Driving Son and his classmate to school this morning, Son was describing what needed to be done to finish his Eagle Scout Requirements: Dad is going to get some sheet protectors.” We asked him to repeat what he said. Although he said the same thing, what we heard was: Dad is going to get some […]
Daughter lost her driver’s permit and was scheduled to go out on her last driver training session with the professional so we had to brave the DMV to get the permit replaced. While waiting our turn,s he revealed that she has a Twitter account. What? When did this happen? She said she was tired of
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Every day, Daughter gets several letters, fliers, and invitations to colleges. She was initially interested in what they had to say until she realized they were stock letters that had little to do with her. She takes her 7 pieces of mail a day and tosses them in a pile while rolling her eyes.
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If you heard a podcast called Lord of the Flies Cocktail Party, what do you think it would be about?” This question was posed by Daughter out of the blue this morning. After some thought I suggested it could be a bunch of boys talking about current pop culture. She laughed and said I wasn’t
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Son announced last week that he was changing his keyboard to Dvorak layout rather than keep it QWERTY. He said that he never felt confident with QWERTY even after years of games, drills, and usage. He was unhappy that he couldn’t touch type and didn’t get any better with practice. Dvorak layout uses less finger
