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Snow Day

Late

I was a little late for work the other day. It had snowed for the 2nd time this year in Tokyo.
Eric Working on his Snowman in Tokyo
Eric woke up early and got out there and started working on a snowman. I was a little under the weather from a late night. 

He was pretty excited and when I did get out there he was doing pretty good on his own so I helped him out. I took me about 15 minutes that I did not really have to help him get done. 

But it was well worth it. Click the image at the right to see more pitctures of Eric building his snowman.

 
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Axe Cop

Axe Cop

Axe Cop is a web comic written, by a 5 year old and illustrated by his older brother.
According to Comics Coast To Coast.

"Just as interesting as the webcomic itself are the creators of this viral internet phenom. The writer, Malachai, is only 5 years old. His brother Ethan, the artist, is 29 years old. Despite such an age difference they are able to work as a team to create a powerful and amusing webcomic that has the creativity of a child with the artwork of a self taught cartoonist. In other words...pure magic."

Here is a the latest video and if you have the time check out the pod cast at iTunesAnd of course check out Axe Cop.

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TV News How To

Seriously funny take on how useless TV News has become.
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Bay Blade

Bay BladeThe Bay Blade

Eric is supper into Bay Blade. Basically it is just tops that you spin against each other to see which can knock the other out or make the other stop. Funny thing is it 2010 tech tops.
They are made up of 4 different parts. The face, the metal wheel, the truck, and the bottom. The way you combine the four pieces decides how it will react when you spin it. Some combinations are for attack, others are for defence. I really do not understand how the configurations work but Eric does completely. I wish he paid that much attention at school. Maybe I can take some comfort in the fact that "it is a geometry thing" and he will get something out of it. Bay Blade Parts


But I wonder/worry about him and his kind of obsession mind set. Everything that comes along and is "cool" for the moment, he is so into, Pokemon, Nintendo DSi, etc. They all occupy a intense, INTENSE, interest for a moment in time and then quickly fade away. 

The affect on my wallet is usually substantial but survivable, but I wish he would get "more" out of these experiences. Recently I have been thinking he should do some other activity like Judo or learn to play the Eric and his Bay Blade Collectionguitar or other individual thing where he can express him self with out the influence of all his classmates and friends.

I like all; well most of his friends, so the problem is not them, I just wish he would learn to be more of a individual, and less of a follower.

Either way he is a good kid, not perfect but, as close as a 8 year old with as many life hurdles as he has can be.

Finally, as a Dad with as many problems as I had as a kid, I do not think I could ask for a better son.

E./