Nik's Musings

Happy  S uper M a r i o    Day                       You know that game? The one with the short guy, trying to defeat the huge turtle who always sings a song called "Peaches, peaches, peaches" and kidnapped a princess whose names is Peach. Jeez, that turtle likes peaches a lot. Wonder where he gets them from. Walmart? Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. The point is that the game is called Super Mario Bros and it is awesome (that's what Bowser things of Peach). The main character is this dude named Mario and he's a plumber. That is until he wanders into the sewers and falls through a pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom. So to celebrate this guy, March 10th is Super Mario Day. What to do on Super Mario Day - If you live in California, like me, go visit Universal Studios Hollywood. Buy some Mario stuff. These are some links -  Lucky Block Nightlight ,  Goomba Stuffed Toy ,  Mario Clothes ,  Mario Slap B...

In the last 2 months I had a lot of free time and I used that free time to read books. As I read I saw and understood how different books make you feel different emotions. It showed me that emotion always has a play, whether it is in a book or real life. Here are few of the books I read that helped me understand that emotion is always present. Randi Rhodes - Ninja Detective : The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit Octavia Spencer This book is about a girl named Randi Rhodes who moved from Brooklyn to a town called Deer Creek in Tennessee. In Brooklyn, Randi took up the role of a secret detective known as Glen Street. After moving to Deer Creek she thinks there is no need for Glen Street as Deer Creek is very normal and boring in her eyes. Little does she know that she and her newly found friends are going to solve a brand new mystery! This book shows that there is always light at the end of a dark tunnel as Randi lost her mother but she made new friends and solved a new crime. Look Out fo...