For once I'm not watching a movie with the wife and kids. Why? Because they're watching the truly awful Star Wars Ewok Adventure Caravan of Courage.
Yep. It still sucks after all these years.
Tags: awful, ewok, movie, don't ever watch it
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For once I'm not watching a movie with the wife and kids. Why? Because they're watching the truly awful Star Wars Ewok Adventure Caravan of Courage.
Yep. It still sucks after all these years.
Tags: awful, ewok, movie, don't ever watch it

"Power Flower" by Dawn EndicoTo all the Mums in my life - Olivia (mother of my children and best friend), Mum (who is always there to talk to), Marijke (a great mother-in-law and Nanna to the kids), Gran, Oma and everyone else - Happy Mothers Day!
My Mum is going away, and we're having lunch with Olivia's Mum and family on Sunday, right after Olivia's Oma goes skydiving!
Because Sunday is looking busy, Olivia has asked that we go out for breakfast for her next week, which is probably smart: on Mothers Day itself there's a set breakfast that's slightly more expensive.
Tags: mothers day, mum, family, personal

I'm sure my new name at home is "ButDad". The kids seem to call me that all the time - "But Dad..." - which is what you get when you have kids that can argue but not reason :-)
I've been busy recently, and our computer at home does not like the heat (we've had a couple of weeks of unseasonably hot autumn weather), but I hope after Easter to be back "virtually".
Happy Easter!
Tags: parenting, family, funny
Fittingly, 17 years ago at age 17, I was in my final year of high school at Maranatha Christian School.
This weekend, I'm going to the first school reunion since then. I'm looking forward to seeing people I haven't seen since school finished; I know I went my own way and I'm glad to be able to catch up with old friends.
The photo below is from "the old days". Note I have never been cool - this shows just how dorky I am :-)
Tags: school, reunion, Maranatha Christian School, personal
I've never been a fan of Chuck Norris. I know I could get round-house kicked through a bar window for saying that...but wait: I'm strangely drawn to Chuck.
No, I can't name a single movie Chuck has starred in (apart from one Bruce Lee film) and I never watched Walker, Texas Ranger although I do know of the show's existence.
But I love the legend that surrounds Chuck Norris. There's a recent funny where if you type "find chuck norris" in Google and click "I'm Feeling Lucky", you get redirected to a special "not found" page.
To show just how much I still appreciate Chuck, 2 years on, I'll leave you with one of my favorite "Chuck Norris is so tough" quotes (see here and here for more):
Chuck Norris makes onions cry.
Olivia and I are "in between" churches at the moment. I don't want to go into too much detail but basically our last church lost momentum and folded. People went their separate ways, and we stayed in touch with a few families.
Since then, we've been visiting local churches and are fine with that, but I guess I just feel a little lost sometimes.
I think it boils down to this: I don't feel connected right now. I guess that regular Sunday morning "how are you doing", comfortable kind of thing just isn't happening.
I'm sure I'll be OK...but I'm looking forward to finding a church again, and feeling a little less lost.
Tags: personal, faith, friends
I'm Thomas Williams, and this is my blog. I also have another blog which is about programming and design (my day job).
I live near Frankston in Victoria, Australia, with my beautiful wife Olivia and 3 great kids - T.J., Maya and Heath. I'm a computer geek, a Christian, a Dad, a Husband, a coffee appreciator, a book reader and more, as I'm sure you'll find out when you read my blog!
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Fantastic Fantasic is a biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from his humble beginnings to mid-2005. I felt the book started off in a little too positive light, helped by "rose-colored" rememberings by friends and family; however, by the end of the book the author, Laurence Leamer, included the good, bad and ugly of Arnie's transition from movie tough guy to, well, another sort of tough guy. An interesting read, expecially for Arnie fans.
Down the Bright Way - Robert Reed A good science fiction story that sets up a realistic universe and believable characters. The book alternates between chapters from various characters which helps build familiarity when you encounter new characters (that have already featured, but from another character's viewpoint), and then ties everyone together well in a thrilling finish.
Cities and Knights of Catan One day, I'll get sick of playing the Settlers of Catan board game and our new expansion, Cities and Knights. One day. But for now I'm totally wrapped up in it, and love playing it!
Bruce Almighty I hadn't seen this film for a whole lot of reasons, but after Olivia took the kids to see Evan Almighty we thought we'd give Bruce a try. It was a funny film that couldn't decide if it should be taken seriously or blasphemously :-) Jim Carrey is actually quite good when he's not being totally over-the-top, and I think as a Christian I could read more into this film and perhaps even feel challenged, which is probably a good thing. 8 out of 12
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