Thanks to my friend Sandy for the heads-up on this geektastic sight: the most eye-catching Salvation Army bell-ringer I’ve ever seen! Jeff told me he dons this suit annually to do his part to raise money during Christmas. I can’t think of a cooler way to do it!

Naturally, I wanted to grab a quick photo with my little towheads right away. Having recently posed for photos with Miss North Dakota and the Governor and First Lady of North Dakota, they’re getting pretty good at posing and waiting for Daddy to fiddle with the camera settings and draining flash batteries.

They’ve never seen Star Wars, but that doesn’t mean my boys didn’t think that the Stormtrooper was cool. They were quite impressed, and enjoyed the sight as much as I. I forgot to ask that nagging question in the back of my mind, though: just what is an Aluminum Falcon?