{"id":88,"date":"2008-06-16T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/06\/16\/fathers-day-my-day\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T01:35:49","slug":"fathers-day-my-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/16\/fathers-day-my-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day&#8230; MY DAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">What a great Father&#8217;s Day I had!\u00a0\u00a0My wife made chocolate chip muffins for breakfast, I spent the morning playing with the kids, then we all swam in\u00a0pool for the first time this season, next I got to eat Sonny&#8217;s barbeque for lunch, and finally we\u00a0went to the comic book shop!\u00a0 What a fun stress-free day!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/dadday.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Father's Day Swag\" width=\"275\" height=\"325\" align=\"right\" \/>In addition to some nice typical Father&#8217;s Day items, I gotta mention the geek-related swag I received.\u00a0 I\u00a0got a cool Marvel t-shirt from Target that I&#8217;ve been eyeing\u00a0lately (see picture to right).\u00a0 Then I also received two plates that my kids drew for me!\u00a0You can see the plate on the left was done by two-year old daughter.\u00a0 She&#8217;s currently in her Impressionist period.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;re watching her closely to ensure she doesn&#8217;t cut off\u00a0her ear\u00a0and give it to anyone.\u00a0 The plate on the right was done by my eight year old step-son.\u00a0 You can see he&#8217;s done a Doctor Who themed plate for me.\u00a0 This may just be my favorite piece of Doctor Who related merchandise now!\u00a0 You can clearly make out the 10th Doctor, Martha Jones, K-9, and the remains of a recently-destroyed Dalek!\u00a0 He got all the colors right, and even drew in the Sonic Screwdriver.\u00a0 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