By Drew Bennett

Husband, Dad, Blogger, Photographer, Transformers Fan and Wired Kayaker

  • I did this shopping trip already, back home and that time I picked up a Cap Light and not one of the Beam Headlights. Big Difference. So, I learned that I had to go back and do the shop again and it just so happened that I knew exactly what to use the Headlight for while on vacation. It has to do with this guy.

    Walmart trip with Daddy. I should be in bed, right now.

    Walmart trip with Daddy. I should be in bed, right now.

    The title of this post is completely counter intuitive. How can something that lights up give someone better sleep. Oh, I didn’t mean my sleep, oh no, my sleep has been shot for years and vacations only make it worse. We are down in Florida visiting my in-laws for our vacation. Both kids are sleeping in the same room and my son is a terrible sleeper on a good day, on vacation he’s become impossible. This is the third night in a row that I’ve been up at 3-3:30am trying to get him back to sleep. He can get back to sleep with a little work. Me though, once I’m up, I’m up. 3am or 6am, it doesn’t matter. So, I might as well get some work done. Thing is, I can’t go turning lights on all over the house because that would wake people up and I can’t see my keyboard on my laptop from just the ambient light off of the screen. That is where I thought the night mode of the Energizer Headlight would help me best. If I’m going to run all night like the Energizer Bunny (@EnergizerBunny) I had better be able to see. read more!

  • I attended a Press Event for Monsters University in April. My Flight, Hotel and Meals were taken care of for me. I present these posts about the #MonstersUEvent 100% my own honest opinion.

    The Blue Umbrella Director, Saschka Unseld talks with press at Monsters University Long Lead Press Days. Pixar Animation Studios. Emeryville, California. April 9, 2013 (Photo by Alexandra Ambrose/Pixar)

    The Blue Umbrella Director, Saschka Unseld talks with press at Monsters University Long Lead Press Days. Pixar Animation Studios. Emeryville, California. April 9, 2013 (Photo by Alexandra Ambrose/Pixar)

    While I attended the Monsters University Press event back in April I was able to speak with the director of the Pixar animated short, The Blue Umbrella, Saschka Unseld. Did you know that before every Pixar movie there is a short film? I hadn’t really taken note of it before but it is true. Before the movie Brave there was the short La Luna and before the movie Monsters University that is being released June 21, 2013, there will be the short, The Blue Umbrella. The short is completely animated but you will not think it true at all because it is so realistic that it is near impossible to tell. Some of you won’t believe that it is animated, but it is.

    The Blue Umbrella is a love story that takes place in the rain on a busy city street during rush hour. The short starts out quiet but as the drops begin to fall the tone becomes lively and playful and the city comes alive. Inanimate objects take on personalities and celebrate the love story unfolding before them.I thought the short was amazing and the story was wonderful. Take a look at this clip. Obviously the faces are animated but look at the detail of the umbrellas as the rain pours over them.

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  • The Littlest Pet Shop: Sweetest Pets

    We received a copy of The Littlest Pet Shop: Sweetest Pets DVD. Opinions are 100% our own.

    The Littlest Pet Shop continues to be one of my Daughter’s favorite shows on The Hub. On June 4th a brand new DVD, The Littlest Pet Shop: Sweetest Pets, was released with five fun episodes. She immediately watched the whole DVD like a move and then had my wife print out a the coloring page that you find when you put the DVD into your computer. Eva couldn’t wait to tell me all about it. She hadn’t seen the episodes in a while and so she was excited to see them again.

    Don’t know much about The Littlest Pet Shop? Here’s the scoop.

    When Blythe Baxter moved into the city with her father, she never expected to move into the apartment above the Littlest Pet Shop. But an even bigger surprise awaited her. Blythe can talk to the pets…and they can talk back! On June 4, 2013, Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release Littlest Pet Shop: Sweetest Pets on DVD. Join Blythe as she embarks on five more wild adventures with her newest friends: Pepper, the hilarious skunk; Sunil, the magical mongoose; Penny, the adorable panda; Russell, the highly organized hedgehog; Zoe, the diva Spaniel; and, of course, Minka, the artistic monkey!

    Here are the episodes that are on the DVD:

    • Topped with Buttercream
    • Trading Places
    • Sweet (Truck) Ride
    • What’s in the Batter?
    • Bakers and Fakers

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  • I was Father’s Day today and the kids conspired with my wife to get me some fun t-shirts as a gift. They know that I love Transformers and Allison saw my wishlist from Red Bubble. She picked out two of them for me. One was a mashup of the WWF Superstar Rowdy Roddy Piper and Hot Rod. The shirt is Rowdy Rodimus Prime complete with bagpipes. The second shirt is a mashup of Back to the Future and Transformers called Marty McPrime. They are both very fun shirts.

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  • On vacation today we went to Del Ray Beach with Grandpa Dano. We went after 3pm because the sun was way too hot for us to spend the whole day at the beach. I personally don’t like spending the entire day at the beach anymore like I did when I was a kid. When I was a kid on Falmouth Heights Beach I would swim, snorkle, dig holes and goof around with my friends. The days never seemed long enough. Now, while I still enjoy the beach, I just can’t take the sun for that long a stretch. So we go later in the day and enjoy the late afternoon sun and the warmer water. read more!

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