Standing On A Street Corner

Have the child labor laws changed or what is going on? First there were children standing on the corners on Sunday mornings sellings newspapers. Okay, whatever. Newspaper "delivery" has always been a kid job. Standing on the corner where you might accidentally get hit by a stray car or kidnapped by a freak isn't quite the same as a paper route on your bike in your own neighborhood, even though either of those bad scenarios could happen on a traditional paper route also-NOT my point.
BUT NOW..... last weekend I saw a young boy (maybe 11 or 12) standing on the corner of Durango and El Capitan (busy intersection) twirling a real estate sign. He was there today too and I saw kids "working" at another corner. It's hot today-supposed to break 100 degrees. HOT. Those kids should be riding skateboards or swimming or reading comic books or playing video games. Standing on a street corner dancing around in hot, hot weather-I dont' think that's right. I dont' want Emma standing on a street corner selling anything, especially in the summer. Call me crazy.

Vinyl


The other morning I was listening to a story on NPR about vinyl records making a come back because there's a connector for your computer so you can download "higher quality sound" onto your ipod. They played lots of clips of vinyl supporters. At the end of the story they played a clip of a 20 year old who didn't like vinyl. His reason? Too many steps. It's much more difficult than a cd. It is more steps than a CD, but I would like to point out that I had a little turn table of my own that I could use independently at age 5. Too many steps-give me break. IN MY DAY........ I think I'm old.

Men Always Think With Their *&%$#

Tonight in the bathtub Jack said to me, "There's something on my penis." He stood up and pointed to his scrotum and said, "See, it's a brain."

Boats

When Kristi and I were little we liked to play a game we called "boats". To play "boats" you spread a beach towel on the floor and fill it with everything you own. I couldn't figure out why my mom hated this game, but three kids of my own later, I know! We would put our boats close together so we could jump back and forth. It was a fun Saturday morning game.

Last night I was putting together a little cart at my mom's. Jack didn't have anything to do so I gave him part of a cardboard box and told him it was a boat. He said, "That's just a stupid box." Before you think he has no imagination....... later he was sitting in front of a side table with the doors open calling it the "movie theater" and said, "where's my popcorn? oh, here it is." and ate imaginary popcorn while looking at some pillows. I think the box boat was just too realistic for him.

Visitors

On all sitcoms there is a main set, usually a living room, where most of the action happens. People come and go all show long. Real life typically isn't like that, but yesterday my backyard was the set. I had visitors all day long. It was awesome. I loved it. I wish I had drop-in visitors all time.