When I was in high school, Pat Benatar had the hit song. We used to sing it, with relish, because we were angst-ridden teenagers that thought for some reason the world owed us something, that we were somehow special in our feeling messed up. We imagined we were hurt somehow. They cry in the dark, […]
Today my first grader had his Thanksgiving Feast. You know, the traditional have turkey and gravy the tuesday week before Thanksgiving? So, of course, since we are still adjusting to the new tradition of Tuesday before the week of thanksgiving feast, my wife gave him a Lunchable this morning. This is the third day this […]
Just as a warning that for those of you with little kids, this has a PG rating for a reason – it can be intense. My kids (both of which have seen LotR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, the Presidential Debates, etc.) handled it splendidly. Younger or more sensitive kiddos might be a bit scared by […]