{"id":3666,"date":"2010-06-21T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T10:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2010-06-20T19:16:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T23:16:17","slug":"fathers-day-for-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/21\/fathers-day-for-geeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day for Geeks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Father's Day for Superman and Superman Jr (Superman Junior)\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/fathersday3.jpg\" alt=\"Father's Day for Superman and Superman Jr (Superman Junior)\" width=\"400\" height=\"588\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope all the geek-dads out there had an awesome Father&#8217;s Day!\u00a0 Mine was fantastic and lasted the whole weekend!\u00a0 Had some good solid family time, got to wander the aisles of a bookstore at my own pace (one of my favorite things to do!), ate an enormous Sonny&#8217;s BBQ feast for dinner Saturday, watched some geeky shows\/movies at home, had a special home-cooked lunch on Father&#8217;s Day, and generally had a great time. \u00a0 What a fun stress-free weekend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I received several really nice &#8220;normal&#8221; Father\u2019s Day gifts.\u00a0 However, I gotta share this one geek-related item I got&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Darth Vader Bust Bank\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/darthvaderbank.jpg\" alt=\"Darth Vader Bust Bank\" width=\"385\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s a Darth Vader shaped coin bank from my 10 year old step-son.\u00a0 The attention to detail is AMAZING!\u00a0 It&#8217;s darn-near statue quality detail, but made out of plastic.\u00a0 It stands about 7 inches tall, 11 inches if you go to the top of the lightsaber.\u00a0 Now the only thing I gotta wonder is if I should read anything into receiving a Darth Vader present on Father&#8217;s Day&#8230; hmmm&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone else get some cool geek swag on Father&#8217;s Day?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3666\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/21\/fathers-day-for-geeks\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3666\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button 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