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And now it's my turn. Spent most of my day lying on a beach, drinking beer, with a short break to play miniture golf with the boy. Ended it by grilling a little chicken while sipping some Sweetwater blue. Nice day, overall, and I got 5 more of 'em coming.

Bastard. :D Enjoy it.

He appeared in the film, if I'm properly informed. In any case, Hollywood still yearns for the days of the Clintons, and will go to great lengths to endorse anyone connected to that administration. I thought DeCaprio was gonna blow him right there on stage.

I don't think there's much doubt that Whitaker earned that little statue. Man worked his ass off for that role. As for Scorcese, I suspect this was an apology. He may not have been the absolute best nominee, but thet really should have given it to him one of the other umpteen times, when he...

Anyone seen Prof lately? I haven't - not anywhere we both hang out, in weeks.

Shoulderless minions of hell.

The two-hour one way trip might have something to do with that.

I don't THINK so, Tim. Been talking to my mother on the subject, have you?

As I said, he has that already. He was in tears several times over the past month because his mother and I insisted on waiting until Christmas to open our gifts from him. Unfortunately, not all his attitudes are so glowingly positive. And his grandparents, all of them being local, well-off...

Sometimes, with this kid, it does. Luckily, he was at least as eager to give gifts as he was to get them. At times, that was all that saved his butt.

I'm trying to get him to see that gifts are voluntary expressions of affection. They're not required and are not to be expected as a matter of course. That applies even to Christmas day, which is far more about time with family than gift exchanges.

That's the lesson we're trying to impart. The expectation that it will continue is the issue. In addition, I'll probably have to quench the expectation of a repeat at his birthday, next Christmas, yada, yada.

The issue is that they're doing things that tend to spoil my kid. I then have to be the heavy and reverse the process, since I don't intend to raise a spoiled child. Yes, that is my job, but yes, this makes it that much harder for awhile.

Happy new year, folks!

late May....

Of course they did. They're grandparents, that's their job. Now it's my job to be an asshole and do damage control. In order to ensure that he stays on the right course, I'm fairly sure I'll have to be a major buzz-kill for a month or so. Then we'll do it all again next year (or...

^^ What he said. Apart from my kid getting all the wrong messages about consumerism from his grandparents, my Christmas was wonderful. I hope the rest of you had as good a time.

Get creative. Coat it with sandpaper first. Sounds like this one may need the perspective modification.

You know, it may just be that she's latched onto him because he represents stability - something it sounds like she's getting little enough of these days. If her life straightens out, she may drop him like a hot rock. Then again, he might be screwed.

:eek3: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: V2.0's little harem isn't that socially advanced yet. How precocious.