In the writing game, there is a definite hierarchy – like a caste system, with some writers snobbishly looking down on others because they “just” write in newspapers, for example, instead of having their own ISBN number. “Yeah, we can’t all be like Stephen King – there’s no need to rub it in,” I told the world famous author with dozens of books and movie deals, not to mention plenty of cash, when he ranked on me (no, it was not Stephen King!). But now I can hold …
No matter who wins or loses the Super Bowl (Go Giants!), you know you could have done a better job running the team. But you’re wrong – I, not you, am the one who should be in charge! Brits, Aussies, Canadians, and the rest of you lot – you’ll forgive us Americans for a bit while we prepare for the greatest American holiday of the year, Super Sunday – on which the Super Bowl, this year featuring the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, is …
On the one hand, your kid’s report card wasn’t on, shall we say, the up and up. Lots of room for improvement. But of course, the little geniuses have their reasons for the subpar performance, especially in math and science: The teachers, the kids, the principal’s so mean, a kid stole my pen on the day of the test, the dog ate my homework…except you don’t have a dog! Oh, they can be smart when they want – like when they’re working with the family computer. No problems …
Kermit the frog was right It’s not easy being green – a greenhorn, that is. It’s an old-fashioned kind of word, what they used to call European immigrants to the New World 100 or so years ago. But guess what – history is repeating itself! Don’t believe me? Just listen to your kids having a mile-a-minute (sorry, kilometer a minute!) conversation in Hebrew with their Israeli friends, and see how much of it you can follow! A greenhorn, of course, is a clueless newcomer. And while many of …
Kids say the darndest things. To us, that is. But you should hear how they talk to each other when there are no adults around. It’s downright scary! But we don’t mind a little ribaldry from our kids, bless them; it’s part of growing up. We know our kids’ friends, and their parents are pretty much like us – raising their kids as best as they can. Sure, our kids’ friends may have occasional lapses in judgment, dragging our children into trouble with them, but it’s usually nothing …
