
I gave the boy some choices this week, asking what sort of Lunch Posts he wanted. Today he called “Egypt.” I resisted the urge to try for a Hosni Mubarak post.

I gave the boy some choices this week, asking what sort of Lunch Posts he wanted. Today he called “Egypt.” I resisted the urge to try for a Hosni Mubarak post.

The Kid has the whole week off from school, but we’re still managing to sneak in the Lunch Posts. I think the post speaks for itself.

Nope, there’s no direct connection between apes and presidents, despite the holiday (the House of Representatives, on the other hand…).

When he was little, Ben knew dozens of dinosaurs with names unpronounceable to any normal adult. He was on a first-name basis with critters that hadn’t yet been found when I was a kid, back in the dark ages when we still used the word Brontosaurus.

In New York City, stoop sales fill the ecological niche occupied by garage, yard, and tag sales elsewhere in the United States.

The Boy is a Lego fanatic. But most of his fascination is with the little minifigures and the endless possibilities for building characters. more…