2011 just did not seem like it was going to be an exciting year for me. The number "2011" just did not seem exciting.  With the Big O in office, things were getting worse and worse already.  As much as I tried on Facebook, I could not change many of leftist friends minds on him.  So I left it to the Big O to speak for himself and boy, did he.  However, did change quite a bit for me in 2011 and despite a lot of the bad things going on, it was still a pretty good year

I am having a geek-parent dilemma that probably means nothing to anyone else, but it has profound meaning to me.  My kids are getting into Star Wars.  Keegan at 4 YO and Taylor at 7 YO both have asked to watch the movies.  Keegan wants more and more toys.  Taylor so far just wants to know more about it.  I am sure she will want toys or books soon too.As a geek dad, this has many meanings to me.  It's should be a great thing for most geek dads and at one time, I real