On A Roll

Bus ride today, and he's earned all his letters to go to Montreal this weekend!

Review: X-Men Apocalypse

Our next instalment in the retconned X-Men universe. Having sequels in disaster universes is interesting since the sequel has to at least mention the previous disaster and some of the fall-out from it. But overall I thought this offering a bit thin, despite the global scale of the destruction. I will allow that it was better than the trailers made it look, low bar that that was.

That reminds me, can we have the second trailer for Doctor Strange drop please. I only go to the movies once or twice a month and I'm sick of the one that is currently out.

Review: Independence Day Resurgence (in 3D!)

Big, loud, flashy special effects that totally ignore physics. Flimsy story. A dog in distress. Basically everything you want in a summer blockbuster.

The 3D was, at best, distracting -- and at worst, terrible. We only saw it because this showing was the best fit for our schedules. I remain unconvinced that 3D is anything other than a ticket revenue buffer.

The Graduate

Alex had is grade 6 graduation today. Next year it is on to a brand new school. Everyone is very proud of his hard work over the last few years. This is Alex and Daddy while eating the celebratory cake.

Skytowers

I figured that with the new version of Minecraft P/E, plus my brand-new iPhone SE, I could crank the render distance up on the game I play on my phone. This is two skytowers in the same shot. This is the same world that I carefully built the lava plunge down to the bedrock in. I was thinking the next thing I should do was to make a skybridge, but in digging the hole necessary to extract the raw materials for a skybridge I got lost. I only hope I can find my way out before I run out of wood.

Mildly Interesting

It is hard to see, but the landlord here has given the building an extra parking spot by repainting the lines slightly closer together.

Happy Father's Day

Annual crafts made at school for Father's Day. I'm going to miss getting these when they're all grown up.