Is there anything better than when you walk into a store, try to buy a bottle of wine or beer and get asked for some ID? No, this isn’t great if you’re 18 — you’re kind of out of luck — but when you’re slightly over 40 and have two kids, it’s a true blessing. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘television’
May 21, 2008
Idol Daze
I’ll admit it. I do watch American Idol. It’s one of the few shows on television I can watch with my kids and make a family event out of. At the beginning, back in the days of Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, we were HUGE fans and wouldn’t miss a beat. Around the 6th season [...]
May 2, 2008
Little Couch Potatoes
I guess as a parent you have no choice but to participate in a particularly painful rite of passage: that of enduring kids’ television shows. Painful at worst, passable at best, annoying little animated or puppet-like creatures fill up lots of space in the course of our TV viewing hours.
And, yes, I do let my [...]
April 29, 2008
Miley mess
I’m not sure what I think of the whole “Miley Cyrus” debacle. One thing I do know is that my 8-year old daughter who is only a quasi-fan, not a rabid fan, will never see or have a clue about those Vanity Fair pictures because she DOES NOT READ those kinds of publications. How many [...]
