2 05, 2015

Souvenir Saturday: A Weapon for a More Civilized Age

By |May 2nd, 2015|Categories: Geek, Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I've written before about my dash through Disneyland, but wanted to show you the awesome lightsaber I built! This is the lightsaber when its "retracted". There is a button that activates the sound and light, and you kind of just throw it upwards to make the lightsaber come fully out. I picked purple as its my favorite color! After you select the base hilt (and if you wanted a double bladed lightsaber) you then select the color, and then select the various hilt customizers. One cool feature not many know about these custom lightsabers is that

14 10, 2013

Travel Missteps: Disney Dash

By |October 14th, 2013|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In February 2010 I had already had a busy travel month by getting delayed twice in St. John, and once I arrived home I only had a few days to pack and get ready for a work trip to Anaheim, CA. On my first day in Anaheim it turned out I had a free afternoon. It was suggested I could "swim at the hotel" or go to the "welcome drink reception."  But nagging me from my window was Disneyland. I worried if I headed to Disneyland that I'd get a call from my co-workers asking where I was, or some other emergency would