An open letter to my neighbor the truck driver

Dear Truck Driver Neighbor,

No, of course none of us mind if you completely black out our block with horrible smelling smoke while you burn all the fallen branches and trees in your yard from the last two days. Burn bans don’t apply to you, you’re a truck driver! We all understand that annoying people with air pollutants is just build into your genes. It’s something you HAVE TO DO.

I was hoping my kids could have more opportunities to get cancer when they get off the bus anyways.

Thanks!

It's going to be a thinkgeek Christmas for my kids

My boys love Super Mario Bros. about as much as I love the ThinkGeek.com website. I’m seriously contemplating buying all of their Christmas gifts from this site.

How awesome would it be for them to wake up on Christmas morning to find themselves tranported (or pipe warped) right into their favorite video game! Lots of their stuff is available on amazon.com which is great because you bundle up items and save a ton on shipping. Check these things out if you’re a stay at home dad, a nerd, a kid, a kid nerd, or some other thing I missed.

Video Games: a poem by my 12yo son.

My son is 12 and he wrote this poem for school.

Video Games

The screen was bright.

The controller was smooth and sweaty.

I could smell the popcorn as it spilled in my lap

And could taste the soda running down my throat.

The volume was loud

and the game was hard.

The lights were off

and the background music was catchy.

Now I could smell my sweat.

I just popped a piece of gum in my mouth.

I was playing a video game.

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