What happens when you’re engrossed in a good book? Do the dishes and laundry pile up, neglected until that final page is turned? Do your kids catch up on every On Demand episode of Spongebob, Dora, and Sesame Street while you catch up on an engaging story line and endearing characters? Do you stay up [...]
The Alphabet Game. The Category Game. Car Bingo. The Story Game. Clearly, the five minutes stuck in a minivan with me are unbearable. The situation obviously necessitates creative measures to ward off boredom and defeat my utter uncoolness. Yes, as we make our way through suburbia on the way home from school, a game is [...]
Dear Mr. Grumpy Pants, My ten-year-old daughter thinks you need to take a chill pill. After observing your deplorable demonstration of rudeness today, I must agree with her. We were unfortunate enough to witness you driving your fancy schmancy car through the parking lot, driving too fast through hordes of shoppers, leaving a passel of [...]
My car is haunted. The ghost, who we so unimaginatively named Casper, torments and harasses me on a daily basis. He pesters me by turning on the windshield wipers on a sunny, cloudless day. Swish, swish, go the wipers, much to my chagrin. I foolishly check the wiper knob, already knowing they are turned off. [...]
