nice objects in it, but one thing it was sorely lacking was water. There…