The Red Oktober

"A great day comrades, we sail into history!" - Captain Marko Ramius (aka Sean Connery, in "The Hunt for Red October")

If you've never experienced the simple pleasure of playing with a baking powder submarine, you seriously need to rethink your life. ;-)

I purchased this little ridiculously inexpensive model at my local Hobby Lobby late last week for my son's 9th birthday. We had fun watching it silently submerge & reemerge for the better half of fifteen minutes in our kitchen sink the other night (while I shamelessly made those classic high pitched submarine "pinging" noises) I guess old school toys like this probably pale in comparison to the more popular & sophisticated xboxes & wii's of the day.

That's alright.

Not only is it easier on the pocket book, it allows me time for meaningful conversation with my son about important topics... like periscopes, port side, starboard bound, The Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Caspar Weinberger, President Reagan, etc. ;-)

Now diving officer (Caleb) submerge the ship! Make it One, five, zero feet! (or in our case... 5 inches) ;-)

Dive!

Dive!

(and avoid the drain at all costs) ;-)