Of Texts and Common Sense

A portion of an exchange between the DoofMom and the Dad:
DoofMom:  Why shouldn’t an eleven year old boy have a cell phone? I think he should have one — he’s going into 7th grade and he’s responsible.
the Dad:  hrmph
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So after school today, Jare and I had this text message exchange:
Jare:  Hi Mom.
DoofMom:  Hi honey. How [...]

If you build it, they will come

I’ve been wanting to start a blog for the longest time. I’ve invented many excuses as to why I couldn’t sit down and just do it: “I’m so busy” (who isn’t?); “I’ve got too much cleaning/laundry/straightening up to do to sit and write” (yet I have time to surf the web and read about [...]