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I was Howard Langston…at least for a few hours.

If you understood the title of this post, you’re either an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan or fan of the movie Jingle All the Way. How did I become like Howard looking for Turbo Man at the last minute? Funny you should ask. Last Monday December 23, my wife and I and the kids joined their cousins…
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December 30, 2013
10 Days of Fandads is Coming!

It is that time of year again for us here at Fandads to thank our friends for their support with the 3rd annual “10 Days of Fandads”. If you are new to our site and have never participated, check out a picture of last year’s goodies here with our model taunting you. “How do I…
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December 15, 2013
Haunt You Forever

As you may or may not know, Vic and I used to work at Waldenbooks/Borders together, we’ve worked in the retail holiday trenches so that makes us thick as thieves or…something. Anyway, we’re both out of the “life” (thank God) but I recently was reminded about a book that haunted some of my late nights…
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November 5, 2013
Chicago Toy & Game Fair is Coming Soon. Want to Go?

The Chicago Toy and Game Fair is coming up, November 23 & 24, and the Fandads will be there again this year and we want to take some of our readers with us…not in the same car of course, but we can all meet up there. This year marks the 11th anniversary of CHiTag so…
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November 4, 2013
The Dads do Baby Loves Disco

Saturday October 19, the Fandads along with dads from the Chicago Meet Up group got together to dance the afternoon away with our kids at Lincoln Hall for the Baby Loves Disco party. Never been to a Baby Loves Disco event. Well hopefully our recap will make you feel like you were there and you…
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October 31, 2013
Why I am doing Movember this year.

This November I am joining a group of DadBoggers in what has been come to be known as Movember. What is Movember? For the entire month, men grow out their mustaches to help raiseawareness for prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men and hopefully grow some sweet ‘staches by the time the month is…
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October 31, 2013
Fandads Join the #BigLeagueDads to see the Chicago Cubs.

On Sunday, September 22, Dove Men + Care and MLB invited a few Chicago Dad bloggers to see the Chicago Cubs take on the Atlanta Braves. While it was not the outcome the Cubs faithful would have liked to have, it was a good day for families to make some memories out at the ballpark.While…
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October 15, 2013
Pacific Rim Blu-Ray Giveaway

Remember watching cartoons like Voltron and Tranzor Z (Mazinger Z) and just thinking how awesome those robots were. I remember when I saw the first Transformers movie and thinking to myself “If they can make robots like this, they should do a Voltron movie soon.” Sadly, I will still have to wait a few more…
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October 15, 2013
A Fandads Fan Reviews Disney Infinity

Being that both Gil and I are teachers, it’s kind of hard to sit down and play video games like we used to. With the plethora of games coming out, we try to keep up, but sometimes it’s just hard to buy or play the games we want. Here is where you come in, the…
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October 11, 2013
Battroborg to The Death…or At Least Close to It.

On Thursday September 10th, a group of Chicago Dad Bloggers got together for one night of brutal and senseless violence….by settling the score at the #Battroborgs #gametruck event. “What are BattroBorgs?” you may be asking. Remember the old “Rock ’em, Sock ’em Robots? Do we got that image yet? Ok, now toss that image aside…
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September 21, 2013