Nothing quite screams “GENERATIONAL GAP!” like when you’re in the Manga/graphic novel section of Borders and there is an old-school arcade video game. So the kids sit down… And try to get it to work with their fingers, like one of those touch screen “WHERE ARE YOU” maps the shopping centres all seem to have now….
My friend and I arrived at the starting line yesterday on what can only be described as a rather hot morning. So we sat around in nervous anticipation and watched all the other competitors come in and register. Well, I sat in nervous anticipation. For you see, like I mentioned last week, my training for…
“There’s mercy to be found at the bottom of a glass.” Not sure what that line means, I just wrote it. * * * And that’s about as articulate as I’ll get today.
I will be flicking through old photos and I think, “Wow – my son does resemble me a little.” He’s not pure Adam after all.
We held an intimate, but nevertheless fun, Halloween party on Saturday night. Here are some of the photos: Adam drew some scary pictures which we hung on the wall. I made Halloween cupcakes (and by the way, since when did red and yellow make a funny shade of pink? No matter how I tried they…
Some of you may have seen the show Electric Dreams on television last night – it was about this family that had their house transformed into a replica of one from the 1970s, thus taking out nearly all modern comforts and gadgets. The first time the family returned to their house there were the usual shrieks…
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