After dozens of letters and postcards, Tommy just got a phone call from an Army recruiter. I know they’ve lowered their standards, but I’m pretty certain that Tommy is ineligible for any type of military service. I can’t decide if I’m annoyed, angry or amused at the amount of effort they are putting into recruiting […]
Me: “Amy has her checkup at the pede tomorrow.” Doug: blink blink Me: “Her checkup. Her physical. Her must have before Kindergarten exam.” Doug: “But we haven’t been practicing or preparing. She’s not ready.” Me: rolling eyes
Sarah leaves on July 3rd for a week of travel, followed by three weeks of flag (and band) camp. She only had one pair of the Soffe shorts that she wears for athletics and I get tired of washing them every night, so we ran out last night to get two more pairs of the […]
Let’s ponder on the asking price for this house. Ignore the fact that the house is in Knoxville, TN and there is no argument which can convince me that Knoxville is not a small town. Instead, consider that the property’s neighbor is Lakeshore Mental Health Institute (which houses the harmless as well as the sociopathic), […]
A week ago, Barry posted something that deserved more attention that it received. June 15, 2007: digital immigrant http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=digital+immigrant&defid=894212 Someone who grew up before the digital age and is fairly new to the internet. Basically anyone over the age of 28. YouTube is foreign to the digital immigrant. I’m sure that this would annoy all […]
imaginary brake: The invisible brake that the passenger in a vehicle uses to telepathically encourage the driver to slow down or stop. There are both hand and foot varieties of imaginary brakes. They are equally effective. Example of the word in use – “If you need me to slow down, you should just say so […]
Sarah claims to hate politics, but draws what are essentially political cartoons about her classmates and watches Comedy Central’s best hour four times a week. Next year, she begins her career as a high school journalist and I suspect she’ll become even more politically active while continuing to deny any political affiliation. Tommy’s odd filtering […]
The noise from the teenagers went on pretty much until 2 or 3 in the morning. This morning, Doug, Evan and I tripped over teenagers for hours before we talked them into getting up and starting the day. We started out with good intentions to make some progress on Sarah’s project at the middle school, […]
Three teenage girls here, two more arriving later. Now we have to make a quick visit to the summer camp art show. Next on the agenda will be giant cookie and pizza. Doug and I won’t retreat to the basement until after dark. Yes, I trust a pack of 14 and 15 year old girls. […]