Field Day. Did you have this when you were in school? A day, or maybe only half of a day, dedicated to being outside, on the playing fields around the school, participating in track and field events?
God, how I hated field day when I was a kid. I remember elementary school and the annual field [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 28, 2008
Field Day
May 12, 2008
3 A.M. I Hate You
Why is it that kids always get sick in the middle of the night? What is it about 3 a.m., anyway?
3 a.m. is the time of night morning I tend to wake up for no discernable reason at all, and then struggle to get back to sleep as my mind makes up lists of things to [...]
May 5, 2008
Defective Parts
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing to request an exchange on my son’s olfactory parts. It seems that when you supplied all the parts for this child of mine, you accidentally inserted a vulture’s sense of smell into him in lieu of a human’s sense of smell.
I submit the following as evidence:
Most human beings [...]
May 1, 2008
Pants Recommended
Call me lazy, but I am sick and tired of having to make decisions. Things that used to be simple have gotten crazily complicated. And I don’t like it.
Take… school picture day, for example. When I was a kid, you showed up at school and they took your picture. And that was it. Well, maybe [...]
