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Friday was the last Tibble Friday. The tradition may be reinstated come next summer, but for now my weeks will be Tibbleless. This new development made me a little sad and nostalgic, at least in theory. When I think about not spending one day a week with the Tibbles I am sad. But when I [...]
First, one of my clients sent me an email at 9:23 p.m. on July 4th. I know this because Ziggy buzzed while we were sitting on that curb in Blaine and everyone was so curious to know who in the hell was e-mailing at 9:23 on the 4th of July that I checked it. Second, [...]
“We don’t want to kill the Earth, because then we will have nowhere to live and we won’t be able to see the moon in outer space,” Liam said. “You’re right,” I said. “Where does God live?” he asked. “Err,” I said. “I think God is everywhere all the time wherever you want.” “No,” he [...]
Now that school is out, Tibble Fridays will be spent at Supergenius HQ. Upon finishing a donut, Nolan dug this notebook out of the bookcase that used to be my Grandpa Cub’s. He sat down on the blue couch with a red pen and proceeded to fill about half the pages. After he finished he [...]
Liam likes to discuss, at great length, what happens in the video games he plays. I often have no idea what the heck he’s talking about. But, I find the re-enactments so amusing that I play along. From what I gathered this game featured pirañas and beasts that eat you. Also something creepy happened.
“You’ve inspired me,” Sister #2 said, waving Max’s copy of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing at me. I had invited myself over for dinner. A few months ago I decided to include childhood favorites as a part of my 2010 reading plan, and Tales was one of the first books I revisited. Last night [...]
“Does Batman have x-ray vision?” Nolan asked. “No, he doesn’t have any superpowers he only has a belt,” I said. “He has a swing gun.” “That’s not a superpower that’s a weapon.” “He has boomerangs.” “Still weapons,” I said. “Batman’s not super.” “Yeah, he is,” Nolan said. “Why else is he called a superhero? Because [...]
Here are two things I’ve learned tonight. Chrome bags are waterproof as fuck. Seriously. You can dump 27 ounces in that sucker and it will hold forever, only slowly seeping out after sitting around sloshy for over an hour. Don’t be the kind of fucking moron who carries their beloved laptop, Gideon, around in a [...]
“You know they go into Sid’s house,” Liam said. “I know. It’s crazy,” I said. “And you know what? Sid tortures his violent toys for fun.” “What do you think about that?” “It’s not good because then Sid can’t play and the toys are sad.”
“What are you doing?” Liam asked, his back to me while he played MarioKart. “I’m working,” I said. “Why do you work?” “Because I need money.” “It’s not all about money,” Liam said. “Oh,” I said. “Do you want to be rich?” he asked. “I don’t know,” I said. “Should I be rich?” “No,” he [...]
Watching Garfield with Liam, who is four. “Garfield is not funny,” I said. “Yes, he is,” Liam said. “Nope, he’s never been funny. Not even in 1984.” “LAME!” “Garfield’s lame, not me,” I said. “Garfield is a cat who acts like a human,” he said, laughing at the TV. “That’s always funny.”
I was on my way home from the grocery store waiting for a red light when I noticed the lady behind me doing something unusual. I watched her in the rearview mirror as she held up a page of negative sleeves up to the sun. Wow, I thought. That’s a blast from the past. When’s [...]
Yesterday I rode to Rock & Roll Bookclub with Jaycie, Ben, and Max. I’m not sure how we got on the topic but Max was waxing eloquently on the awesomeness of MonsterQuest and how I should spend my time watching it. “Eh,” I said from the front seat, “It’s not my thing.” “But they talk [...]
“I think they take a bath with their suits on, right Aunt Jodi?” Liam is playing Lego Batman on the Wii. He keeps up a running dialog that I mostly ignore until I hear my name. “Right,” I said. I was half listening at all. “Does it take their suits a long time to dry? [...]
Max calls his Winkletoe and Jaycie’s is Sparkletoe. Cade called his Wushy. Liam calls his D.T., because that’s what Nolan called his. Mine’s called Blackhole Sun, a nickname given to it by my college roommate F.R. Chicken because of its resemblance to an afghan that can be seen in the Soundgarden video. The blanket doesn’t [...]
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