Thanksgiving Edition Of Life Magazine From November 24, 1892

Today, I am going to take you all way back to the year 1892 for this blog entry. Here is the cover of the Thanksgiving Edition of Life Magazine from November 24, 1892. Quite nice and fitting since this year's Thanksgiving falls on November 24 as well.



I only took a photograph of the cover because the stories inside are a bit gloomy.

Drifter Transforming Action Figure From The M.A.R.S. Converters Toy Line

This is my third review for a MARS Converters transformable action figure. The toy's name is Drifter. He transforms into a blue car. I bought this at Walgreens in March and I finally found time to do a review here in November. It was half off - only $4.99!! While the figure is cool, the arms do not stay in ... they will fall off during play. It is great for display. Drifter stands on his own with no problems. I like it. The company that released it is Hap-P-Kid/Cybotronix.

As some of you know, I always film the M.A.R.S. Converters experience, and here is my latest video showing the step-by-step process: taking the figure out of the box and transforming it:


Photographs of the toy ...

234th Anniversary Of The Siege Of Fort Mifflin Reenactment Held In Philadelphia, PA On November 13, 2011

On November 13, 2011, Fort Mifflin once again held its annual Siege Of Fort Mifflin Revolutionary War Reenactment. The actual battle took place 234 years ago. This blog entry features many photographs and two videos of the event.









































































The living historians lined up after the battle ...

Here is a wreath showing this as being the 234th Anniversary:


I picked up this really cool mouse pad in the gift shop at the Fort. I am using it right now!


Here are two videos of the reenactment [I tried (for days) to upload one nine-minute, thirty-nine-second video to youtube, and the website would not allow it so I had to split the footage into two parts] ...